Britt Coffee Tour From San José: A Colorful Journey from Plantation to Roaster
4.5
31 Ratings
Heredia
Embark on a colorful journey from plantation to roaster on the Britt Coffee Tour from San José. Explore green gardens, learn about Costa Rican legends, and indulge in coffee and chocolate tastings.
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
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Britt Coffee Tour - Our guests are welcomed in an area surrounded by gardens where they can relax while enjoying our gourmet coffee.
To understand the coffee cultivation process, what better way to visit our seedlings, where the experience begins, guided by experts, with an approach to the seed that gives rise to the whole process, followed by a tour through its different stages of growth until it becomes a plant ready to be transplanted to the coffee plantation.
The tour continues to our toaster plant, where you will learn about the characteristics that an expert taster looks for when choosing the perfect grain to toast; You will share with our guides the experience of roasting a coffee sample, and you will directly perceive the changes that coffee bean undergoes during this process, until you finish with that delicious aroma of freshly roasted coffee.
Once comfortably seated in our amphitheater, visitors are ready to enjoy a demonstration of cupping. This part of the visit reaffirms our passion for coffee and the careful process involved in each of the stages, to achieve that gourmet quality drink.
What's Included
- Convenient transportation from San José hotels
- Savor a delicious included lunch
- Experience requires a minimum of 2 travellers
- Expertise of a professional tour guide
- Taste premium coffee and chocolate varieties
What's Not Included
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
Additional Information
Since 1991, our Coffee Tour has educated and entertained almost 1 million friends and coffee lovers around the world, through a colorful and original journey from the plantation to the roaster.
During this original trip our visitors enjoy:
- Large green areas and colorful gardens.
- An exhibition of masquerades about Costa Rican legends.
- An entertaining presentation about the history and culture of coffee in Costa Rica.
- A coffee seedling.
- Our sustainable coffee plantation.
- Our toaster plant.
- Demonstration of tasting of our coffee.
- An entertaining trip through the coffee areas of the country.
- Tasting session of our coffee and chocolates.
- What to bring: comfortable clothes, comfortables shoes, camera, insect repellent.
Location
Britt Coffee Tour
From the Auto Mercado Heredia 500 meters north, 400 meters west, On the way to the village of Barva
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.5
(31 Ratings)
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Mary_p
Mar 12, 2024
Our tour guide was great - Our tour guide was amazing. Funny, knowledgeable. Butterfly room was fun.
The lunch was good and the coffee was fabulous.
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Stephen_h
Feb 26, 2024
Great way to spend a couple of hours in CR if you love coffee! - Our tour leader put on an excellent performance and I really learned something on the tour. The weather was beautiful and we stocked up at the store. A very nice two hours or so.
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Adril449
Dec 23, 2023
AMAZING!!! - Wow this absolutely exceeded any expectations could have had! The grounds are stunning and the tour itself is not only informative, but SO fun! The guides were so fun and funny, they made the whole experience a blast! There was lots of coffee to be tasted which was wonderful, and they made the whole experience interactive. I can’t express enough how awesome this was! If you are looking to book a coffee tour THIS is a must!
We stayed after for lunch, and the food was good, we also pursued the butterfly garden as well.
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778georgeh
Dec 21, 2023
All thumbs up for Britt Coffee tour. Excellent It was a highlight to top off a week's vacation. - The Britt tour exceeded our expectations. A pair of of hilarious tour leaders gave demonstrations, and cracked jokes. The amazing Britt coffee garden has dozens of coffee bushes labeled from different regions. Banana trees were all around with ripening bananas. It was an English language tour. Excellent lunch is provided. We went to a coffee plantation on the day before so it made the Britt tour even better for us.
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Paige_p
Nov 6, 2023
5 stars - Our guide was amazing spoke many languages was funny extremely acknowledged and the store and plant was well worth the price
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Tiffanychang
Oct 24, 2023
Short good tour - It was only us on the tour for pickup which was great. The tour guide/driver was very friendly. The tour was good they tried to translate for us the information, gave a tour of the factory and the process of coffee, gave samples of different coffee and we had lunch. The food was good.
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Pioneer630096
Sep 20, 2023
Coffee fun - You can not visit Costa Rica and not visit a coffee farm. We were lucky to be a small group as September is the rainy season with not so many tourists.
Maria and Chalo really impressed us. They are full of fun and knowledgeable and know everything about coffee. We had a great time!
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Leslie_r
Feb 25, 2024
Pretty good - It was well organized. The tour guides were good but not hilarious as some have indicated. The lunch was so- so. Chicken dry.
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Tatiana_z
Nov 16, 2023
Guides were funny and... - Guides were funny and interactive. You try the coffee with no sugar (bring 2 packet of sugar if you don't drink it black). The place is small so it's a quick tour.
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Araceli_h
Feb 23, 2024
Not worth the cost - Our tour guide was amazing. Her name is Chos and she was theatrical, charming, and very entertaining. The tour was excellent. I had a great time. The lunch was quite good. Still I feel it was way too much money for what you get. I think they should charge $45 per person. Everyone buys coffee beans and they make a ton of money from sales. I just don’t think it’s worth the price
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