Cafe Britt Review

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Café Britt

  • Address: From Heredia, take road to Barva; follow signs, Heredia, 40201
  • Phone: 2277-1500; 800/462-7488 in North America
  • www.cafebritt.com

Fodor's Review:

The producer of Costa Rica's most popular export-quality coffee, Café Britt, gives a lively tour that highlights Costa Rica's history of coffee cultivation through a theatrical presentation that is admittedly a bit hokey. Your "tour guides" are professional actors, and pretty good ones at that, so if you don't mind the song and dance, it's fun. Take a short walk through the coffee farm and processing plant, and learn how professional coffee tasters distinguish a fine cup of java. One major difference between this tour and that of Doka Estate in Alajuela is that Doka takes you through the mill. Britt, ever the innovator, provides a similar tour add-on by request. A separate "Expert Coffee Lovers Tour" gives a more academic view of the subject and takes you into the world of professional coffee tasters.

  • Cost: $20 tour only, $27 with transportation, $35 with transportation and lunch
  • Open: Tours: Dec.-May, daily at 11 and 3; June-Nov., daily at 11
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