Britt Coffee Tour from San José
Description
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.
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Itinerary
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.
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Tour departs from hotels in San Jose. You must indicate the hotel’s name in order to confirm the booking. Please confirm the pick up time at least 24 hours before the tour by contacting us via email: reservations@destinationservices.com
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- What to bring: comfortable clothes, comfortables shoes, camera, insect repellent.
- Contact line available for handling hotel pick-up reconfirmations and day-to-day operational matters. +506 8813 4239.
Reviews(53)
Our tour guide, who reminded us of Gilligan with a mustache, was hilarious while at the same time very educational. If you want to know about coffee and taste some along the way, this is the tour for you. The 4 instead of the 5 has to do with the terribly long time we spent getting there (1.5 hours) and the way back to our hotel (2 hours). It would have been nice to know this beforehand.
We traveled to Costa Rica a day early to join an organized tour, but had an extra day before joining that tour. Our friend had never visited a coffee plantation so I suggested this particular tour and was pleasantly surprised when it turned out to be the same site when we did a ship excursion as part of a 2004 Panama Canal cruise. Husband now has mobility issues, but he was still able to walk the well laid out paths. There was plenty of seating along the way. Our guide knew EVERYTHING about the production of coffee -- she was very lively and animated. The various displays were in English/Spanish -- everything was really well presented. The included lunch was filling. Very nice gift shop as well as a bakery with what looked like yummy goodies.
The Britt Coffee Farm is beautiful! Luis was our tour guide & he's fantastic - Very knowledgeable and has a great sense of humor! The cafe was great & the gift shop has lots of good options to choose from - good samples of coffees, chocolates & brittles. A stop by the butterfly garden is also a must. I highly recommend this tour and would take it again!
Fabulous tour guide! He was very funny, knowledgeable and interactive with the group. Would rate him 10/10!
What a wonderful time! The food was amazing! The plantation tour was informative and our tour guide feel like part of our crew. You will get to taste several different roasts which were all amazing served black.
Learned alot about coffee in Costa Rica. Enjoyed the tour. It was a nice and convenient location near our hotel.
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It’s very educational and the coffee was delicious . The tour guide made it fun and he was very interactive .
Thank you for your very positive feedback. Your comments are very important for us to improve our services and I am glad you had a lovely experience with us and we met your travelling expectations. We hope to be your choice for your future holiday destinations. Kind regards, Customer Service team
Apa our guide was wildly engaging and made for an educational and fun tour. The tour was well organized. We learned about every aspect from seed/sprout to roasted and packaged. Apa took many questions and was happy to share his wealth of knowledge. The lunch was delicious. I would do it all again.
Thank you for your very positive feedback. Your comments are very important for us to improve our services and I am glad you had a lovely experience with us and we met your travelling expectations. We hope to be your choice for your future holiday destinations. Kind regards, Customer Service team
Easy and informative enough for all ages. We are 82 and had no trouble with the minimal walking. Guide was outstanding!
Thank you for your very positive feedback. Your comments are very important for us to improve our services and I am glad you had a lovely experience with us and we met your travelling expectations. We hope to be your choice for your future holiday destinations. Kind regards, Customer Service team
Informative and amusing tour by Charlos. We found out a lot about coffee production and we had a lesson in sniffing and tasting 😊
Thank you for your very positive feedback. Your comments are very important for us to improve our services and I am glad you had a lovely experience with us and we met your travelling expectations. We hope to be your choice for your future holiday destinations. Kind regards, Customer Service team
