The Good Old Days, When Coffee Smelled Like Wet Dogs
We tend to romanticize the country store, and to deride chain stores and name brands. But maybe coffee lovers should think twice.
(p. 116, footnote 1) "The air was thick with an all-embracing odor," wrote Gerald Carson in The Old Country Store, "an aroma composed of dry herbs and wet dogs, or strong tobacco, green hides and raw humanity." Bulk roasted coffee absorbed all such smells.
Source:
Pendergrast, Mark. Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World. New York: Basic Books, 2000.
