On its own funding, AMGC has been able to acquire a new state of the art electromechanical particle-size reduction system designed to transform cellular matrix structures such as roasted coffee beans, collected all around the globe, in daring, adventurous and audacious field-expeditions, into a highly specific bi-modal or multi-modal granular bed. This high-precision mechanical reduction maximizes the available interfacial surface area to facilitate the mass transfer of soluble organic and inorganic complex compounds during solid-liquid extraction. The primary objective of this mechanical reduction is to obtain a micro-scale matrix for forced-convection solid-liquid extraction. The objective of this new instrument, which is only available in a few research institutes worldwide, is to engineer a precise hydraulic resistance when a hot highly-purified aqueous solvent (H2O) is forced through the packed granular bed, the geometric uniformity of the particles prevents preferential flow paths, known as channeling down into a cup (not a Farady one). High-temperature solid-liquid extraction of coffee converts a packed bed of fractured cellular organic structures into an aqueous solution of volatile and non-volatile compounds. The beans 13C/12C ratio makes their origin fully traceable, and monitored together with the 18O/16O value of the solvent, which is a key element in sustainability and fully ethical procedures. This highly sophisticated extraction process relies on distinct thermodynamic, hydrodynamic, and chemical principles, only mastered in a few labs in the world. Advanced mathematical modeling of extraction kinetics through these granular beds ensures the full reproducibility of the exact amount and composition of the extracted liquid, together with its high-throughput distribution into several mode, espresso, lungo, americano etc. This new acquisition that is likely to significantly improve AMGC team members productivity and publication output. Let’s see if the VUB outreach office picks up this news for a press release …