The production cycle of the Tavern is 45 minutes. This means that every 45 minutes new sesterce are generated and added to the amount that can be collected by the player (up to the maximum capacity).
The base sesterce generation per cycle is120is 120. It can be increased by certain building upgrade levels and decorations (see below).
Selling wares (drop items and crafted meals) in the merchandise slots increases the sesterce generation for a certain amount of time.