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Easter Wrap: A Chocolate (story) feast
Cosmos Magazine highlights a Dudley Lab study published in Current Biology that investigates the diverse genetics of the yeast that helps ferment cacao and coffee beans. Different types of yeast can be geographically based, and humans have played a big part in this diversification.
Super Awesome Science Show Podcast: Coffee Beans and Genes
Listen in as Jason Tetro from the Super Awesome Science Show podcast talks with Dr. Aimée Dudley about how genetics give different coffees from around their world their unique taste.
Cafe Juanita pastry chef Junko Mine blends art, science and traditions into creative, ingenious treats
Local pastry chef turned to PNRI geneticist Dr. Aimée Dudley and her lab to learn how they culture yeast from foods like coffee and chocolate to help gather new and diverse strains from around the world.
A new brew
Dr. Aimee Dudley explains how new research from the Dudley Lab shows that coffee and cacao yeasts are far more genetically diverse than wine strains, opening up the intriguing possibility of imparting entirely new tastes to the terroir of coffee and chocolate.
Remarkable history of coffee and chocolate yeast
Digital Journal explores the Dudley’s Lab’s recent findings published in Current Biology that highlight the role of human activity in shaping food production and the selection of the appropriate types of yeast.
BBC Inside Science
BBC Radio 4’s Tracey Logan turned to Dr. Aimée Dudley to learn how coffee and chocolate may have a microbial terroir that affects their taste.
Fermentation May Be More Vital for the Flavor of Chocolate Than It Is for Wine
Newsweek reporter Eric Smillie dives into a Dudley Lab study published in Current Biology that tested unroasted coffee and cacao beans from around the world for Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the yeast used in baking, brewing and winemaking.
The Secret Behind Your Favorite Coffee Could Be Yeast
Smithsonian Magazine features the Dudley Lab’s study exploring how human activities and global transportation networks have influenced the migration and mingling of various organisms, particularly yeasts associated with winemaking, coffee, and cacao.
You Have To Thank Yeasts For The Diverse Flavors Of Coffee And Chocolate
Tech Times talks with PNRI’s Dr. Aimée Dudley about her lab’s study findings which showed that yeast strains from chocolate and coffee show greater diversity than those yeast associated in making wines.