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Saturday, July 3, 2021

Vienna: Coffee Games Created by Ruth Paget

 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
CaffĂ© 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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