Bean Shot Christmas takeaway cup painted with a snowy street at night

Bean Shot Rush: the Christmas cup you can play

The free game on Bean Shot’s Christmas cup, by The Artist Studio in Sherborne.

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Now run the rooftops.

Bean Shot’s Christmas cup is painted with a snowy street, all the way round. Now it’s a free game: help Alex, Bean Shot’s barista, deliver six coffees across its rooftops.

Play Bean Shot Rush

Play Bean Shot Rush

Six coffees, one painted street. Help Alex, Bean Shot’s barista, deliver to every doorstep, sill and chimney on the cup, then race back to the studio’s coloured window.

How to play

Run
The arrows on screen, or ← → on a keyboard
Jump
The gold button, or Space. Hold it to jump higher
Deliver
Six coffees to six customers, then back to the studio
Time Trial
180 seconds. Each spill adds three

Practice has no clock, game controllers work on a computer, and any finished run can be sent to a friend as a challenge.

Open the game full screen
The Bean Shot Christmas cup artwork, unrolled: a snowy street of shopfronts, lamplit windows and rooftops under a full moon, with Bean Shot’s shopfront in the middle and The Artist Studio’s coloured window at the end.
The whole street on the cup, unrolled: the level you play. Illustrated by Alice Loader, for Bean Shot.

One cup. Three passes. The weekly race, the coffee bar and the studio behind the cup.

This week’s race

Weekly
Win a free coffeeEvery week, for the fastest time. Collect it at Bean Shot.

Everyone races the same route from Monday to Sunday, UK time, and the board starts again every Monday.

Leader — Be first on the board
Ends in
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Your best
Not raced yet
  1. Standings update live during race week.
Full leaderboard and how it works

Top 20 this week

  1. Standings update live during race week.

How the race works

  1. Race the week’s route. Everyone gets the same six deliveries from Monday to Sunday.
  2. Put your time on the board. After a Time Trial run, choose a username and add your email so we can tell you if you win. Every run is checked before it counts.
  3. The fastest checked time wins a free coffee. Beat it as often as you like until Sunday at 23:59:59, UK time.

Bean Shot, Sherborne

Coffee bar
Bean Shot’s shopfront in the cup illustration: warm windows, a snowy sill and customers at the counter.
Illustrated by Alice Loader

Bean Shot is an artisan coffee roaster founded in 2013 by Nick Law. Its coffee bar is at 3 Johnsons Courtyard, South Street, Sherborne.

Find us
3 Johnsons Courtyard, South Street, Sherborne DT9 3TD
Since
2013
About Bean Shot

Bean Shot roasts its own speciality coffee. The Sherborne coffee bar, tucked into Johnsons Courtyard off South Street, serves house-roasted coffee, sells beans to take home and welcomes dogs.

Its Christmas cup carries a whole winter street, painted all the way round. Bean Shot Rush lets you run across it.

Visit Bean Shot, Sherborne · Bean Shot coffee

The Artist Studio

Sherborne
The Artist Studio’s painted shopfront on the cup: a lit window with bunting and two dogs, the front door, and the studio’s coloured arched window.
Illustrated by Alice Loader
The cup is the level

The Artist Studio illustrated Bean Shot’s Christmas cup, then turned its painted street into Bean Shot Rush. Both businesses sit on South Street in Sherborne.

By The Artist Studio

Run a shop, café or brand? We made this game, and the cup it’s played on, for Bean Shot. We can make one for you.

The story of the cup and the game

One painting, a whole street

Bean Shot asked The Artist Studio for a Christmas cup. Alice Loader, the studio’s illustrator, painted a winter terrace that wraps all the way round: lamplit windows, snow on every sill and a full moon over the chimneys. Bean Shot’s shopfront sits in the middle of the row, and the studio’s own coloured window is at the end.

From the cup to a game

Every ledge Alex can land on is traced from the painting: sills, canopies, the bay window and each chimney pot. Nothing was added to the artwork. The cup you are holding is the whole map.

Made on the same street

The studio is at The Old Mermaid on South Street. Bean Shot is a few doors along in Johnsons Courtyard. Scan the cup, play in seconds, race the week and come back to the counter.

How we designed the cup · Branding and illustration · Meet the team

Weekly race: key terms

Free to play. No purchase necessary. The fastest checked time on each week’s route wins a free coffee at Bean Shot. The board starts again every Monday.

How to enter
Play a Time Trial on this week’s route on this page, then choose a username, add your email if you’d like us to tell you that you’ve won, and submit your run. The QR code on the cup is one way in. Your fastest checked run counts.
When
Each week runs Monday 00:00:00 to Sunday 23:59:59 UK time. The first week starts Monday 12 October 2026; the last closes Sunday 31 January 2027. Sixteen weeks, sixteen winners.
Prize
A free coffee each week for the fastest, collected at Bean Shot, 3 Johnsons Courtyard, Sherborne, within 14 days of the announcement (plus any days Bean Shot is closed).
Who can enter
UK residents aged 16 or over, except staff of Bean Shot and The Artist Studio and their households. One prize per person per week.
Winners
Every run is checked automatically and a person reviews the fastest runs. Equal times go to the earlier submission. Winners are announced here by 12 noon on the Monday after each week closes.
Your data
Your username and time are public. Your email is optional, used only to tell you if you win, then deleted. Never used for marketing.
Promoter
The Artist Studio, The Old Mermaid, South Street, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 3LU. Prizes provided by Bean Shot. Full terms

Good questions. Simple answers. About Bean Shot Rush, the cup and the people who made it.

  • Bean Shot Rush is a free Christmas game that plays in the browser, with no app to download.
  • The level is the street painted on Bean Shot’s Christmas takeaway cup.
  • The Artist Studio illustrated the cup and made the game; Alice Loader, the studio’s illustrator, painted the street. The studio makes campaigns like this for other businesses too.
  • Bean Shot is an artisan coffee roaster founded in 2013 by Nick Law, with a coffee bar at 3 Johnsons Courtyard, South Street, Sherborne, Dorset.
  • The Artist Studio is a creative studio at The Old Mermaid, on the same street in Sherborne.
  • Alex, one of Bean Shot’s baristas, delivers six coffees across the rooftops against the clock.
What is Bean Shot Rush?

A free Christmas game you play in your browser. Alex, a Bean Shot barista, delivers six coffees across the snowy street painted on Bean Shot’s Christmas cup. The Artist Studio made it with Bean Shot, the artisan coffee roaster with a coffee bar in Sherborne, Dorset.

Do I need to download an app?

No. It plays in Safari or Chrome on iPhone and Android, and in any current browser on a computer. You can add it to your Home Screen if you like.

How do I play?

Run and jump across pavements, sills, canopies and chimney tops to hand six coffees to six customers, then head back to the studio’s coloured window. In Time Trial you have 180 seconds and each spill adds three. Practice has no timer. On a computer, use the arrow keys or A and D, and Space to jump; game controllers work too.

How does the weekly race work?

Everyone races the same route from Monday to Sunday, UK time. After a Time Trial run the game asks for a username (and, optionally, your email) to put your time on the board. Every run is checked, and the fastest checked time when the week closes wins. See the key terms above.

Who illustrated the cup?

The Artist Studio in Sherborne illustrated the Christmas cup for Bean Shot. The painting is by Alice Loader, the studio’s illustrator, and the game’s level is that same painted street.

Who is Alex?

Alex is one of the baristas at Bean Shot in Sherborne, drawn by The Artist Studio in the style of the cup. In the game Alex carries six coffees, his own green mug and a lot of optimism.

Where is Bean Shot?

Bean Shot’s coffee bar is at 3 Johnsons Courtyard, South Street, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 3TD. Check beanshot.co.uk for opening hours.

Can The Artist Studio make something like this for my business?

Yes. The Artist Studio is a creative studio in Sherborne working on branding, illustration, websites and campaigns. Tell us about your idea.

Terms and privacy

Weekly race terms and conditions
What the leaderboard stores

Illustration and game by The Artist Studio, Sherborne. Cup painted by Alice Loader, the studio’s illustrator. Music: “Cheerful Christmas Time” by Tarush Singhal (CC0). The Bean Shot name, logo and cup artwork are used with Bean Shot’s permission.