Slow Coffee Tycoon: Cosy Cafe
Idle Barista Business Empire
Free · In-App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Run cafes across eleven cities — Vienna to Kyoto. Hire baristas, take loans, watch the empire grow — even when the app is closed. No ads, ever.
A cosy coffee empire, run on decisions, not taps. Acquire cafes in eleven cities, hire baristas, take loans, and watch the business grow — even with the app closed.
WHAT MAKES SLOW COFFEE DIFFERENT
• You manage. The cafe runs itself. No tapping to serve, no scripted clicker grind.
• Buy real, already-running cafes — already brewing, already earning. Not empty buildings.
• Honest money. Wages, marketing, interest, credit score. Take a loan; pay it back; or default and recover.
• Cosy by design. Warm illustration, calm typography, no slot machines, no manipulative timers.
• Genuinely offline. No account, no login, no internet required. Your cafes keep earning while the app is closed (capped at eight hours).
HOW IT PLAYS
Open the app. See your offline earnings. Tap a cafe to review the cards: cash flow, reputation, marketing, workforce, equipment, inventory. Move marketing up; hire a tier-three barista; upgrade the espresso machine; consider whether to take on debt to buy the next city. Close the app. Come back in a few hours. Your decisions compound.
You'll spend two to five minutes per session, two to four times a day. There is no end goal beyond watching the empire grow.
ELEVEN CITIES, ONE EMPIRE
Start in Vienna with Marmor & Samt — a small kaffeehaus you've just inherited. Earn your way through Beton & Bohne in Berlin-Kreuzberg, Cà Phê Trứng under a Hanoi fan, Finca Altura at Bogotá altitude, İki Kıta Kahvecisi on a Bosphorus rooftop, Riad al-Bunn in a Marrakech riad, Neon Bukchon tucked under Seoul neon, Hakuro Pour-Over in the Tokyo crowd, Uji Matcha-an in Kyoto's quiet lanes, and Banco Brera near Milan's Brera. An eleventh cafe — Bistro Paris — is available as an optional purchase.
A FULL MENU
Thirteen drinks across hot and iced: espresso, americano, latte, cappuccino, mocha, filter, pour-over, matcha latte, black tea, cold brew, iced latte, iced americano, iced mocha. Unlock the Dessert Menu and pair them with croissants, brownies, tiramisu, cheesecake, and macarons.
REAL WEATHER, REAL EVENTS
Every city runs on its own local clock and weather — sunny days lift hot drinks, rainy days nudge customers indoors. Cultural events from Vienna to Marrakech bring traffic spikes you can plan for.
WHAT YOU WILL NOT FIND
• No ads. Not at launch. Not ever.
• No virtual currency. No coins, no gems, no diamonds. Every purchase is a tangible product.
• No forced timers. No fake scarcity. No "watch a video to continue."
• No login. No social. No leaderboards. Just you and your cafes.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
The base game is free — run cafes, take loans, learn the loop. Coffee Club is the keystone: −20% wages and marketing, +10% open-hours sales, cheaper restocks and equipment, an extra daily mission slot, and access to Finca Altura in Bogotá. Choose a weekly, monthly, yearly, or lifetime plan — whatever fits. Optional one-time purchases: the Always-Open Pass to run any cafe around the clock, the Dessert Menu Unlock for pastries and bakery equipment, and Bistro Paris as the eleventh cafe. All purchases restore on reinstall. Subscriptions can be cancelled anytime in your Apple ID settings.
Brewed slowly by an indie developer. Questions, bugs, or just want to say hi? hello@slowcoffee.app
Privacy Policy: https://tugrul.works/projects/coffee-tycoon/privacy-policy
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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• Empire Manager: deeper stats to track every cafe at a glance.
• Kyoto joins the map: the Uji Matcha-an cafe plus a new Matcha Latte.
• Economy tuning and bug fixes for a smoother climb.
The developer, Tugrul Erdem Dogru, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Purchases
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Information
- Provider
- Tugrul Erdem Dogru
- Size
- 97.2 MB
- Category
- Simulation
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.1 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Empire Manager Rp 29ribu
- The Coffee House Bundle Rp 119ribu
- Kyoto Tea & Matcha Bar Rp 89ribu
- Coffee Plantation Estate Rp 69ribu
- Coffee Club Yearly Rp 229ribu
- Dessert Menu Rp 49ribu
- Paris Bistro Rp 119ribu
- Always Open Pass Rp 49ribu
- Coffee Club Lifetime Rp 399ribu
- Coffee Club Weekly Rp 89ribu
- Copyright
- © 2026 Tugrul Works