The Design of Coffee

Anybody with access to a sink, electricity, and inexpensive coffee roasting and brewing equipment can do these experiments, either as part of a class or with your friends at home. The Design of Coffee will help you understand how to think like an engineer - and how to make excellent coffee

The revised second edition (2017 printing) presents streamlined lab experiences, adds new bonus material on industrial coffee operations, and includes a new lab experience focused on sensory analysis during traditional cupping of coffee.

FEATURES:
* Covers all aspects of making coffee, from green beans to the final brew
* Does not require calculus or college-level chemistry
* Emphasizes the scientific method and introductory data analysis with guided data sheets and lab report questions
* Includes 10 full experiments, each with background on key concepts, overview of necessary equipment, and detailed instructions:

• Lab 0 - Safety Overview and Introduction to Tasting Coffee
• Lab 1 - Reverse Engineering a Drip Coffee Brewer
• Lab 2 - Process Flow Diagram and Mass Balances for Coffee
• Lab 3 - The pH of Coffee and Chemical Reactions
• Lab 4 - Measuring the Energy Used to Make Coffee
• Lab 5 - Mass Transfer and Flux during Brewing
• Lab 6 - Coffee as a Colloidal Fluid and the Effect of Filtration
• Lab 7 - First Design Trials: Optimizing Strength & Extraction
• Lab 8 - Second Design Trials: Scaling Up to 1 Liter of Coffee
• Lab 9 - Design Competition and Blind Taste Panel