Why does instant coffee dissolve but regular ground coffee does not?
In: Chemistry
Regular coffee is made from beans that are ground and then when you add water, the water draws out the “coffee stuff”, the flavor and color and caffeine, etc. The stuff that doesn’t dissolve into the water stays in the bean chunks and we filter them out and throw them away.
Now take your cup of coffee and evaporate out all the water. The “coffee stuff” doesn’t evaporate and gets left behind like a dust. Instant coffee is the “coffee stuff” which has been collected and sold to you. The bean chunks have already been removed.
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