Good to the last drop! NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly has posted this photo of a perfect ball of orbital coffee on Facebook. (And on Twitter. And on Instagram.)
This tiny bowling ball is a large drop of freshly brewed espresso sitting peacefully at the end of a drinking straw in the form of an exquisite sphere thanks to the microgravity environment, where free floating liquids can take shape of a perfect three-dimensional object, one of the most accurate human-made spheres.
I guess the world’s most expensive coffee — the Kopi Luwak, made of beans eaten and defecated by the Asian palm civet — has a new rival. Coffee made onboard the International Space Station using water from the water recycling system of the space station — including recycled human urine — is definitely more unique and much more expensive.
#Recycle Good to the last drop! Making pee potable and turning it into coffee on @space_station. #NoPlaceLikeHome pic.twitter.com/My49c1ACMp
— Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) April 22, 2015