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Reader Submitted: Coffee X: How to Make Coffee on the International Space Station

Coffee is a part of many human beings’ daily lives. For most coffee drinkers, the experience of making this drink allows for them to begin their day or to make them feel awake. Americans consume 400 million cups of coffee per day, equivalent to 146 billion cups of coffee per year, making the United States the leading consumer of coffee in the world. Coffee represents 75% of all the caffeine consumed in the United States. This is an experience shared among most people—even astronauts.