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HAD THE BEST CUP OF MY LIFE.

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LEARNING TO BREW YOUR OWN COFFEE

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IS USUALLY A RITE OF PASSAGE ON

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ANY COLLEGE CAMPUS.

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BUT AT UC DAVIS IN CALIFORNIA,

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JAVA ISN’T JUST A PERCOLATING

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PREREQUISITE.

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THE DESIGN OF COFFEE IS A

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FULL-ON ENGINEERING ELECTIVE.

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>> THE WATER MOVES THROUGH THE

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COFFEE GROUNDS AS A FUNCTION OF

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HOW HARD YOU PUSH ON IT.

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>> IT STARTED WHEN THESE

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PROFESSORS WANTED TO BRING

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HANDS-ON LAB WORK TO CHEMICAL

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ENGINEERING STUDENTS.

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>> YOU GUYS ARE RUINING COFFEE

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FOR ME ALREADY.

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I CAN TELL.

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>> THAT JOLTED AN ENTIRE COURSE.

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>> COFFEE WAS A MECHANISM WHERE

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THEY COULD DO EXPERIMENTS WITH

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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING IN A SAFE

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WAY.

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>> HOW POPULAR IS THIS CLASS?

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>> A FEW YEARS AGO, THE STUDENT

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NEWSPAPER RAN A SURVEY.

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NUMBER ONE WAS COFFEE.

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>> WAIT A MINUTE.

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WAIT A MINUTE.

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YOU GUYS BEAT BEER.

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YOU GUYS BEAT SEX ED.

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>> COFFEE IS MORE POPULAR THAN

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BEER AT UCS, YES.

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>> THAT SMELLS DELICIOUS.

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IT’S BLACK.

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I USUALLY DON’T DRINK COFFEE

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BLACK.

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IT’S A LITTLE MORE HINT OF A

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BITTERNESS TO IT.

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WOW!

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LOOK AT THIS.

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LOOK AT THIS.

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LOOK AT THIS.

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LOOK AT THIS.

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OH!

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GOOSE BUMPS!

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>> THIS IS A BLEND OF COFFEE

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FROM PERU.

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>> TIM IS THE HEAD ROASTER AT

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THE NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART COFFEE

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RESEARCH LAB.

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HE EXPLAINED WHILE EYES ARE

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DECEIVING, THE BEST ROASTERS

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RELY ON SMELL AND SOUND.

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TAKE A LISTEN TO THIS.

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>> POPCORN, IT SOUNDS LIKE

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POPCORN.

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>> THAT’S RIGHT.

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THAT FIRST CRACK IS THE

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CORNERSTONE OF HOW ANY OF US

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TAKE OUR COFFEE.

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YOU KNOW LIGHT TO DARK ROASTS?

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ANYTHING AFTER THAT FIRST LITTLE

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CHEMICAL EXPLOSION OF A COFFEE

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BEAN IS CONSIDERED LIGHT.

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THEN MEDIUM AS THEIR ROASTING

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TIMER KEEPS RUNNING UP UNTIL YOU

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HEAR A SECOND CRACK.

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>> COFFEE SEEMS SIMPLE.

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IT IS LIKE HOW HARD IS IT TO

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POUR HOT WATER OVER GROUND

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POWDER.

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MINOR CHANGES ON HOW YOU ROAST

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IT, HOW YOU BREW IT.

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>> IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS

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EVERYTHING FROM HISTORY OF THE

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WORLD TO CULTURE TO THIRD WORLD

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DYNAMICS TO CHEMICAL

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ENGINEERING, ALL OF IT IN A CUP

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OF COFFEE.

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>> AND THOSE FINER DETAILS OF

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ROASTING HAVE PROVEN TO BE A

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PERFECT PLAYGROUND FOR

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ENGINEERS.

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>> THIS IS THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE

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DAY, HUH?

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CHEERS!

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>> PERFECT FOR A MORNING CLASS.

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>> WIN-WIN, RIGHT?

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OH, THAT’S AN A, GUYS!

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THAT’S AN A OVER HERE.

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WOW!

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>> WAIT.

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WHAT DID YOU GUYS WRITE DOWN ON

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THIS ONE?

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SENSORY EVALUATIONS.

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REALLY BURNT AND BITTER.

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DO I WANT TO TASTE A BAD ONE?

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OKAY.

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LET’S DO IT.

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BOTTOM’S UP.

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THIS IS BAD COFFEE RIGHT HERE.

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SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN TO BE BAD

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COFFEE.

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WOW!

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GOOD JOB WITH THE BAD COFFEE.

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>> THE BEST CUP OF COFFEE I EVER

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HAD IN MY LIFE WAS IN THIS

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CLASS.

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I CAME IN.

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AND THE TA CAME OVER AND SAID,

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TASTE THIS.

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I WAS ASTONISHED.

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THEY HAD THIS VERY FRANTIC

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CONVERSATION.

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THEY’RE LIKE LOOKING THROUGH ALL

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THE NOTES.

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THEY SAID, PROFESSOR, SORRY.

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I DIDN’T WRITE IT DOWN.

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>> WHICH MEANS THE RECIPE FOR

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THE PERFECT CUP OF COFFEE IS

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STILL WAITING TO BE FOUND.

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AND HOPEFULLY THIS TIME, SOMEONE

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WILL WRITE IT DOWN.

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>> TO THE FUTURE OF COFFEE!

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>> CHEERS!

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>> THAT COFFEE CENTER RUNS

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ENTIRELY ON DONATIONS FROM

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COFFEE COMPANIES THAT SAY THEY

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ARE INVESTING IN THE BRILLIANT

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MINDS OF THE FUTURE.

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YOU SAW THE HEAD ROASTER TIM AND

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I COOKING SOMETHING UP.

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WE WERE COOKING UP THIS BATCH, A

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SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION "TODAY

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SHOW" BLEND.

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I SENT IT OVER TO YOU GUYS.

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>> WAIT.

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SO THIS IS THE ONE YOU MADE?

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>> THIS IS THE BATCH THAT WE

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MIXED UP.

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YEAH, LET ME KNOW WHAT GRADE I

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GET.

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>> THAT’S VERY SMOOTH.

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KIND OF LIKE YOU, GADI.

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>> OKAY.

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WHAT DO YOU THINK, LIKE A B?

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AN A?

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>> I THINK THIS IS AN A.

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>> THIS IS ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD

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COFFEE.

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WELL DONE.

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HOW -- LIKE HOW FRANTIC WERE YOU

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AFTER THIS, DOING THIS?

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HOW JITTERY AFTER DOING THIS

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SHOOT?

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>> OH, MY GOD.

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I HAD LIKE SIX CUPS OF THAT

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COFFEE.

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THAT COFFEE WAS SO GOOD.

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IT HIT THE BACK OF YOUR MOUTH

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AND THE FRONT OF YOUR MOUTH.

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AS SOON AS IT WENT DOWN, THIS

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COFFEE IS GOOD, THE ONE THAT WE

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MADE HERE.

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BUT THE ONE THAT I HAD THERE,

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THERE WAS LIKE NO AFTERTASTE.

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SO YOU WERE CHASING THE TASTE