Does anyone agree with me here? I really don’t care for the smell of coffee.
I’m not only referring to the smell of Joe when it is freshly made and in a cup. No, I’m referring to the stale, burnt, nastiness that comes from it sitting in the coffee pot in the break room ALL DAY with the warmers still turned on. Or, better yet, the smell that eminates from a coffee cup that has been sitting on someone’s desk all weekend with a little bit of residual coffee – well, it’s not really coffee after it dries out… more of a sludge.
I realize that my preferences were formed at an early age, as I didn’t grow up in a home where coffee was made – ever. But still… am I the only one that doesn’t like these scents?
7 responses so far ↓
1 Carly // Sep 26, 2008 at 8:56 am
Yes Jake you are the only one. I LUV all things coffee scented!
2 Andrew // Sep 26, 2008 at 9:03 am
Yeah coffee has always smelled heavenly. I know Dad likes the smell too. So that’s 3 against 1 already…
3 Alex V. // Sep 26, 2008 at 9:38 am
I’m with you on this one, Braun-Braun. I have never understood the appeal of the smell of coffee. I remember going to Lindy’s with Adam (the one across the street from me, not my brother or yours) and he would always walk through the aisle with coffee, deeply inhaling and trying to describe why it was so wonderful. Meanwhile, I would try to hold my breath and not gag.
4 Adam // Sep 26, 2008 at 11:46 am
The coffee smell makes me gag.
5 WhiteEyebrows // Sep 26, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Agreed on the nasty, dried up, burnt coffee…. BUT… there’s nothing better than the smell of the coffee aisle in the grocery store. I could walk up and down it 10 times and not be sick of it.
6 IB7 // Oct 1, 2008 at 9:30 am
I’m with you on the stale and burnt coffee smell — nasty. However, there are few things that smell as good as freshly ground coffee beans or a fresh pot of good coffee first thing in the morning.
7 maubs // Nov 12, 2008 at 10:47 am
I liked the smell of coffee long before I ever got used to the taste. Those chilly mornings in my study hall (they kept that classroom meat-locker cold), I’d smell the teacher’s steaming mug of coffee and it just smelled WARM. Couldn’t stand to drink the stuff until years later. If you don’t like American coffee, try the real stuff – a true Italian roast. You can’t find a bad cup of coffee in Italy. Even on the AlItalia flight from London, the coffee was fantastic.
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