For centuries coffee was used chiefly as a medicine. It was not until the 16th century that it was drank socially in Arabia and Persia. It opened in Constantinople in 1475. The practice of drinking coffee with milk and sugar was started by the owner of Vienna's Domgasse. This coffee house was opened by Franz Georg Kolshitsky in 1683.
Viennese coffee is strained to produce a clear liquid without grounds.
In 1930 the Brazilian Institute of Coffee suggested that coffee beans be reduced to a soluble powder. The Nestle company of Vevey, Switzerland, took up the challenge. After eight years of research they produced the world's first instant coffee and called it Nescafe. What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. A tiny but dignified old lady was among a group looking at an art exhibition in a newly opened gallery.