Celebrating its 21st anniversary this year, the Cafe Britt Coffee Tour has been educating and entertaining coffee lovers from around the world by immersing them in a colorful journey through their working plantation and roastery. Located in the rolling green hills region of Heredia, Costa Rica, the Cafe Britt Tour is short trip from the capital city of San Jose.
Cafe Britt tour guide — Photo courtesy of Cafe Britt Tour
During this one-of-a-kind journey tour, visitors enjoy the lush green areas and gardens of the Cafe Britt plantation. Giant puppets of Costa Rican folklore greet visitors in the meadow-y entrance, and a charismatic, multilingual guide introduces the tour with a brief history of coffee production in Costa Rica, then leads the small group through the coffee bush nursery, the sustainable coffee plantation and the coffee roastery. A highlight along the way includes a professional coffee demonstration and tasting.
The tour ends with a visit to the Cafe Britt gift shop, where you can sample chocolates and pick up eco-friendly souvenirs, like totes made from re-purposed coffee bags woven by a Costa Rican women's collective and bags of Britt's Fair Trade coffee, which can be shipped home so its waiting for you.
Tours are given twice daily, at 9:30 am and 11:30 am, and can be booked online at http://www.coffeetour.com and through most major hotels in San Jose. If driving from San Jose, follow Route 2 though General Punta Canas Highway to Santa Lucia, Heredia.
