Cowboy Coffee and Coffee Grounds
🟠 Updated over a year ago⚠️ Install Order · 5 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 2.8% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #3 of 19 Items - Food/Drinks/Chems/etc mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Coffee snobs of the Mojave rejoice! For too long we've been forced to endure the indignity—the sheer insult—of asking for a cup of coffee from vendors and severely burned war criminals and receive not an authentic cup of good old fashioned joe, but to receive nothing. Or, worse than nothing, they give us what appears to be an entirely solid mixture of honey mesquite pods and tobacco leaves lightly roasted and placed into a coffee mug! What kind of sick joke is this?
Well, no one has to pretend to laugh at this joke anymore. I've made this mod to bring real coffee to the wasteland, because I like coffee and like drinking coffee in both real life and in video games.
Three versions of this mod are available. You only need to download one version.
"Light Roast"
- []Adds Coffee (Weight 0. 2, Value 5) as a consumable item with the following effects:
~ +1 Intelligence for 2 minutes.
~ +1 Perception for 2 minutes.
~ -1 Agility for 2 minutes.
~ -50 Sleep (Hardcore Only)
~ +10 Dehydration (Hardcore Only)
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[]Adds Coffee Grounds as a miscellaneous item to the world, loot lists, and vendors (Weight 0. 2, Value 5).
[]Adds a recipe for Coffee that requires 1 Kettle, 1 Mug, Coffee Grounds, and Purified Water.
[]Changes the vanilla "Black Coffee" item to "Mojave Mesquite Tea."
[]Increases the weight of Mojave Mesquite Tea to 0. 2 from 0. 02.
[]Changes the recipe for Mojave Mesquite Tea to require 1 Purified Water in addition to its usual ingredients.
[]Disables the random mug-breaking script in-game so that brewing Coffee or Tea will always return the player's mug and kettle.
[]Adds Coffee Grounds to generic food lists so that they may show up as loot, etc.
[]Adds Coffee Grounds to the worldspace (check around kitchens and coffee brewing machines).
[]Adds Coffee Grounds, Coffee and Mojave Mesquite Tea to various vendors' inventories.
"Medium Roast"
- []- Same as Light Roast, except:
~ Removes the +5 HP effect from Mojave Mesquite Tea.
"Dark Roast"
- []Same as Light Roast, except:
~ Removes all non-Hardcore effects from Mojave Mesquite Tea.
Conflicts
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[]Potentially conflicts with anything that edits the world space or clutter arrangements wherever Coffee Grounds are placed.
Known Bugs
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Also Recommended:
[*]Conor's Coffee Mug Replacer or Bette
Cowboy Coffee and Coffee Grounds adds coffee grounds to Fallout: New Vegas, allowing players to brew authentic coffee instead of the mesquite and tobacco swill from Zion. It is compatible with PTWB's Water Overhaul. With 147 endorsements and 5,171 downloads, this compact item mod is a solid choice for players seeking a simple immersion boost.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved with 147 endorsements and over 5,000 downloads.
- Fills a niche for players who want a more authentic coffee experience.
- Compatibility with PTWB's Water Overhaul is a nice touch for modded playthroughs.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated March 2025 — may not be compatible with future game updates or other mods.
- Only adds coffee grounds — no new brewing mechanics or visual changes.
For Fallout: New Vegas players who want a simple immersion boost and enjoy role-playing as a cowboy. Also for fans of PTWB's Water Overhaul who want to integrate coffee brewing. Skip if you're looking for major gameplay changes or complex crafting systems.
💡 Beginner Tips
- If you use a mod manager like Vortex or Mod Organizer 2, install this mod through the manager to keep your load order clean.
- Check the mod's comments section on Nexus for any user-reported compatibility issues with other item mods.
- Since it's compatible with PTWB's Water Overhaul, make sure that mod is installed first if you want the integration.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- New Vegas Mods
- Author
- falloutloubegas
- Version
- 2.1
- Downloads
- 5,171
- Endorsements
- 147
- Category
- Items - Food/Drinks/Chems/etc
- Created
- 12/6/2020
- Updated
- 3/1/2025
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