Chemical engineering

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.

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.