Mmmmm Smell The Beans
 

Just opened a new jar of instant coffee, and as usual you unscrew the lid, then you have to remove the foil seal and oh yes, gosh, but as soon as you do that, the tantalising aroma of fresh coffee wafts it's way through your nostrils, gorgeous!
The next time you go to that jar and unscrew the lid though, you know there will not be that same strong smell.
I just wonder, why not? The jar has only had a couple of spoonfuls removed so the bulk of the coffee is still there, yet to get just the slightest whiff from the jar your nose has to be almost buried in the granuals.

Just two questions.

1/ Do you suppose before they seal the jars they pump essence of coffee into them just to make us feel we have opened a quality jar?

2/ Are there any other products out there that give off their own mouth watering scent that give us that 'feel good' factor?

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Do you smoke? I open coffee and get a great smell. Even better opening the kids sweets. moreso if it is choccies. I never got the same smell when I smoked.

Just a thought.

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2/ Are there any other products out there that give off their own mouth watering scent that give us that 'feel good' factor?

nah.......but if you smelt my socks......you might get a "feel bad factor."...:D

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MYOB :D

Just another thought:eek:

Yes I do smoke, but I can still smell when someone has recently used the bathroom, shouldn't smoking reduce that as well?
:cool:

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Try shaking the coffe jar before you next open it. It might work or I might be talking out of my a*** like usual.

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MYOB Can anyone explain please ?

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Mind your own business {MYOB**:D

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Maybe the coffee granules are still hot/ warm while they are being packaged thus producing the captured fume? Try warming up the coffee in the jar and see if that works. :idunno:

I used to love the smell of Old Holborn tobacco before it was smoked. :smoky:

:)

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I love the smell of baking bread. You can smell it wafting through the house a bit whilst it's cooking then when you open the oven door it's full on flavour.

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I may as well ask before neil does, what does an oven door taste like Gayle?
:D

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You can buy coffee that is 'instant'?

That's my grinder in the bin then, and the only exercise I get out of the window.

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What a good friend you are Less, saving Neil the onerous task of pulling my pigtails again!

Oven doors, as you well know, are extremely tasty - they need a bit of seasoning though!:D

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I prefer my oven door smoked, thats why if the instructions say gas mark 4 for twenty minutes, I set it at gas mark 8 for 40 minutes, to enhance the flavour, (the taste buds suffer because of my smoking as well, before anyone asks :D)

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If you cleaning it more than yearly it might not be quite as tasty.

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Cleaning!!!! How does that work then? Will Willow's little gremlins come and clean up for me?

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Can't understand these people with a cleaning fixation, everything I use in the kitchen is self cleaning.

If for example I use the same plate over and over eventually it builds up a crust the weight of which at some stage will cause the remains to no longer adhere and fall to the floor, all that's needed is a little patience.
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Yes I know they are two different plates, that is to show how posh I am and that I can choose which one to eat off!:D

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A serious answer to what I assume/hope was a serious question. The reason why coffee always loses its aroma once the bottle/vaccuum pack is opened is because the the thing that causes the smell in the first place is the oils in the coffee bean - and they are "volatile". That is, they disappear when exposed to air. Which is why you always get such a wonderful "hit" when you first open the pack.

I love fresh coffee, and my solution is to use coffee that I have freshly ground from beans and to make it in a cafetiere (not a filter) with water that is just below boiling. That way, though the beans still lose some of their smell and flavour once the pack is opened, more of the aroma is retained because it is still inside the bean.

HTH

Tricia

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"Are there any other products out there that give off their own mouth watering scent that give us that 'feel good' factor?"

Freshly baked home-made bread gets my vote - I just bought a breadmaker and it's brilliant. The smell permeates the house and the fresh bread tastes wonderful. One of the best buys yet!

And second to that is freshly baked home-made cake.

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root beer - but then I'm weird. :se_jump:

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Root beer? That's smells like Germolene!

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i dont like the smell of coffee

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Oh i like the smell of Germolene, and TCP.

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Actually, so do I. As an ointment it smells good, but I can't say I would particularly like to eat it. Still, they do say root beer is an acquired taste - and once you've got the taste, you're hooked. I wasn't in America long enough to get hooked. I don't know if you can get it here these days?

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Judging from articles I have read on the subject, it's actually just the opposite. If you want to preserve the aroma of coffee (and hence it's flavour) you should keep it in the fridge or, even better, the freezer. That "sets" the oils that carry the smell and flavour. You won't get that "hit" of smell when you open the jar/packet, but the coffee will taste better.

Of course, coffee will always deteriorate in time - so the best way to make really good coffee is to buy it in the bean and grind it yourself just before brewing. I like to buy various kinds of beans and experiment with different blends.