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How a UC Davis Research Center Is Changing the World of Coffee

As the first academic research facility in the U.S. dedicated to coffee, the UC Davis Coffee Center is brewing up serious science. From roasting chemistry to flavor perception, Professor Bill Ristenpart talks with Atlas Obscura about the center’s mission to uncover what makes the perfect cup.

UC Davis Coffee Center Contributes Research to New Brewing Control Chart

Researchers at the UC Davis Coffee Center have collected years’ worth of data to update the decades-old Brewing Control Chart. The new Sensory and Consumer Brewing Control Chart combines new coffee science with consumer research and a more user-friendly approach.

New Center Developing Best Ways to Farm, Roast, Brew Coffee

As a multidisciplinary hub for innovative research and unique educational experiences, the Coffee Center in the College of Engineering collaborates with the $28 billion U.S. coffee industry to tackle key challenges in sustainable farming, roasting, brewing and more.

Exploring Coffee's Sustainable Future with Irwin Donis-González

The biological and agricultural engineering researcher speaks with International Comunicaffe about the role of technologies like AI and sensors in revolutionizing coffee research, enhancing sustainability and addressing global challenges in coffee production and processing.

Exploring Coffee Science with Professor of Chemical Engineering Bill Ristenpart 

How do you precisely roast beans? What to do with coffee's waste byproducts? The UC Davis Coffee Center is designed to test such questions and other deep, dark coffee mysteries. Between running tests, teaching chemical engineering and sipping black coffee, Professor Bill Ristenpart talks about the college's groundbreaking research center.