So What's Your Major? Coffee

This week the coffee world has been buzzing about news from the University of California Davis(UC Davis), that they have created a Coffee Center. No, I don't mean a really big cafe at the student union. I mean a research center where you will be able to learn more about coffee.

http://ffhi.ucdavis.edu/initiatives/coffee-center/coffee

According to UC Davis:

The UC Davis Coffee Center brings scientific inquiry to the quality, health and sustainability of coffee. Our goals are to increase value at every step of the coffee pipeline, to ensure safety and quality of the global coffee trade, and educate the next generation of coffee scientists.

The center will be open to students and the coffee industry.  The university also listed several topics they hope to address with this center:

Coffee genetics Natural fermentation of coffee berries Analytics of coffee composition, structure, and function Sensory aspects of coffee Coffee as potential prebiotic

Metabolic aspects of coffee consumption Coffee engineering: optimizing processing, value, and sustainability Education for undergraduates, graduate students, and industry Social and cultural life of coffee

I'm hoping degree programs will follow. After all who wouldn't want a coffee degree?

Charlie