Dr John Bruce, from The Bean Shop, Perth, is well known to all coffee and tea drinkers in Perth. But did you know that he has a PhD in Biochemistry? There’s an element of magic in the subtle mix of terroir, geology, climate, processing, roasting, and grinding that creates the perfect cup. Does a background in Science help or hinder when it comes to the mysterious art of coffee roasting? We’ll find out.

Perthshire Society of Natural Science is one of the oldest Scientific Societies in Scotland and encourages interest in the natural World by means of lectures, meetings and field outings.

The annual Curious Minds Lecture series, presented by Culture Perth & Kinross and the Perthshire Society of Natural Science is themed around “Contemporary Science in Scotland” and, over past seasons, speakers have covered a stimulating array of scientific topics from dinosaur fossils in Skye, through the human genome to black holes, gravitational waves and the science of consciousness.