The Future of Coffee

Create the Future: An Engineering Podcast by Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering

Nov 29, 202425:54Technology

When you have your morning shot of caffeine, do you stop to savour the engineering involved? Chemistry and mechanics are vital to the growing, roasting, grinding, brewing, and pouring ... Host Guru Madhavan - a tea drink...

Related Episodes

Continue listening to more episodes from Create the Future: An Engineering Podcast.

Guru & Roma reflect

Jun 30, 2025 - 24:49

Two of our podcast hosts, Roma Agrawal and Guru Madhavan, sit down for a conversation about the Create Th...

Engineering For Disability

Jan 10, 2025 - 24:36

The link between disability, design and engineering tells a complex story. Host Guru Madhavan welcomes tw...

The Future of Failure

Dec 27, 2024 - 32:54

What happens when a bridge collapses? Or a space mission ends in tragedy? You call in forensic engineers...

The Future of Space Junk

Dec 13, 2024 - 31:14

Over decades of space exploration, thousands of rockets have launched, resulting in a sea of debris circl...

The Future of 3D Printing Assistive Devices

Nov 15, 2024 - 30:24

First described in sci-fi writing in the '50s, the revolutionary dream of 3D printing became a basic real...

The Future of Engineering Election Systems

Nov 1, 2024 - 23:36

It's been a year of elections around the world. How do engineering and design choices affect the candidat...

The Future of Super Shoes

Oct 18, 2024 - 26:36

Super shoes are reshaping distance running. Thanks to innovative materials and construction, this new typ...

The Future of Bamboo Buildings

Oct 4, 2024 - 22:50

Stronger than steel, more robust than concrete, more flexible than wood? Is bamboo the construction indus...