Coffee Roaster

A cup of coffee is a morning ritual for many and in Coffee Roaster, you become a part of the whole process, from bean to cup.

In this solitaire bag-builder, you must use your skill at roasting and brewing coffee to create a cup of coffee that matches the recipe given as best as possible. The game is split into two phases; the roasting phase and the brewing phase.

In the roasting phase, you will have a bag filled with raw, green coffee beans as well as some moisture and steam tokens that count negatively towards your score. It’s your job in this round, to draw a set number of tokens and roast the beans that are drawn by one level each time (sometimes two levels if the round dictates). Coffee beans can be roasted from level 0 to level 4 but be wary as any beans taken beyond this point will burn and be a potential cause for minus points at the brewing phase. You can also use the beans and flavour tokens to activate abilities that can improve your bag and make the brewing process that little bit easier.

Once content with the overall roasting score of the bag, you can then progress onto the brewing phase. In this phase, you must draw tokens out, one at a time, and either add them into your cup or discard them into one of the discard spaces, which are limited. Your recipe card will give you the key criteria for each cup; how strong it needs to be, the flavour tokens required and what bonuses you can get by using multiple of the same roast number.

You can choose to do just one recipe or you can attempt to combine 3 different recipes, increasing in difficulty, to aim for the title of ‘Meister’!

Coffee Roaster encompasses the art of coffee making into a therapeutic solo game that offers a lot of variety while also educating you around the origins of coffee and the processes involved with your morning drink.

Player count - 1 player
Time - 10-30 minutes
Age - 12+