@neauoire I feel like this aligns with my feelings about coffee and/or a hot shower after hiking or doing outdoor work in the PNW fall/winter.

@neauoire Might be related to the water hardness:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_water

Or minerals within it.

@neauoire to me, coffee evokes home. taste, smell, the act of brewing. everything.

it makes complete sense in my mind why it would taste better for you over there :)

ps.: an story i really want to revisit and see what else it can be, features coffee repeatedly -- https://cohost.org/gureito/post/3285745-sunny-sundays/c1e2bd5e5de442c58436a619925bc32f

@neauoire I find a similar phenomenon while canoe camping, of course it’s tea, bc I’m too much of a lightweight to drink coffee

@neauoire Food tastes better at sea, too.

@neauoire I've heard that adding a small amount salt to coffee somehow causes your tongue to not register the bitterness as much; anecdotally I find a tiny pinch of salt makes a really cheap cup of diner coffee taste better. I wonder if the saltiness in the air has a similar effect?

@neauoire L'air, l'atmosphere... (joue énormément, je crois)

@neauoire Sense of smell is more powerful with more humidity. It’s why food tastes like crap on an airplane.