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Husky Grind Educational Coffee Program

Dive into Seattle’s coffee culture at Husky Grind, UW Dining’s award-winning coffee program dedicated to exploring one of the world’s most popular beverages!

Husky Grind gives the UW community a chance to explore the complexities of coffee through fun, in-depth and hands-on workshops that dive into history and supply chains, roasting, brewing and sensory development. Workshops are free, open to all UW community members and available to individuals of all experience levels.

Educational Workshops

Husky Grind offers workshops on roasting, cupping, brewing and barista basics, as well as pop-ups throughout the university to showcase the story of our coffee. Check out the schedule below for this quarter’s workshops. If you want to stay in the loop for the next Husky Grind Coffee Education event, add yourself to the mailing list!

Coffee Roasting

Tour the Husky Grind Coffee roasting lab and learn how coffee is roasted firsthand. You’ll get to take home a sample of coffee from a batch you had a hand in roasting!

Coffee Cupping

Learn to use sensory input along with a scoring system to evaluate and compare one or more iterations of roasted coffee, using the same method professional coffee tasters do.

Coffee Brewing

Learn all the variables that are at play when brewing coffee, and then brew your own using a coffee brewing device of their choice.

Barista Basics

Go through a condensed version of the training that every Husky Grind Barista experiences! This hands-on approach will teach you the basics of brewing espresso and proper milk steaming and give you a chance to make an espresso drink for yourself.

Pop-ups

Husky Grind’s rotation of coffee pops up at venues across campus from time to time! Catch us at res hall front desks and community spaces to sample our coffee and learn about our educational programs. Learn about terroir environmental factors, how coffee is processed and the story behind the types of coffees we offer.

Workshop Schedule

If you’re interested in signing up for an event, add yourself to the Husky Grind event mailing list.

Winter Quarter 2025

Husky Grind Pop-up
Date: Thursday, January 9, 2025
Time: 8–10 a.m.
Location: Local Point

Husky Grind Coffee Roasting Workshop
Date: Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Time: 3–4:30 p.m.
Location: Husky Grind Roastery, Mercer Court Building B

Husky Grind Pop-up
Date: Thursday, January 16, 2025
Time: 8–10 a.m.
Location: North Campus

Husky Grind Coffee Cupping Workshop
Date: Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Time: 3–4:30 p.m.
Location: Husky Grind Café, Mercer Court

Husky Grind Coffee Cupping Collaboration Event with the School of Nutrition Sciences
*This is a closed event.
Date: Friday, January 24, 2025
Time: 8 a.m.–12 p.m.
Location: Denny Hall/Husky Grind Café, Mercer Court

Husky Grind Pop-up
Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Time: 8–10 a.m.
Location: Local Point

Husky Grind Coffee Brewing Workshop
Date: Thursday, January 30, 2025
Time: 3–4:30 p.m.
Location: Husky Grind Roastery, Mercer Court Building B

Husky Grind Barista Basics Workshop
Date: Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Time: 6–8 p.m.
Location: Husky Grind Café, Mercer Court

Husky Grind Pop-up
Date: Thursday, February 6, 2025
Time: 8–10 a.m.
Location: North Campus

Husky Grind Coffee Roasting Workshop
Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Time: 3–4:30 p.m.
Location: Husky Grind Roastery, Mercer Court Building B

Husky Grind Coffee Cupping Workshop
Date: Thursday, February 20, 2025
Time: 3–4:30 p.m.
Location: Husky Grind Café, Mercer Court

Husky Grind Coffee Brewing Workshop
Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Time: 3–4:30 p.m.
Location: Husky Grind Roastery, Mercer Court Building B

Husky Grind Barista Basics Workshop
Date: Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Time: 6–8 p.m.
Location: Husky Grind Café, Mercer Court

Husky Grind Coffee Roasting Workshop
Date: Thursday, March 13, 2025
Time: 3–4:30 p.m.
Location: Husky Grind Roastery, Mercer Court Building B

Husky Grind Coffee Cupping Workshop
Date: Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Time: 3–4:30 p.m.
Location: Husky Grind Café, Mercer Court

Husky Grind Barista Basics Workshop
Date: Thursday, March 20, 2025
Time: 6–8 p.m.
Location: Husky Grind Café, Mercer Court

Private Workshops

Interested in hosting a coffee education event for your on-campus student, faculty or staff group? We offer private sessions of any of our educational workshops and may be able to develop a special event tailored to your group’s interests. To set up your event, contact Ryan Jongeward, the assistant manager for Husky Grind cafes and the Husky Grind Coffee Education Program, at rjonge@uw.edu.

Roastery

Did you know we have a roasting lab on campus? You may have caught a whiff while walking by Husky Grind in Mercer Court. Since 2012, Husky Grind has roasted our coffee beans at the on-campus roastery. During colder months, we roast an average of 1000 lbs of beans for our Husky Grind cafes!

Food Seminar Course

Husky Grind periodically partners with The School of Public Health’s Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health Program to teach a food seminar on coffee’s value chain. This seminar examines current food, culinary and food system issues from production, processing and marketing to consumption, nutrition and health.