Instant coffee is, in essence, a dehydrated cup of coffee. With a simple addition of water—or any liquid of your choice—the dehydrated coffee crystals will spring back to life, offering a cup that's ready in an instant. It goes without saying, instant coffee has a reputation for being of lower quality. For good reason — often the coffee chosen for this process is bottom of the barrel quality and old. The conventional techniques employed by the handful of mega-factories are quite aggressive, stripping the coffee of its nuanced flavors and aromas. 

SWIFT flips the script. They are prioritizing quality over quantity— rethinking manufacturing practices of old and seeking to create the best instant coffee available ... perhaps even a cup of coffee that stands up to some of the finest freshly brewed coffees.

To manufacture instant coffee, they start with high-quality, ethically sourced coffee and with a high level of precision, brew a very flavorful extract. The only ingredients in our process are roasted coffee and water. From there the brewed coffee is frozen to sub-zero temperatures while it awaits freeze drying.

Freeze-drying, while slow and not the most efficient, is their chosen method because it best preserves the nuances of the coffee's flavors and aromas. In this method, the frozen coffee is subjected to a vacuum, allowing the ice to transition directly into vapor without passing through the liquid phase, retaining the coffee's original character. Once dry, the remaining coffee solubles only need a little water to bring the original cup of coffee back to life.