Ep 4: Roasting Your D&D Players, what coffee making can teach us about challenge and pace

In this episode, we interview Laura and Kelly of Homebrew Coffee & Co, who run a Dungeons & Dragons themed, fresh roast coffee business.

We learn about coffee roasting, coffee brewing, and how Dungeon Masters might perfectly roast their players for a balanced session.

Be sure to check out Homebrew’s fantastic instagram - they feature limited edition roasts and giveaways frequently, and we heard they are working on something extra special for September!

Sara made some fun diagrams to represent the coffee roasting process, but she is still working on the Dungeon Master version.

Input/Output/Feedback is an existing model of process improvement. When Homebrew receives a new bag of beans, they do a bit of testing using this approach to determine the bean’s profile and preferred roast settings.

For Dungeon Masters, we might apply a similar philosophy to our sessions. What worked, what didn’t? What adjustments should we make for next time?

From their initial tests, they go into the actual roasting: