This is Coffee in Anno 1800. It is a consumer good that is used by a few classes in Anno 1800. Coffee is produced in the Coffee Roaster at the rate of two tons per minute. It can only be produced in the New World.
Who needs Coffee
Coffee is used by a few different classes of your population. Coffee is a basic need of four different classes which are Engineers, Investors, Obreros, and Artistas.
Basic need
| Tier | 1 ton supplies | Extra to Residences | Income |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineers | 75 Residences or up to 3000 Engineers | 2 extra to Residences | +20/+18/+16 |
| Investors | 37.5 Residences or up to 1875 Investors | 8 extra to Residences | +50/+45/+40 |
| Obreros | 37.5 Residences or up to 750 Obreros | 2 extra to Residences | +2.5/+2.25/+2 |
| Technicians | 83.3 Residences or up to 2083 Artistas | 5 extra to Residences | +10/+9/+8 |
As you can see form this table is that Coffee is an important item for many of your populations need.
Trading Coffee
In this section we will be looking at Trading Coffee in Anno 1800.
| Trading Type | Buying/Selling Rate | Where from |
|---|---|---|
| Passive Selling | $80 Credits per ton | Traders to your harbour |
| Passive Buying | $200 Credits per ton | Traders to your harbour |
| Active Buying | $200 Credits per ton | Buy from Madame Kahina |
When we look at this table we can see that when a trader comes to your harbour and purchases Coffee from you they will pay you $80 Credits per ton. On the other hand when a trader comes to your harbour and sells you Coffee you will have to pay $200 Credits per ton. There is also the option for active buying. This means that we will have the option to purchase Coffee from Madame Kahina for the price of $200 Credits per ton.
How to set up trading
As we can see from the table above there are two options for trading Coffee. These are passive trading and also active trading. You will notice that there are two options for passive trading and also one option for active trading. Lets take a look at these options now.
Passive trading
Passive trading is where a trader comes to your Trade post and trades with you. To allow passive trading to work you will first have to set it up. The first thing that you will need to do is to select your Trade post on your island and you will be faced with a screen where you can select the item for trading. Once you have selected the item a new menu will open up that will show a screen showing a menu with a slider on it. Move this slider to set the minimum amount of stock to hold on this island. You will also notice that there are four buttons on this screen for the type of trade to do.
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These are the buttons that you will be faced with on the trade type menu. They are No Trade, Buy and Sell, Sell or Buy. You can select these depending on what you wish to do for trade at this island. Once you have set these up traders will then trade with your island.
Active trading
As we can see the bottom two options on this table are for active trading. Active trading is where you will manually trade with NPC’s islands. There are two ways to carry out manual trading. The first one is to select one of your ships and then select the harbour that you wish it to go to. When the ship arrives you can then select the Trade post that you wish to trade with. Once you do this you will be faced with this screen.
Here we can see that on the left is our ship and on the right is Sir Archibald Blake’s island. To trade here all you have to do is select the goods on the right hand side and they will then go to the bottom centre section buying. The cost will also be displayed at the bottom. When the goods have been selected you can then trade them on to your ship. You can then send the ship back to one of your islands and transfer the goods from your ship.
The next way to active trade is to set up a trade route. Lets take a look at this now. When setting up a trade route you will first need to select a ship that you wish to go on to the trade route. When you select the ship you will need to locate the button that is two arrows in a circle. This will then open up the trade screen where you can select the islands that you wish your ship to move between. Once you have selected these you will then move on to the screen to set up the trade.
As we can see from the screenshot above we will load fifty tons of Steel Beams on to the ship whenever the ship arrives at High Clarence Hall. The ship will then move to Osthoven to unload. The ship will continue on this trade route until you cancel it.
Taking Coffee on Expeditons
Many items in Anno 1800 can be taken on Expeditions. When taking items on Expeditions they will give you benefits depending on what you took. When we look at taking Coffee on Expeditions it will grant you 5 bonus points to Force Skill along with 25 bonus points to Morale for every 50 tons taken.
How to make Coffee
In this section we will look at how to make Coffee in Anno 1800.
This is the Coffee Production Chain in Anno 1800
As we can see this is a very simple layout for obtaining Coffee. We have had to place down two Coffee Plantations that will produce the Coffee Beans for Coffee Roaster to produce the Coffee. This layout will produce two tons of Coffee per minute.