Lost Coffees and Vanquished Caffeinizations

Down at the bottom of the coffee jar, deep down in the earliest layers - that's where the well-caffeinated kitchen archaeologist wants to go.

But not to worry, that ancient coffee powder is super-fresh and full of caffeine thanks to some amazing techniques of preservation first developed back in the 1950s.

That's what Nescafé, that leading archaeologist, tells us in new coffee-ground-breaking research after many years of getting up very early in the morning and staggering around the kitchen searching for the elusive instant coffee jar. Digging around in kitchen cabinets is hard work, you know. And you have to be careful not to disturb anything.

Never fear, though! There is a new excavation technique in the Valley of the Kitchen Sinks. And it is called the "Flavor-Seal" Process (please note quotation marks and capitals, they are absolutely crucial).

We don't really know exactly how this process works, the researchers have not yet revealed their secret research techniques.

But rest assured, when they unearth the last teaspoon of coffee powder at the bottom of the excavation site - by gum, it's going to be so fresh you could sass your academic advisor with it!

You may need a few cups of real coffee before you think about doing that, though. They don't always appreciate the sassy, you know (trust me, I do know). But that, as they say, is another story.