Coffee Bean Farming 101

[Yogurt_The_Cow]

So apparently people strike it rich by farming coffee beans. I've been interested in this for a while, and I'm finally going to ask… how do you guys do it? I'm really trying to make my farm more optimal and efficient now. I know everyone has different play styles, but my neurodivergence really makes me want it to be perfect.

I just bought one coffee bean from her uhhh I forget her name. (The lady who sells stuff in the Cindersap Forest.)

Anyways what are your guys' coffee farm layouts?

 

[Cuddlebug]

Usually I get some beans in the mines and plant them in Greenhouse. Put the beans in kegs and make my own coffee, I don't like to pay 300 g for just one cup, Only buy the TSE recipe... And when I get the Coffee maker from Evelyn I usually stop planting beans. The machine gives you a cup everyday, so it's not necessary furthermore.

 

[Nonak]

I also plant them in the greenhouse, not for money, but for speed (3-4 triple shot espressos a day is very healthy trust)

About this many plants gets me swimming in them, I used to have even more, but the bushes were destroyed by THE ORB because THE ORB prefers pinaples. I don't care much for the coffee maker, as by the time I get it I have enough growing and it produces too little for my caffeine addicted farmer. I just smacked it there for the lack of a better place. Grab it whenever I remember to harvest the beans and throw them in kegs, or on this farm in the chest for Automate to process them for me.

 

[WorstDecorator]

well I tend to be either very aggressive (or very lucky) with Dust Sprites early on to where I get a coffee bean or two very early.

And since I'm usually too lazy (or busy) to buy a replacement round of seeds from Pierre come Summertime I usually just replant that coffee harvest as I'm gradually making more mid-tier sprinklers. The last two weeks of summer are actually a lot of time for exponential growth (it's a 2 day regrowth plant after all, 14 days = 7 harvests). I'm always surprised how quickly one or two plants can become 16-20 and suddenly i've got a huuuuuuuge stack. Which in turn becomes the obvious choice for a "filler" crop when I first unlock the greenhouse and/or Ginger Island and need to get something in that soil but don't have the money for a wave of starfruit (or have been unlucky popping Ancient Seeds).

Coffee spirals very easy.

though i filled a shed full of deluxe retaining soil garden pot coffee plants once. never again. it ended up eating all my time just to stay on top of harvesting it. Quick brewing time also means you can lose most of your day just picking and processing your coffee if you're not careful and get your field "too big".

 

[Junimoo]

Very early game I’ll maybe dabble in making coffee, but usually I think my time is better spent growing starfruit and buying coffee

 

[roydivision]

Once I get access to the mines, I go for the Burglar Ring, which you get from the Dust Sprites. Coffee Beans are a nice drop, and since they last during Spring and Summer, they are a great thing to plant early on. Plus the kegs make coffee really fast.

 

[Terdin]

I too have always got my first coffee bean from the mines.

I used to plant a lot of coffee beans, and then taking a day in between wine cycles to run a few cycles of coffee in the keg shed. Now, I've got two kegs for coffee in the house that runs two cycles a day (sometimes more). I've found that 8 coffee plants on Ginger Island gives too many beans for one keg, too few for two, so I put some down on the farm this year to make sure I don't run out.