The coffee shop puzzle is a variation of a classic computer science problem. A local coffee shop sells coffee in 5 different cup sizes: Small, Medium, Large, Grande and Grande Supremo. For the puzzle, an empty cup of each size is flipped upside-down and they are stacked smallest-to-largest, one-inside-the-other like a set of Russian Matryoshka dolls. Three circles on a countertop indicate positions where a cup can be placed. The nested cups start out on the left circle.
Using the mouse, you can move one cup at a time from circle to circle. The goal is to move all 5 cups to the green circle on the right. However, larger cups can be placed over smaller cups, but not the other way around.
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