Satori Kato
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Satori Kato was a Japanese-American chemist
. Kato is best known for inventing the first soluble instant coffee
and presenting the invention in 1901 (some sources indicate 1881) at the Pan-American World Fair. American inventor George Washington
created a mass-produced version of instant coffee in 1906 with Kato's work as a precursor.
Chemist
A chemist is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density and acidity. Chemists carefully describe the properties they study in terms of quantities, with detail on the level of molecules and their component atoms...
. Kato is best known for inventing the first soluble instant coffee
Instant coffee
Instant coffee, also called soluble coffee and coffee powder, is a beverage derived from brewed coffee beans. Instant coffee is commercially prepared by either freeze-drying or spray drying, after which it can be rehydrated...
and presenting the invention in 1901 (some sources indicate 1881) at the Pan-American World Fair. American inventor George Washington
George Washington (inventor)
George Constant Louis Washington was an American inventor and businessman of Anglo-Belgian origin. He is best remembered for his invention of an early instant coffee process and for the company he founded to mass-produce it, the G...
created a mass-produced version of instant coffee in 1906 with Kato's work as a precursor.