Frappé (iced shaken instant coffee)
Frappé (café instantáneo batido con hielo)
- Date
- 1957 · confidence medium
- Place
- Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece
- Credited to
- Dimitris Vakondios (Nestlé representative)
- Field
- Life & health
⚠️ Disputed: the sources disagree.
What it is
Instant coffee shaken with cold water and ice in a shaker, which became popular in Greece as a summer drink. It is one of the emblematic drinks of modern Greece.
The origin is attributed to a casual invention at the 1957 Thessaloniki International Fair: a Nestlé employee prepared instant coffee without hot water. There are several versions of the story and it is oral tradition, not documented in primary sources.
What it led to
- café culture in Greece and Cyprus
- cold foamy coffee variants