Roastersaurus keeps growing alongside me, one coffee at a time. With each release, I find another piece of its world taking shape — another creature, another feeling, another story the cup wants to tell. None of it is planned in advance. The coffee leads, and I follow.
After the bright rebellion of Slipwing and the rare stillness of Mythic, this release brings something more deliberate. Quickfang carries a sharper kind of grace, all movement and intention. It’s a reminder that strength doesn’t always shout. Sometimes it’s found in clarity, in rhythm, in how gently something can strike.
Basha Bekele, Quickfang Raptor
The newest addition to Roastersaurus is Basha Bekele, representing the Quickfang class, the raptors of the cup. Quickfangs are sharp, agile and deliberate, defined by movement, control and clarity.
This lot from Basha’s Gonjobe site in Bensa, Sidamo, Ethiopia, shows the precision that defines his work. It is a natural process that behaves with the control of a washed, guided by slow shade-drying and exact sorting. The altitude keeps sweetness and clarity in balance, giving the cup high, sparkling acidity and clean structure.
Mandarin cuts through with focus and elegance, followed by guava, apricot and a lingering papaya finish. Floral, tropical and refined, it carries the sparkling bite we expect from a Quickfang — energy expressed through clarity and poise.
About the Producer
Basha Bekele is part of Ethiopia’s new generation of producers, known for his patience, structure and discipline. Working with Mecota Trading, he sources only ripe red cherries from farmers around his site in the highlands of Sidamo at 2,450 masl.
In 2024 he won first place in the Ethiopia Cup of Excellence. In 2025 he was nominated for Notable Coffee Producer at the Sprudgie Awards. His precision and transparency have influenced other farmers across the region, with many adopting his methods of slow drying and consistent sorting. His work shows how one producer’s focus can lift an entire community.
The Art
Illustrated by @kitsukaizen, as inspired by original @killbeef artwork + imagery of Bekele and the farm
The artwork shows the Quickfang Raptor beneath shade nets, a woven basket of flowers and ripe cherries in its claws, a straw hat shading its eyes. The pose is calm but alert, a quiet readiness.
When placed beside the photo of Basha Bekele, the translation becomes clear. The hat, the nets and his careful posture all appear in the design. The flowers nod to the cup’s floral undertones, while the raptor’s composure mirrors Basha’s own precision and care.
It is not a fantasy portrait, but a visual translation of his process and presence, reimagined through the Roastersaurus world.
From the Lore
Basha Bekele is the first Quickfang of Roastersaurus.
Quickfangs are built on definition and intent. They move with purpose, every strike measured, every sip clear.
What Quickfang Represents
If Slipwings are disruption and Mythics are rarity, Quickfangs are refinement.
They show that precision can be just as powerful as experimentation. A Quickfang does not shout. It cuts through the noise, reminding us that mastery often speaks quietly.
Skill: Floral Feint
His card skill, Floral Feint, reflects that same idea. When Agility exceeds an opponent’s, Quickfang avoids the next strike but loses one Power the following turn. In the cup, it appears as softness before impact, a floral veil before the bright mandarin edge. A moment of elegance before precision lands.
Attack Types: How Processing Becomes Play
This release marks the first time I am decoding Attack Types, the next layer in the Roastersaurus system.
Every card carries not only a class and stats, but an attack type that connects directly to how the coffee was processed. Processing shapes sweetness, clarity and body, and in the Roastersaurus world that becomes how a coffee moves and strikes.
For Quickfangs, that attack type is Stealth.
Stealth belongs to washed coffees and bright, controlled anaerobics, cups that move with precision instead of force. They don’t hit with weight; they strike through clarity and timing.
What makes Basha Bekele unique is that it is a natural coffee that behaves with Stealth precision. Naturals usually lean toward the Stomp type, heavy and layered, but this one is different. Its balance, structure and sparkling acidity give it the agility of a washed coffee without losing natural sweetness.
In the cup, that means brightness that does not shout, acidity that cuts cleanly, and a finish that lands before you even notice it has arrived. Focused, deliberate and alive. The calm before the strike.
A full decoding of Attack Types will come soon, exploring how each process, from natural to honey to washed, shapes both flavour and play.
The Stats Decoded
The Basha Bekele Quickfang card brings together Stealth and its stat build to form the Quickfang identity. This combination of movement, structure and clarity is what allows this coffee to take on the raptor form.
Each stat mirrors a real sensory quality from the cup, turning its flavour and texture into motion.
Agility 10 (Acidity) → Sparkling mandarin lift that defines its pace and clarity.
Bite 8 (Tactile Edge) → Wine-like tropical snap that adds sharp, clean energy.
Power 6 (Body Weight) → Light to medium texture, focused and refined.
Armour 4 (Structure) → A balanced frame that holds steady without heaviness.
Stamina 7 (Aftertaste) → Lingering papaya and florals that carry the flavour forward.
Charm 7 (Sweetness) → Brown-sugar depth and soft florals that round the brightness.
Together these stats shape the Quickfang’s nature: fast, agile and precise. They define how it moves in the game and why this particular cup, with its clarity and spark, could only become a Quickfang. Soon, these stats will come into gameplay, determining how each card performs, evolves and interacts within the Roastersaurus world.
Looking ahead
My hope has always been to keep unravelling this story, to build something that connects coffee, creativity and play in a way that keeps evolving. Each release adds another piece to the world and another way to share what we create together. It’s still growing, still changing, and that’s what I love most about it.
Roastersaurus isn’t just about flavour. It’s about what happens after, how the moment of tasting becomes memory, then story, and soon, play. Each card carries that continuation, holding a fragment of the cup that lives on long after the coffee is gone.
If you want to dive deeper into how these ideas began, you can read Decode the Cup: How Roastersaurus Stats Are Born. That post explores how the world started to form through flavour, movement and intent… and how all of that is represented by the stats on the card. And keep watching this space as I continue to tell you the story behind Roastersaurus, continue to decode the cards, and of course reveal how to play the game.
For now, enjoy the spark of Quickfang and the precision that makes it strike just right.
Pre-orders for Basha Bekele (Quickfang) are now live through Roastersaurus, available in small quantities for those who move fast.
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