Smell 2012: the nose into the coffee (1)

Leonardo Lelli

The third edition of Smell - Festival Internazionale dell'Olfatto has been very involving and the dawn theme has allowed Francesca Faruolo's team to shine for always being able to find unusual stimuli and unexplored paths to sense the mysterious land of olfactory culture.
Just think how many times you stick your nose into the coffee, maybe to cleanse it from olfactory fatigue during a sniffathon but have you ever truly appreciated the coffee aroma in all its facets? It's been pure genius to start saturday morning with a workshop named "The nose into the coffee". After all there's no dawn without a good coffee. Artisans and roasters of gourmet coffee at Torrefazione Caffè Lelli, Leonardo and Lisa Lelli nicely guided us with ability through the process of growing, processing and roasting and to reply at Leonardo's teaser "Do you expect to drink coffee?" I enjoyed sniffing different varieties of coffee-beans discovering how ignorant I am about what's behind the coffee cup.