Why does ground coffee beans smell like marijuana after it’s brewed?
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Why does ground coffee beans smell like marijuana after it’s brewed?
You can check the answer of the people under the question at Quora “why does coffee smell like weed“
I’ve noticed the same thing and my guess is the two contain similar terpenes.
It’s easy to find a list of the different terpenes in cannabis but not as easy to find a list of terpenes in coffee.
I don’t know what kind of coffee you are brewing but I have never experienced this.
What type of coffee are you buying? Mine never smells like pot. Is it Arabica beans. Venezuelian and Brazilian are irregular scented so maybe these produce the scent.
I’ve noticed that wet coffee grounds smell like certain strains of cannabis as well. I did some research out of curiosity, making the assumption that a shared chemical accounts for the shared smell.
I don’t know much about chemistry though, so I’m learning as I go.
One possibility is Caryophyllene, a “dietary cannabinoid”, which is also in cinnamon and Black Caraway. I don’t think it’s in coffee, but it’s in a lot of foods that are similar to coffee, so there’s possibility there.
Another possibility is a share Thiol, such as Methanethiol. A common flavoring agent in coffee is Furan-2-ylmethanethiol.
Overall, I found plenty of people saying that they have weed that smells like coffee, or vice versa, but no concrete explanations as to why.
I would always brew a pot of coffee in a Kitchen near the front door whenever I would smoke in an apartment. Are you sure its the coffee or is that what someone is telling you? Your best bet is to research the terpenes available in coffee and compare them to a list of terpenes available across marijuana. I couldn’t find a side by side list but it if you really want your answer im sure it would take you just a few minutes to learn the knowledge yourself.
Cannabis and coffee both have sulfur-containing thiol compounds. These contribute to the “skunky” aroma of low-quality cannabis, and of coffee, and of skunk musk. What you’re smelling are these sulfur-containing compounds.