People living near a city-centre coffee shop say they cannot enjoy their gardens because the smell of roasting beans is so strong. Every morning, the coffee roaster at Trading Post in Sydney Street, Brighton , fires up and before long coffee fumes are being spewed out of a chimney. For those living behind the store, in Tidy Street, the burnt smell makes their life a misery as it fills their gardens and homes.
"And it is not the deep, mellow notes that everybody enjoys," said nearby resident Paul Latham. "We've been suffering for years. It is pungent and overpowering, and if you are not feeling even 100 per cent and that smell hits you, it is not nice.
" His father, who has dementia, regularly stays in Paul's home - and he says the smell only exacerbates the condition. The rear chimney is a new addition (Image: Andrew Gardner / The Argus) Residents set up a petition in 2022 to encourage the council's environmental health department to take action. The council responded and said the roastery has taken action to stop the stench - but some fumes still made it through.
Headhunter Zoe Robinson, 57, has lived in the street for six years. She added: "We all love living here. But the smell puts a dampener on things.
If I have my windows open, the smell gets in the house. "I have people in my garden that I entertain a lot and they say it stinks. They just should not be roasting in this area and that smell should not be happening.
" Trading Post not only makes the coffee for its own store.
