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I think you're missing a few things here. > Do you make it in the mug, or do you pour it into the mug after you make it? The difference is that I make it. On

I think you're missing a few things here. > Do you make it in the mug, or do you pour it into the mug after you make it? The difference is that I make it. On the space station, their beverages are pre-made and pre-packaged. You can see the bags in the linked article. > Why not pour it into a thermos? Huh? I generally drink out of a mug, not a thermos, but I've used thermoses as well. Again, this situation is different because I generally make my coffee. It's not pre-made and prepackaged. > And why don't you exclusively drink prepackaged coffee? Again, huh? Because the coffee I buy comes as beans. I have to add water, heat it up, etc. I sometimes I drink pre-made coldbrew and I do often drink that out of the package it comes in (the bottle/can).

dr_orpheus 3y ago
The beverages are not pre-made. Like most of the food that goes up to the space station it is all dehydrated so that you are launching as little water as possible (and therefore additional mass). Water is recycled on the station as much as they can. So they have two methods for making coffee (that I am aware of): 1. Packets filled with essentially instant coffee that they add hot water to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvIT3l9QYnQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvIT3l9QYnQ 2. An espresso machine similar to a pod-based system. Fairly like an espresso machine on Earth since it relies on pressure. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/07/08/328130351/what-it-takes-to-make-a-decent-cup-of-coffee-in-space https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/07/08/328130351/wh...