This week I want to talk to you about where native coffee yeast come from. If you are concerned about coffee flavor manipulation by yeast, I hope by the end of the episode you have a broader understanding of where "native" yeast originally came from.

To help illustrate the point, we start with non traditional coffee growing regions like Southern California.

In the episode I will also be sharing research from Dr. Amiee Dudley.

I met Dr. Aimee Dudley in 2017 during SCA EXPO in Seattle when we were on a Re:CO Panel together talking about yeast. I was offering the perspective of practical application of yeast, how coffee producers in situ could use it and Dr. Dudley was presenting her research on yeast genetics. She runs a lab at Pacific North West Research Institute and she is an expert on yeast genetics.

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Cover Art by: Nick Hafner
Into song: Elijah Bisbee

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The Coffee Podcast: Jay Ruskey

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Dr. Aimee Dudley's Research Lab

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