Chemical Engineering Professors William Ristenpart and Tonya Kuhl have published a textbook to accompany their highly popular course ECH 1: The Design of Coffee.  The textbook, titled The Design of Coffee: An Engineering Approach, introduces chemical engineering to the layperson through the lens of making the best possible cup of coffee.  The experiments detailed within can be performed at home, so even if you aren’t able to take the course, you can still experiment to improve your morning cup of joe.