Do a search, it’s really interesting. Borden had invented sweetened condensed milk a few years earlier and then combined it with the coffee.
The union army saved a lot on logistics switching to the axle grease consistency instant. There were three companies trying to win the contracts.
The articles I read mentioned how bad the green bean coffee worked out. Inconsistent roasting, charred or under cooked, grinding with a rifle butt.
[i]The articles I read mentioned how bad the green bean coffee worked out. Inconsistent roasting, charred or under cooked, grinding with a rifle butt.[/i]
I don’t believe that part of it for a second. Roasting coffee beans is ridiculously easy. The first thing they did whenever they could, was get a fire going, to make coffee, roast “side meat” or bacon, beans, etc.
Grinding coffee, well that can be a problem, but where there’s a will there’s a way, and this is never more true than when it comes to soldiers.