Anyone love the smell of coffee, but hate the taste?

Canada
September 22, 2007 9:49pm CST
I love the smell of coffee, but no matter how many times I try it, I just can learn to like the taste. To me the taste is completely different from the smell. So I just never drink coffee - but I appreciate the scent whenever someone else is drinking coffee. Does anyone else find the same thing? Or am the only one who thinks this?
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• United States
23 Sep 07
Yes, I feel the same way! Coffee smells so delicious... I love the coffee aisle in the grocery store because you can smell the ground beans. But I don't drink it... I do like iced coffee somewhat but I get the vanilla or hazelnut kind.
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• Canada
23 Sep 07
mmm.... the coffee aisle. That smells soooo good.
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• United States
9 Oct 07
It's funny because yesterday I learned my bf feels the same way... And that he will go into the coffee aisle and inhale the beans. It's funny cos we've been together 3 years. Always learning somethin new!
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@wotfpatty (2065)
• United States
23 Sep 07
That is hilarious! The smell of coffee to me brings me back home to when I was a kid and Mom would brew the coffee before Dad got up. That smell is so nostalgic that I love it. But I HATE coffee and never even drank of a full cup of the stuff. It reeks. But the smell? It is like a a bit of nostalgia and I love to go somewhere in the morning when the smell of fresh coffee is in the air. Takes me back home for a while. My husband will drink it now and then and I love the smell. But wouldn't drink it. ew.
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• Canada
23 Sep 07
I guess it is nostalgic. My parents always used to drink coffee in the morning too.
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@shannon76 (1232)
• United States
23 Sep 07
Wow, I thought I was the only one! Glad to know there are at least a few of us out there!! Coffee makes me literally gag!! But for some strange reason, the smell is wonderful!
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@mzz663 (2772)
• United States
23 Sep 07
I've always loved the smell of coffee, especially in the morning. For years, I never drank coffee, a friend of mine said..I bet by the time you're 25 you'll drink it! She was wrong, I was 30 and I still think it tastes horrible, but it's a good swift kick in the @$$ when you need to get moving.(It took working 12 hour shifts on a job that was on the midnight shift) But you're right, to me it smells alot different than it tastes!
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• Canada
23 Sep 07
I was told a similar thing too, "once you're in university, you'll start drinking coffee". But I never started. To this day I still don't drink coffee, or even any fancy iced coffee drinks. If I need an energy kick, I'll have a softdrink.
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@hailie17 (448)
23 Sep 07
I know exactly what you mean. I find the taste of coffee awfulbut i absolutely adore the smell of it. I love being in a coffee shop, drinking tea and smelling the wonderful aroma of freshly brewed coffee. People sometimes think i'm strange but at least now i know i'm not the only one!
• India
23 Sep 07
hey even i think tat the smell of coffee is more mouth watering than the coffee itself.ya friend u hav 1 more person who thinks like u.basically i dont like tea at all so in schooldays i always tried 2 drink coffee as all my friends used 2 drink n as usual even i wanted 2 giv it try but not successful.....neways i still try 2 drink but ehhhhhhhhh it doesnt reach my lips.....but ya i like cold coffee.i can drink it ne time if its a really good 1.thr's a coffee shop near my place n i like java temptation a lot 4m tat 1.........hmmmmmmmmmmmm its a really mouth watering
@Jshean20 (14349)
• Canada
23 Sep 07
You're not the only one who feels this way, infact I've had coffee candles in my house before (I have a hard time finding them though). Anyways, I'm not a coffee drinker at all but I do enjoy Tim Hortons iced caps which do have some coffee in them.
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@sherrir101 (3670)
• Malinta, Ohio
23 Sep 07
I used to be that way. Loved the smell of coffee, but could never drink it. It's only been in the past 4 years, that I have ever drank it regularly. I love the taste now. I am 44 years old and I finally grew up? LOL
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@kelly60 (4547)
• United States
24 Sep 07
I am so glad to see that there are others who feel the same. I thought that I was the only one. I just love the aroma of coffee, but I can't stand the taste of it.
@Pompon (1757)
• Poland
15 Oct 07
I know what you meen. Coffee does smell good but I can't make myself drink it. Even when someone put a lot of sugar and cream in it it's still something disturbing about the taste:/
@mepibot (387)
• Brazil
23 Sep 07
Yeah, me too. I hate coffee, but i like the smell (specialy capuccino). XDD~
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@sheerjane (112)
• China
23 Sep 07
Hmmm,i am the one you said,lol...
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@shiloh_222 (5479)
• Philippines
23 Sep 07
i love the smell of coffee and it's taste.. unless it black...i can't stand pure black coffee... but add a little sugar, milk and cream... yum!