Coffee: The science behind the perfect sip

Words: Cloe Jager
Published: 22 July 2025

It's no secret that Australians love coffee. We consume more than 6 billion cups of it each year. Yet less than 1% of this coffee is grown in Australia.

Southern Cross University · Coffee: The science behind the perfect sip

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Researchers from Southern Cross University, Dr Simon Williams, Dr Ben Liu and Professor Tobias Kretzschmar, speak on the SCU Buzz podcast about their research project that is looking to boost Aussie beans by developing a more suitable variety of coffee planet for the Australian climate, as well as a unique way to describe it.

Learn more about Southern Cross University’s coffee research project.

This research is part of the Harvest to Health Research Impact Cluster.