Coffee-finders.com. Is there any greater smell than the smell of freshly roasted coffee beans that just arrived? You can just smell, smell, smell. Then it’s only one thing to do. Brew coffee! “: to detect or become aware of as if by the sense of smell” -Merriam-webster What a nice way to define the verb to smell. You certainly become aware someone is brewing coffee when they do. And here where I am at the moment, the local coffee producers regularly roast their coffee so it smells all over the place.