Vienna: Coffee Games Created by Ruth Paget
I used Coffee: A Connoisseur’s Guide by Claudia Roden and Coffee for Dummies by Major Cohen to create the following games that you can play as solitaire quizzing, with a partner, or as teams.
Game 1: Roast Names
Use Claudia Roden’s Coffee: A Connoisseur’s Guide to make index cards to flip for this game. Put one term per card from the following list:
Cinnamon
Half City
Full City
American
Regular
High
Viennese
French
Continental
Italian
Espresso
On the back of each card mark the correct roast using Roden’s book as a guide:
Light or Pale Roast
Medium Roast
Dark or Full Roast
Darkest Roast
Game 2: Coffee Order Game
Use Coffee for Dummies by Major Cohen to find the definitions for each of the coffee order terms below. Write the term on the front of an index card and the definition on the back. Flip the cards as solitaire games, with a partner, or as teams.
Espresso solo
Espresso doppio
Ristretto
Lungo
Macchiato
Cappuccino
Caffé Latte
Caffé Breve
Mocha
Flat White
Americano
Cortado
Game 3: Coffee Geography
Elevation, soil type, rainfall, and proximity to the equator determine how good your coffee will be in addition to production methods and brewing.
There are two main coffee types: Robusta and Arabica with Arabica being the elite coffee type. Volcanic soil and high elevation are indicators of high quality coffee.
In this game, you will note the coffee growing country on the front of an index card along with the number of coffee regions in the country and the capital city of the country. On the back of the card, you will note the country name, the names of the coffee growing regions, and the capital city’s name.
Use Coffee for Dummies by Major Cohen to note major coffee growing regions in the Western Hemisphere, Africa, and the Eastern Hemisphere and Asian Pacific.
Have fun with the coffee games that will increase your knowledge of the world’s second most traded commodity after petroleum.
Created by Ruth Paget, author of Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
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