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Coffee Center receives $1 million to support research, education and building renovation

The UC Davis Coffee Center is pleased to announce two $500,000 gifts from Toddy and John and Gina Wasson, respectively, to support renovating the Coffee Center building and name two spaces that will be used for coffee education and research.

Partnerships

Coffee Center hosts fifth annual Sensory Summit

From January 30 – February 1, the UC Davis Coffee Center welcomed the coffee industry to campus for the fifth annual Sensory Summit, organized by the Specialty Coffee Association. The event, held in the Robert Mondavi Institute’s Sensory Theater, brings together coffee professionals and sensory scientists to learn from one another to brew a better cup of coffee.

Outreach

Starbucks R&D Team Visits UC Davis Coffee Center

Three chemical engineers from Starbucks Coffee research and development visited the UC Davis Coffee Center for a tour led by Professor and Director William Ristenpart on Wednesday, October 16

The team toured the Coffee Center’s three facilities—the sensory lab at the Robert Mondavi Institute, the undergraduate coffee lab in Everson Hall and the Coffee Center building by Putah Creek—to learn about the center, its research and its vision for the future.

Outreach

The Coffee Center roasts its first coffee of the school year

The UC Davis Coffee Center is up and running for the 2019-20 school year. Probat Roasting Fellow Juliet Han roasted the center’s first batch of beans as classes began on September 25 in preparation for a Coffee Center research project.

Announcements

Juliet Han represents UC Davis at Coffee Fest 2019 Panel

Probat Roasting Fellow Juliet Han served as a panelist this weekend at Coffee Fest Los Angeles 2019. The panel, called “Ask the Experts: Women in Roasting,” was a 90-minute Q&A session with Han, Mariana Faerron of Tico Coffee Roasters and Zakiya Mason of Go Get Em Tiger and moderated by Roast Magazine’s Claire Harriman.

Outreach

A Day in the Peet’s Coffee Roastery

Students who had previously taken the popular Design of Coffee class were offered the opportunity to tour the Peet's Roastery in Alameda, CA, a trip made possible by a partnership between UC Davis and Peet's Coffee.

Students

Juliet Han joins the UC Davis Coffee Center as its first full-time staff member

The UC Davis Coffee Center is pleased to announce the hire of its first full-time staff member, Juliet Han. As Probat Roasting Fellow, Han will serve as head roaster for the UC Davis Coffee Center and manage the undergraduate coffee laboratory. Han brings with her 15 years of experience in the coffee industry, including five years as the head roaster at specialty coffee roaster Blue Bottle Coffee.

Announcements

Reece Guyon: Uncovering the mysteries in a cup of coffee

Guyon '20 tests home coffee brewers to see if they meet the required specifications laid out by the Specialty Coffee Association for their Certified Home Brewer Program to research better ways to conduct these tests for efficiency and accuracy.

Students

UC Davis Coffee Center hiring first full-time staff member

The UC Davis Coffee Center is proud to announce that it will bring aboard its first staff member this spring – a staff research associate who will serve as the head roaster for the Coffee Center. The staff person will allow the Center to greatly expand its educational offerings and research efforts.

Announcements

Coffee Lab the deciding factor for first-generation student

By Sharon Knox

Originally posted by the UC Davis First Generation Initiative.

Students