Wake Up and Smell the Nauseating Coffee

jacobjyu writes "The NY Times is running a story about a coffee roasting plant being accused of polluting the air. The city inspector claims the smells are making people sick, however the plant owner retorts, 'This is not a smell that makes people sick ... This is one of those sweet smells like cut flowers, like fresh-baked bread, that's part and parcel of life in every city across the world.' Whatever the case, some people are claiming plastic-smelling fumes coming from the stacks: my only question is what the heck are they putting in this coffee??"

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The smell from here.

[wumingzi]

There are several roasting plants near my place, One of which frequently does waft over my house if the wind is blowing the right way.

I can't say I mind much, but there is a difference between the smell of roasted coffee and the smell of a roasting plant at work.

Very strangely, one roaster is kitty-corner from a crematorium. It may or may not surprise you that burned Seattleites smell a lot like roasted coffee.