The project was eventually financed and studied by NASA, with its results published in a number of papers. “Consider what will happen when the pull of gravity goes away from the cup of coffee,” Pettit ...

So, while they do have freeze-dried, aka instant coffee in space, the drinking experience is, as NASA would call it, "off-nominal." Fortunately, that's where the capillary cup can help.

The stream took place on NASA's official Twitch channel ... Pettit is the designer of the ISS's capillary cup, which allows astronauts to drink coffee (and enjoy its pleasant fragrance) on ...