January 29, 2025
Microwaving your coffee changes it, and other lessons learned (while sipping espresso) in MIT’s coffee class
The Boston Globe spotlights Professor Jeffrey Grossman's new class, 3.000 (Coffee Matters: Using the Breakerspace to Brew the Perfect Cup).
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Professor Jeff Grossman teaches a class called Coffee Matters at MIT.
Photo courtesy of Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff
Jeffrey Grossman speaks with correspondent Adelaide Parker about “Coffee Matters,” a new MIT class that blends chemistry with hands-on brewing experiments. Grossman, from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, says the class is a perfect example of his discipline in action. “That’s why it’s ‘Coffee Matters.’ It’s a matter,” he explains. “But now, how do you engineer it? How do you understand it? How do you see it and then change it?” The class uses the department’s newly opened Breakerspace laboratory to explore the science of coffee extraction, flavor compounds, and brewing techniques.
Read the full story in The Boston Globe.