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.

NASA conducted a first-of-its-kind ... Pettit is the designer of the ISS's capillary cup, which allows astronauts to drink coffee (and enjoy its pleasant fragrance) on the ISS without the hot ...