Satori Kato
Satori Kato was a Japanese chemist.[1] Kato was initially thought to be the inventor of the first soluble instant coffee whilst working in Chicago, after filing a patent in 1901 and exhibiting the product at the Pan-American Exposition[2] until it was realised that David Strang of Invercargill, New Zealand had invented the product two years earlier.[3]
References[]
- ^ Kato Coffee Company (1901). "Kato souvenir : Pan-American Exposition". Retrieved 20 December 2013.
- ^ US patent 735777, Satori Kato, "Coffee Concentrate and Process of Making Same", issued 1903-08-11, assigned to Kato Coffee Company
- ^ Jones, Bridget (16 December 2012). "Instant coffee invented down south". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
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