Cafe World Sirius Sorbet

Cafe World has introduced another recipe called Sirius Sorbet. This new recipe, Sirius Sorbet has a 30 minute preparation time. The question is how does this recipe stack up with others.

Below are the details of Sirius Sorbet

Cost: 1300 coins

Servings: 175

Revenue: 8 coins per serving

Time: 0.5 Hours

CP: 19 Points (9 serving, 9 preparation, 1 cleaning stove)

Total Revenue: 1400 Coins

Profit/Hour: 200 Coins

CP/Hour: 38 Points

Analysis

In terms of coins this is appears to be lousy dish. 1400 -1300 returns only 100 dollars. ROI is extremely low.

However, in terms so CP/Hour it serves up an healthy 38 CP/HR and 200 coins per hour. In the category of dishes with a preparation/cooking time between 15 minutes to 60 minutes, it falls being the Fruit Salad, caviar, Buttermilk Pancakes and Jelly Jammin Donuts in CP/hour. In terms of Coins/hour it ties with the fruit salad and beats Caviar, Buttermilk Pancakes and Jelly Jammin Donut

Note CP=Cafe Points

Cafe World Super Stove Frame on Sale

Cafe World is now offering a Super Stove Frame on Sale for 100,000 Coins. You will still need the help of your neighbours to acquire the other parts.

The parts needed are

• Computer Chip - 14 (now 10 for a limited time)
• Panel - 12 (now 10 for a limited time)
• Knobs -12 (now 10 for a limited time)
• Grills - 12 (now 10 for a limited time)

This is good as the more Super Stoves you have in your Kitchen the faster you can cook. If you can make sure you buy a super stove and enjoy the faster cooking experience.

Note (2010-04-29): Post updated as Cafeworld has reduced the number of parts needed for a limited time.

Cafe World Free Cash For Wedding Cake Problems

Cafe World has recognized the great hardship their Wedding Cake has cost and are now offering free Cafe Cash until the April 19, 2010. Each days chefs can get 1 cafe cash by clicking on a envelope at the top of the screen

Have you received your free cafe cash?

update(April 21, 2010): This has been extended to April 23, 2010

Cafe World Wedding Cake Problems Persist

Cafeworld's Wedding Cake continues to be a source of heartache to many users. Users complain of the progress being set back, cakes missing, ingredients lost. Where it appears to hurt most is those who actually spent Cafe Cash(real money) to purchase ingredients etc. These are the persons who really Zynga should be taking could care off. You really do not want to lose your paying customers

Here are a few quotes from users, just in case you missed them

I was sick of trying to collect ingredients to finish the cake so I paid 25 Cafe Cash to complete. All good... until the next day when suddenly it was back at 22% and of course my Cafe Cash was still gone!!! - an

So now everyday I log in I'm back to the first tier of baking, this is ridiculous I used cafe cash to purchase some of the ingredients, the least they could do is address and post status on the return of the illlusive cake!

There are many more and can be found in the comments sections of the articles listed at the end of this post.

Zynga has posted dated April 7, 2010

We are aware of an issue with Wedding Cakes not saving progress correctly.

We suggest that you refrain from purchasing the missing parts of your Wedding Cake while we work out this issue. Your Wedding Cake will not expire, and you will have the chance to complete is as soon as this issue has been resolved.

In summary do not buy anything for the Wedding Cake using Cafe Cash until, they have advised that the problems is resolved. The wedding appears to have been postponed until they have completed their investigation and theissues can be resolved

Are you still having problems with your wedding cake? Post your feedback and let us know

• Wedding Cake Problems in Cafe World
• Cafe World: Wedding Cake Issues being addressed

Cafe World Vegas Buffet

Cafe World has introduced a new dish to coincide with there new Vegas Theme. There are new decorations, chairs, table, wall to go along with this new dish. So if you are into the gaming scene, which I am not, you have check it out.

The dish itself is a 9 hour dish and the details are shown below.

Below are the details of Vegas Buffet
Cost: 1000 Coins

Servings: 550

Revenue: 5 coins per serving

Time: 9 Hours

CP: 250 Points (195 serving, 54 preparation, 1 cleaning stove)

Total Revenue: 2750

CoinsProfit/Hour: 27.78

CoinsCP/Hour: 192.8 Points

Analysis

This is a decent 9 hour dish. It is actually much better than Bacon and Eggs and formerly available Star Dust Stew. However, Mystical Pizza, a 11 hour dish, compared to Vegas buffet, offers more coins per hour, 290 to 193, and more points per hour, 30 to 28. Therefore because Vegas Buffet is so close in time to the Mystical Pizza in the 9-12 hour category of dishes, and the significantly more coins per hour, we would have to give Mystical Pizza the edge.

Cafe World going Outdoors

The construction sign seems to say it all. Cafe World is going outdoors. This is an very interesting move. Is it a drive-through or is it and outdoor sidewalk cafe.

How it will be implemented will be of interest to chefs.

Will there be two different sets of stoves needed?

Will there be two different sets of counters needed?

Cafe World Tom Yum Goong is back

Tom Yum Goong the dish that caused an uproar in Cafe World because access to it depended on being a certain level in Zynga's Mafia Wars is back. Many Chefs, especially parents, apparently were upset about in cross promotion of Mafia Wars and the further requirements that in order to have this dish you had to play Mafia Wars and be a certain level.

A huge cry went out to Zynga and the dish was removed. Well it now appears the dish is back and available at Level 24 up from level 4 orginally. I captured some comments from a forum before the thread was apparently deleted. The comments were generally against the cross promotion with a some not seeing it as a bother while some thinking it was a good thing. I think Zynga got the point and the dish was removed, conditions changed and returned.

Below are the details of Tom Yum Goong
Cost: 2400

Servings: 3000

Revenue: 5 coins per serving

Time: 96 Hours

CP: 573 Points (72 serving, 500 preparation, 1 cleaning stove)

Total Revenue: 15,000 Coins

Profit/Hour: 131.1 Coins

CP/Hour: 5.97 Points

Analysis

This is a pretty lousy dish. It could be argued that for a four day dish it is worth it. It matters not to me as I will neither be cooking it or eating it.

Martian Brain Bake now vs. Martian Brain Bake original

Martian Brain Bake is back in Cafe World but Martian Brain Bake 2, the second coming is not like that of the first coming. The first version (original) was 24 hour dish while the second version is 72 hours.

This means the rewards from the dish has changed. So don't be caught out in believing this is the same Martian Brain Bake original.

Below are the details of Martian Brain Bake vs Martian Brain Bake 2

Cost: 2200 vs 1800 coins

Servings: 1560 vs 600

Revenue: 5 vs 18 coins per serving

Time: 24 vs 72 hours

CP:
314 Points (280 serving, 33 preparation, 1 cleaning stove) vs

455 Points (400 serving, 54 preparation, 1 cleaning stove)

Total Revenue: 7800 vs 10800 Coins

Profit/Hour: 232.71 vs 124.79 Coins

CP/Hour: 13.08 vs 6.32 Points

It should be noted that the Martian Bake 2, apparently replaces the Giant Dino Egg which seems to no longer seen. The stats are actually the same.

Analysis

Given this dish being a copy of the Dino Egg, our opinions remain the same. Its low 6.3 cafe points per hour and 125 coins per hour, makes it not the ideal dish if you are looking to raise coins or points quickly.

However, if you are going to be away from your cafe for 3 days, like over the week-end, its a worthwhile addition to the recipe book. Keep in mind that the it can also be left on the stove for another 3 days before it will spoil.

Cafe World Super Stoves build event

Cafe World has now offered a way for chefs to build their Super Stove. First thing is you should consider becoming a member of the Cafe World email club. Once that is the done when you click on the super stove icon you will now see a changed pop-up.

This pop-up will out line the four (4) parts of the stove that you will need and the quantities. Each part is valued at $1 Cafe Cash, for a total of 50 Cafe Cash the price of the Super Stove. If you desire you can purchase individual items or you can ask your friends to help and you can help your friends. The parts are broken down as follows

• Panel - 12
• Grill -12
• Computer Chip - 14
• Knobs - 12

See screenshot below

Super Stoves are good and make preparing dishes easy. So join the email club and get your parts and help your neighbours along the way.

Cafe World launches Weekly Amazing Cafe Competition

Cafe World has launched a Weekly Amazing Cafe Competition. The winners will get 100 Cafe Cash plus according to Zynga Instant Fame among the other 10 Million Cafe World Players.

The Rules

According to the submission page, the beginning of every contest will be Thursday at 3pm. (PST). The rules as stated are shown below.

• Your image should be posted in the thread provided. No links, please!
• The winners will be chosen the following Wednesday at 3pm (PST).
• We will announce the winner on the fan page on Thursday at 3pm (PST).
• Please submit at least one picture of your entire Café, feel free to paste another picture zoomed into a special part. Only one design per week.
• The Café World Community Manager will contact you for your UID if you are the winner.
• You will win 100 Café Cash and your Café will be featured on the fan page.
• No photoshopped images will be allowed; including backgrounds
• Please refrain from posting any insulting or offensive images. After all this is meant to be a fun experience for the entire community!
• Do show your creative side. We will judge based on originality, effort, presentation and uniqueness of the entry.
• If you need instructions on how to post your picture of your cafe, follow these instructions.

Analysis

This is a great strategy by Zynga the makers of Cafe World. People love to show off their Cafes and it will naturally spur and increase in spending on decorative items. With the exclusive and generally more unique items being in Cafe Cash the reward to Zynga will be good.

New Cafe owners should be careful not to overspend on decorative items, including chairs, tables, wall, windows, doors, without ensuring that they have enough cash to buy food. If they do they might find themselves, to Zynga's benefit having to spend Cash to buy Farmville Cash and coins or depending on neigbours for gifts.

One thing, persons who find themselves in that predicament can do is sell some items, at a significant loss, to pay for their cooking expenses.

• Submit your Cafe To Zynga Forum.

Cafe World: Wedding Cake Issues being addressed

A number of persons have been commenting and complaining about issues with the wedding Cake. A quick search turned up a notification sent out by Zynga. Here is a note from Zynga, the makers of Cafe World.

Updated 03/29/2010 11:17 AM
We are aware of some problems with Wedding Cakes losing some progress, and are currently investigating this issue. Please be patient while our development team looks into the cause of this problem, and works toward a solution.

The complaints centered around, clicks to help not being registered and the progress of the cake not updating or retrograding.

Interestingly, the Cafe was down for maintenance last night and hopefully that was an issue being addressed. Hopefully Cafe World will correct the issues quickly and "allow the wedding to proceed".

Cafe World VIP Dinners again for 48 Hours

Cafe world has announced that in VIP dinners for 48 hours only. This is a great way to gain points quickly with a catch. The dishes take 18 hours to cook. The reward is that each serving of the 99 servings produces 99 coins. The promotion started this morning at about 2:00 a.m. EST.

Hiya chefs! In honor of our 10 million fans, the VIP dinner is back for less than 48 hours! It’s 99 servings, paying 99 coins each, and it’s FREE to cook! If you are already a member of the email club, you’ll be able to start cooking right away! If you are not a member yet, just click the VIP dinner in the cookbook to join.

In terms of statistics , there are no points for preparation. The Cafe World VIP Dinner details are below

Cost: 0 coins
Servings:99
Revenue:99 per coins serving
Points: 175 points (1 cleaning stove, 0 preparation, 174 serving)
Time: 18 hours

Coins per hour: 544 coins per hour
Points: 9.72 per hour.

Cafe World is pushing hard to get members to sign up to the email club. Almost all of the new features and bonuses are being made to members of the email club.

This promotion should end Thursday Morning April 1, 2010.

Cafe World Super Stoves are here

The promised super stoves are now available in Cafe World and the cost is a whopping $50 Cafe Cash per stove. The benefit is that in one click, the preparation stage of the dish is over. This compares with three(3) clicks currently needed in the dish preparation stage although some persons, claim the number of clicks are more.

How do you get the free super stove? (only one is available at this time).

• To get the free super stove you have to be a member of the email club. You should see pop-ups about reserving the stove.
• Ensure you have one empty stove.
• Once the stove is available, click the 'customise' icon , then the 'stoves icon',
• You will need to remove one of your current stoves, i.e. put in back in inventory. Drag the stove there.
• Then add the new super stove i.e drag your new super stove to the Cafe
• You are done and you can try your new stove.

You can buy as many as you want for Cafe Cash. Remember if you do not put a stove back in the inventory you will probably not see the stove inventory clearly.

Analysis

The super stove cost up to 4 times the as much as the previous highest price stove as shown in the image seen above. Whether it is worth $50 Cafe Cash (US$ 10) or not, is up for debate.

If you are hardcore player then it might be. However, for me it will not be an option. Zynga needs to make money and this stove might just be a hit but it could be a miss. This stove can possible be used to cook those 3-10 minute dishes with ease.

Interestingly Cafe World is have a Cafe Cash Sale possibly timed for the release of the super stoves.

Cafe World introduces Ice Cream Sundae

Cafe World has introduced Ice Cream Sundae, a slightly different kind of dish than chefs are used to . This one is of the dessert kind. This kind of recipe is for those with a sweet tooth. This dish is available at level 55 and above.

Below are the details of Ice Cream Sundae:

Level: 55
Cost: 4000

Servings: 780

Revenue: 8 coins per serving

Time: 18 Hours

CP: 255 Points (170 serving, 84 preparation, 1 cleaning stove)

Total Revenue: 6240 Coins

Profit/Hour: 156 Coins

CP/Hour: 14.1 Points

Analysis

Again, this is not a dish to shout about. The returns are low in terms of coins and points. Indeed the ROI for tying up 4000 coins is a low 3% per hour. At level 55, this dish is not really worth it.

Cafe World Dishes: Chicken Adobo and Moco Loco

Cafe World recently introduced two new dishes that we did not report on. They are Chicken Adobo and Moco Loco

Below are the details of Chicken Adobo

Cost: 1000 coins

Servings: 450

Revenue: 5 coins per serving

Time: 4 Hours

CP: 100(60 serving, 39 preparation, 1 cleaning stove)

Total Revenue: 2250

CoinsProfit/Hour: 308.75

CoinsCP/Hour: 25.00 Points

and

Below are the details of Moco Loco
Cost: 800

Servings: 1050

Revenue: 4 coins per serving

Time: 20 Hours

CP: 194 ( 18 serving, 175 preparation, 1 cleaning stove)

Total Revenue: 4200

CoinsProfit/Hour: 169.25 Coins

CP/Hour: 9.75 Points

Analysis

These two dishes are not to anything to shout about. However the Chicken Adobo is is not a bad 14 hour dish for persons who are at level 28 and above not yet able to prepare delicious Chocolate Cake.

Moco Loco falls down on Coins per hour and Points per hour and combined with its 20 hour cycle, I am not sure how useful this dis will be to chefs.

Cafe World and Mafia War

The outcry that erupted when Zynga attempted to serious cross-promote their own Mafia Wars in Cafe World is something marketers should take note off. The key is know your audiences, no matter how small the number of products you offer.

While Zynga's product offerings are smalling in numbers those that are consuming the products are in the millions. Farmville is estimated to have 75 million active users per month with Cafe World and Mafia Wars 30 and 25 million in February 2010 according to a CNN article.

Niches

Just like in the real word there are niches, within the Social Gaming niche there are many niches. There are many tastes and believes. There are those who are not into Mafia related games or Poker related games. There are those that are into Cafe World and Farmville that are not into Mafia Wars or virtual chefs that do not want to be virtual farmers.

There are those that might pay poker or Mafia Wars but don't necessarily want their children learning the Mafia Lifestyle.

Keep Mafia Wars and Poker out of Farmville, Cafe World and Petville. Those farmers, chefs and pet owners that are into Mafia Wars will naturally find themselves there. No need for cross promotions.

Values

Personally I am not into Mafia Wars cause I do not like anything that glorifies the gangster lifestyle. My beautiful country Jamaica has is problems with gang-related murders and violence. Poker and gambling is also something that I not into. Zynga has to learn to understand the values of the different niches

My advice to Zynga, pay attention to the niches as you ponder carefully your cross promotions efforts.

Cafe World Super Stove

Cafe World is planning to introduce the super stove. This "Super Stove" is suppose to reduce the amount of clicks. At the lower levels with 1-5 stoves the clicking to select a dish, walk through the three(3) steps in Dish preparation is okay. However, with 10 or more stoves it starts to get very tedious.

The solution is the Super stove that will wrap those three actions into one. One free Super Stove will be given to those who have shared their email address with Zynga.

The price of the Super Stove is not yet known but I would not be surprised if it is denominated in CafeWorld Cash not Coins. I hope it will be available in both. I however will understand if Zynga chooses not to offer it for Coins. After all, Zynga needs to make some money.

n.b. March 24, 2010

I mistakenly rejected a comment from a user. Can the user post the comment again. My apologies for this.

Corrected information about super stove.

Cafe World Problems lock players out

Zynga's apparent server issues have locked Cafe World chefs out of their restaurants. A message posted on the Cafe World Fan page reads, "Hiya Chefs! Facebook is having issues that prevent you from entering the game. Don't worry, we turned off spoil so that it will not affect your cooking!"

Cafe World Expansion Spotted

A Cafe World Expansion sign has been spotted by most Cafe World chefs by now. The site is situated opposite the current cafe to the top right of the screen. If you miss it you need to zoom out and you should see.

It is not clear what form this expansion will take. However all signs are this could be an interesting twist in Cafe World. Is it a drive through? Your guess is good as mine.

Cafe World - Mystical Pizza is here

Cafe World has now launched a new theme. This theme is a mystical one and as a part of this theme a new recipie called Mystical Pizza is here. If you can cook it, you should probably look closely at it immediately. It appears this dish is a high level dish as it becomes available at level 53.

Below are the details of Mystical Pizza
Cost: 2300

Servings: 1100

Revenue: 5 coins per serving

Time: 11 Hours

CP: 332 (250 serving, 81 preparation, 1 cleaning stove)

Level:53

Total Revenue: 5500 Coins

Profit/Hour: 289.55 Coins

CP/Hour: 30.18 Points

Analysis

This dish could be prove to be a very good dish that could compete with Over Stuff peppers for the 10-12 hours cooking time category. In terms of coins, the dish returns 289 plus coins per hour.

In terms of points, for an 11 hour crop the returns are fantastics 30.09. This is excellent for persons at level 53 and above.