1910—The German caffein-free coffee is first introduced to the trade of the United States by Merck & Co., New York, under the brand name Dekafa, later changed to Dekofa.
1910—B. Belli publishes in Milan, Italy, a work on coffee entitled Il Caffè.
1910—Frank Bartz, assignor to the A.J. Deer Co., Hornell, N.Y., is granted two United States patents on flat and concave coffee-grinding disks provided with concentric rows of inclined teeth, used in electric coffee mills.
1911—All-fiber parchment-lined Damptite cans for coffee are introduced by the American Can Company.
1911—The coffee roasters of the United States organize into a national association.
1911—Robert H. Talbutt, Baltimore (assignor to J.E. Baines, trustee, Washington) is granted a United States patent on an electric coffee roaster.
1911—Edward Aborn, New York, introduces his Make-Right coffee filter, and is granted a United States patent on it.
1912—Robert O'Krassa, Antigua, Guatemala, is granted four United States patents on machines for washing, drying, separating, hulling, and polishing coffee.
1912—The C.F. Blanke Tea & Coffee Co., St. Louis, brings out Magic Cup, later known as Faust Soluble, coffee.
1912—The United States government brings suit to force the sale of coffee stocks held in the United States under the valorization agreement.