Official Rules

1. Sponsor

The Bean Drop Challenge is sponsored by C&O Coffee Collective, 12610 St. Paul Road, Suite C, Clear Spring, Maryland 21722 (“C&O”). Questions may be sent to clearspringcoffee@gmail.com.

2. Eligibility

The Challenge is open to individuals age 13 or older who can lawfully participate and redeem a prize in person at C&O Coffee Collective. Players under 18 should participate with permission from a parent or legal guardian. C&O owners, employees, and members of their households are not eligible. Void where prohibited.

3. Challenge period

Each challenge week begins Monday at 12:00:00 a.m. Eastern Time and ends Sunday at 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern Time. The website identifies the applicable challenge week. A score must be successfully submitted before the weekly deadline to be considered.

4. How to enter and qualify

• Play Bean Drop on clearspringcoffee.com. Entry and play are free.
• You may play multiple games, subject to reasonable technical and anti-abuse limits. Only your highest eligible verified score for the week counts toward final ranking.
• Choose a family-friendly nickname. Do not use an email address or full legal name as your nickname.
• Before the weekly deadline, verify an email address using the six-digit code sent by C&O. Verification links eligible scores from that browser/device to the verified prize account.
• One prize may be awarded per person per challenge week. C&O may disqualify duplicate accounts, automated play, altered game clients, manipulated submissions, fraudulent activity, or other attempts to gain an unfair advantage.

5. How winners are determined

Bean Drop is a scored game. Piece sequences are randomized, but winners are not selected by drawing. After the week closes, C&O reviews the eligible verified scores. The three highest eligible scores are the provisional winners. If two eligible scores are tied, the earlier valid submission ranks higher. Server-side replay and integrity checks may be used to verify a score. Scores flagged by the system may be reviewed or disqualified before winners are approved.

Because winners are determined by relative verified scores and player performance, there are no fixed drawing odds.

6. Prizes and value

Three prizes are available each challenge week: one prize for first place, one for second place, and one for third place. Each prize is the winner's choice of one medium latte or one available bakery item at C&O Coffee Collective. The menu value of each prize will not exceed $8.00. Maximum total retail value of all three weekly prizes: $24.00. No cash alternative, substitution by the winner, or transfer is permitted, except that C&O may substitute a prize of equal or greater value if necessary.

7. Winner approval and notification

After the challenge closes and score review is complete, authorized C&O staff approve the winners. When approved, the website issues each prize and sends the winner an email to the verified address. The winner email explains how to sign back in and view the reward code. A winner does not need to purchase anything, pay money, or agree to receive marketing in order to claim the prize.

8. Claiming a prize

Prizes must be redeemed in person at C&O Coffee Collective, 12610 St. Paul Road, Suite C, Clear Spring, MD 21722, during normal business hours before the expiration shown in the winner's account. Unless otherwise displayed, the reward expires seven days after the applicable challenge week closes. Travel or transportation is not included. To redeem, the winner signs in to Bean Drop with the same verified email, selects CHECK MY REWARDS, and shows the resulting reward code to staff. Each code can be redeemed once.

9. Technical problems and fair play

C&O may reject or remove scores affected by tampering, automation, modified code, replay manipulation, duplicate identities, technical errors, outages, or conduct that undermines fair operation of the Challenge. If a technical failure materially affects a challenge week, C&O may suspend, cancel, restart, or modify that week in a fair manner, subject to applicable law.

10. Email and privacy

Bean Drop email verification is used to link scores, authenticate the prize account, send verification codes, and provide winner/prize communications. Verifying for Bean Drop does not itself subscribe the player to C&O marketing emails. A separate marketing signup or other applicable permission is required for marketing communications. See the Privacy Policy.

11. General terms

Prizes are promotional and have no cash value except where required by law. Decisions concerning score validity, eligibility, ranking, and application of these rules are made by C&O in good faith and are final to the extent permitted by law. These rules are governed by applicable Maryland law. C&O may update rules prospectively for future challenge weeks; the rules posted when a challenge week begins apply to that week unless a change is required by law or needed to correct a clear error without materially disadvantaging participants.

Contact

Questions about Bean Drop or a prize may be sent to clearspringcoffee@gmail.com.