She's doing great, it's a joy to watch her interacting with customers and how they respond to her. I know it's kind of a steep learning curve, but the tastings especially are a lot of fun, once you get comfortable with the whole process. But the same theory works with scent, too -- there are certain things you can smell to sort of 'reset' your olfactory sense and clear them out, just like with taste. The two senses are so closely linked that it helps with tastings to have neutral scents on hand too; coffee beans are actually one of them, and my personal favorite.
Huh. I knew about a trick for the sense of smell where you sniff your sleeve after smelling a candle to kind of reset your senses, but I had no clue coffee beans worked too. That's kind of interesting, honestly. But yeah, it makes sense now that you mention it about smell and taste being connected. And that's good to hear about Charlie. She always seems to do best when she's around people, so working somewhere she gets to interact with customers all day feels like a pretty natural fit for her.
