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Engineers Find Best Ways to Make Coffee

Tatiana Muniz — November 18, 2024 - 9:10am

Engineering experts are finding the best ways to make coffee, from sustainable farming to quality control to taste, improving the global coffee industry.

�鶹��ý Coffee Center Opens

Andy Fell — May 07, 2024 - 2:39pm

The Coffee Center at the University of California, Davis, officially opened Friday, May 3. The Coffee Center is a center of excellence in the �鶹��ý College of Engineering and the first academic research and teaching facility in the U.S. entirely dedicated to the study of coffee.

Buzz Killer: Caffeine Pollutes. Can Bacteria Help?

Katherine E Kerlin — January 11, 2023 - 12:55pm

Caffeine-addicted bacteria may be just the buzz killer needed to clean up coffee pollution. �鶹��ý is on it. Plus, 5 ways you can clean up your coffee habit.

THE DOWNLOAD: Inside the Coffee Lab

Cody Kitaura — March 10, 2020 - 1:30pm

The world runs on coffee, but the beloved beverage doesn’t get the research attention one might think.

The �鶹��ý Coffee Center hopes to change that, and is “the first multidisciplinary university research center to address the challenges and needs of the coffee industry through a holistic approach to coffee science and education,” according to its website. Learn more about the center in the above video.

THE DOWNLOAD: Home Builders, Global Coffee, NCAA Track and Field

Cody Kitaura — June 04, 2019 - 12:16pm

A dozen �鶹��ý Health employees including physicians, nurses and administrators swapped scrubs and slacks for jeans and hard hats last Friday, May 24. The group volunteered at a Habitat for Humanity construction site on 43rd Avenue in south Sacramento as part of the Women Build campaign. This annual event relies on more than 400 regional volunteers whose employers sponsor a build day.

Coffee Brews Better Group Performance, �鶹��ý Study Finds

Julia Ann Easley — May 10, 2018 - 2:15pm

Planning a meeting? Serving coffee can focus group discussion, boost involvement and leave members feeling better about their own and others’ participation.

Those are the findings of new research on the effects of caffeine on group performance from the Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Davis.

Decades of coffee research have explored its effects on the individual, but this study is the first on the effects on performance in group tasks.

Wilbur Curtis Co. Supports �鶹��ý Coffee Center

Andy Fell — July 12, 2017 - 10:15am

Wilbur Curtis Co., an industry leader in the design and manufacturing of coffee-brewing equipment, has pledged $250,000 to the University of California, Davis, to support the university’s expanding Coffee Center. The donation is the first by Wilbur Curtis to a major academic institution.

Arabica Coffee Genome Sequenced

Patricia Bailey — January 13, 2017 - 4:24pm

University of California, Davis, researchers today announced the sequencing of the genome of Coffea arabica, the species responsible for more than 70 percent of global coffee production.

Peet’s Coffee Pledges $250,000 to Advance Coffee Research

Andy Fell — September 07, 2016 - 3:34pm

Peet’s Coffee has pledged $250,000 to �鶹��ý to fund the Peet’s Coffee Pilot Roastery, which will be located in a first-of-its-kind Coffee Center at �鶹��ý. The pioneering center and pilot roastery will be devoted to post-harvest coffee research and engineering, an underrepresented field, and aims to be the leader in coffee science.

5 Reasons to Lift a Glass to �鶹��ý

Patricia Bailey — August 11, 2016 - 10:05am

https://che.engineering.ucdavis.edu/undergraduate/ecm1/�鶹��ý, which has been studying wine, beer and milk for decades, recently added tea and coffee to its portfolio.