SMELLBOOK REFERENCE · SB-0142
Coffee Shop
Permanent ID: smellbook: · updated 2026-10-24, revision 5
Character EDITORIAL
A coffee shop smells warm, roasted and inviting, led by fresh coffee with a slightly bitter edge.
Words: coffee, warm, roasted. Families: Temperature and texture, Cooked and fermented.
States: roasted (EDITORIAL). A state says how an entry is met, such as wet, aged or roasted. It does not create a new smell, and it adds no scientific fact by itself: states marked EDITORIAL come from the entry's own records, and only those marked VERIFIED are reported by a VERIFIED claim.
Met in: Coffee shop.
Evidence
Scientific evidence
- Diacetyl and 2,3-pentanedione in air sampled on café baristas (CLM-COFFEESHOP-001). Ryan F. LeBouf et al., Exposures and Emissions in Coffee Roasting Facilities and Cafés: Diacetyl, 2,3-Pentanedione, and Other Volatile Organic Compounds, Frontiers in Public Health, 2020.
Molecules named in these claims: 2,3-butanedione, 2,3-pentanedione. A molecule listed here is named in a VERIFIED claim about this smell. It is not presented as the cause of the smell; each claim says what its source supports.
Cite
SmellBook. (2026). Coffee Shop (revision 5, 2026-10-24). SmellBook Public Atlas. smellbook:smell:coffee-shop. https://smellbook.com/smells/coffee-shop
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