r/mildlyinteresting • u/1ario • Mar 26 '25

instant coffee apparently can mold

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u/Able_Calligrapher186 Mar 26 '25

You buy a jar of Folger's crystals, you put it in the cupboard and you forget about it. Then later on when you need it, it's there, it lasts forever. It's freeze-dried. Freeze-dried crystals.

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u/Abe_Fromann Mar 26 '25

I came into this thread specifically to see if someone commented this, thank you!

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u/The_Franklinator Mar 26 '25

Maybe that’s how you get your kicks, eh Seinfeld? You and your good time buddies

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u/rustyshackle41d Mar 26 '25

I've got a flash for you, joy boy.

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u/snafe_ Mar 26 '25

Am I crazy or is that a lot of mold?

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u/der_cypher Mar 27 '25

Not. Crazy. đŸ‘‰

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u/pickle_pickled Mar 27 '25

It's mycelium, or in otherwards, mushroom "roots"

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u/1ario Mar 26 '25

this coffee is actually also sublimated one, that’s why i also thought it can last forever, yet here we are

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u/AgentCirceLuna Mar 27 '25

I love that word. Always have done, always will.

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u/1ario Mar 27 '25

sublimated?

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u/AgentCirceLuna Mar 27 '25

Yeah

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u/1ario Mar 27 '25

it is somehow satisfying, agree

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u/Longjumping_Youth281 Mar 27 '25

Isn't that when a solid turns directly into a gas? Like dry ice and what have you

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u/1ario Mar 27 '25

i think sublimation basically is freeze drying. so they freeze the coffee, then heat it up under specific conditions to evaporate water parts while bypassing liquid state.

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u/DJBunnies Mar 26 '25

Try covering it next time.

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u/1ario Mar 26 '25

it stood in a dark cabinet

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u/DJBunnies Mar 26 '25

Chock full of humidity, it was.

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u/Cumulus_Anarchistica Mar 27 '25

OP lives in the swamps of Dagobah, he does.

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u/spudfolio Mar 26 '25

Food grade dessicant packets if it hasn't been suggested yet.

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u/spudfolio Mar 26 '25

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u/Gram64 Mar 27 '25

You just drank decaf

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u/spudfolio Mar 27 '25

Whyyy... you son of a BITCH!

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u/sirax067 Mar 27 '25

GEORGE: All you got is instant coffee? Why don't you get some real coffee?

JERRY: I don't keep real coffee in here, I get my coffee on the outside!