Best Chocolate and Coffee Tour in La Fortuna! - It was a very Informative and Engaging tour. This is a Family owned farm. Owner Martin (Don Jorge's son) showed us how sugarcane juice is extracted with a hand cranked machine and we got to taste it, different flavors of it. We got to learn about different fruits and spices including jack fruit, pineapple, turmeric, ginger, cinnamon, vanilla. It was our first time seeing some of these plants. We got to learn how coffee is made and got to taste farm fresh coffee. Then we got to make our own chocolates. We also got to taste freshly made hot chocolate. We bought some chocolates from their store for gifts. They were cheaper than at the airport. Overall, it was an amazing experience. Also, it was nice meeting Martin's family. Our family loved the whole experience. We went on our last day at La Fortuna. This was a great end to our trip. I highly recommend it to anyone visiting La Fortuna.

Time well spent - It is a very informative and tasting tour of coffee, cocoa and sugarcane plantation. We booked this tour through our hotel at Monteverde so transportation was included both ways by the tour company in a comfortable AC minivan. The guide D (sorry forgot his full name) was very knowledgeable and explained how coffee and cocoa is grown/processed from their seeds respectively and made some treats with them. As part of sugarcane tour kids got a chance to crush the cane using the machine for juice and sample it. It is about 2 hours (excluding travel) tour, after the tour visitors get to taste their different kinds of coffee and hot chocolate that they produce. Also get to shop in their souvenir store. It was a good educational tour for all of us and thoroughly enjoyed. Highly recommend it.

Delicious, fun, and informative - This tour was amazing! We did a short walk to learn about the agriculture and the history of this farm. Then we processed sugar, coffee, and cocoa with many samples and drinks. We loved it! We were delighted to see Don Jorge himself sitting on the porch as we left. What a wonderful family.

Family-friendly cocoa and coffee tour with lots of treats to try - We spontaneously stopped at the coffee farm and asked for a tour. Martin immediately offered the three of us a private tour, which was very interesting and educational. He took a lot of time to tell us everything about organic cocoa cultivation, as well as about coffee and sugar cane and other plants in his extensive garden, such as vanilla, cinnamon, etc. Afterwards, together with him and his daughter Monica, we processed the sugar cane into juice and the cocoa into hot chocolate and pralines, and were allowed to eat all of the homemade delicacies fresh or take them home with us. We were also offered coffee made in different ways and we treated ourselves to a bottle of the delicious cocoa liqueur to take home. The atmosphere was very relaxed and informal, we felt very welcome and can warmly recommend the tour with "Don Jorge" to anyone traveling to Costa Rica.

Best coffee and chocolate tour - Absolutely the best chocolate tour. There are so many chocolate tours in this area of Costa Rica and I’m so glad we picked this one. Our family of 6 had a great time. The tour started with a walk through the property to learn about different fruits and spices including jack fruit, pineapples, vanilla and tumeric. Then we learned about sugar cane and the kids all got a turn running the sugar cane through the press to squeeze out the syrup. We sampled the syrup and then mixed it with ginger and tumeric and spiked it with contrabando. We also got to try the fruit around a cocoa bean. The final part of the tour was even more interactive. We learned about coffee from start to finish and sampled a cup. Then the kids ground up the dried and roasted cacao beans, added ingredients, made a paste and molded chocolates, one for each of us. We also sampled corn meal cakes. The waterfall was closed for swimming but the kids were able to wade near the bridge. This is family run tour on a property that has belonged to the same family for 5 generations. If we could leave more than 5 stars we would!

Worthwhile experience - Family-run plantation with many different plants, far beyond cocoa and coffee. Very educational. We were shown how sugar cane, coffee and cocoa are processed. We were also allowed to help with everything. Coffee was ground, boiled and eaten. We were also shown the journey of the cocoa bean from fruit to chocolate in practice. We were allowed to make and taste cocoa in all possible consistencies (from drink to chocolate). All this outside in nature in a family atmosphere. A really worthwhile experience for me. I initially thought the amount of $40 was excessive, but justified after the tour. The experience lasts at least two hours. The path through the plantation is not arduous and short. It is best to make a reservation or to check the tour times.

Beautiful property, interactive tour, lots of tasting, highly recommend! - I have so many good things to say and not enough room to say them. Our host, Fabrissio, led us through the plantation, stopping often to show us many plants, including cocoa, turmeric, ginger, vanilla, coffee, mint, and many fruit trees. He educated us about the process of cocoa and chocolate being harvest and then turned into products we use. Fabrissio didn’t complain and took us on this tour in the rain. He was very nice. We then moved to a covered area, where we tasted fresh sugar cane juice and cranked the machine ourselves to produce it. We then tasted the sugar cane juice with fresh tumeric and ginger juice. And finally all of that with their local spirit, guaro. All very tasty. We then moved on to another area where we learned more about the coffee and cocoa processes, and tasted the beans at different stages of their processing. We tasted fresh coffee. We tasted several chocolate products, including noire cocoa paste ground in front of us (we got to help!), a historical chocolate drink previously consumed by Aztecs and means, and hot chocolate. We also used the cocoa paste to make milk and dark chocolates, where we could add things like coconut or nuts. Since my boyfriend and I were the only 2 people on the tour that day, we each got to make 3 chocolates. I think bigger groups would only receive one each. You consume so many things on this tour, that one piece of chocolate would be plenty. It was rich. We took a few to go. They also make wine on the property, and we got to sample all 6 wines too. They have a small selection of chocolates and wines to purchase when you’re done. Fabrissio explained that rainy days encourage birds to come to the feeders so they can find food more easily, and we saw a bunch of toucans very close to us! We also saw a sloth on the walk around the plantation. The property also has a private waterfall on site. You can hike a short distance down to see it. Less than 10 minute hike. Normally you can swim in it, but they recently had a rock slide, so swimming is not very safe with loose and shifting rocks falling into it. Nonetheless, it was very pretty to see, and a lovely place that wasn’t crowded with other tourists. Highly recommend!

Wonderful tour - Excellent tour. Amazing organic farm. Loved the hands on experience of making chocolate. We even met Don Jorge on his birthday!

A wonderful experience - Our family of 8 had an amazing time with Senor Martin and his family. Our daughter’s birthday was today and she got to help make the chocolate candy and the hot chocolate. Our son played with Senor Martin’s grandson and also loved seeing the chickens. We learned so much about chocolate and coffee. It was incredible. Thank you to Senor Martin, Monica, and Fabrizio for a great tour!!!

A little disappointing for us - A little too rustic for us Very artisanal installations Did not meet our expectations We expected to enjoy chocolate and coffee