About: This family-run tour focuses on chocolate and coffee, and also covers tropical fruits as well as Costa Rican history and culture. You will learn about the chocolate and coffee processes from start to finish, as well as participate in some parts of the processes and of course taste the products. You will walk through…
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Don Jorge Chocolate and Coffee Tour
About: This is a family business where they will make you feel at home during your hands-on chocolate, coffee, and sugar cane tour. You will walk through their farm to learn about how the different plants are grown and processed. You will get to participate in making your own chocolate and sugar cane juice. They…
Coffee and Chocolate Tour La Fortuna
About: This tour is located inside the Villas Vista Arenal hotel. It is a convenient location since it is right in town in La Fortuna. They explain the processes of making chocolate and coffee from plant to final product. It is an interactive tour where you get to touch and taste as the tour goes…
Cata Chocolate
Note: Cata Chocolate has essentially two locations, a farm in Bijagua called Finca Cata where the cacao is grown and a production facility and gift shop in Playas del Coco. The farm and beach locations are only about an hour and a half away from each other. This post is about the farm location. The…
Artisan Chocolate and Coffee Tour
About: There are two separate tours offered at this small local farm, the chocolate tour and the coffee tour. Each one goes in-depth about their respective plants, processes, and products. They are hands-on experiences where you get to try many different forms of the plants and products as you learn about how they are made….
Monteverde Food Tours
Options for food tours in Monteverde:
La Bella Tica Coffee Tour
About: A small family-run coffee farm that offers an interactive, educational tour with the owners. You’ll learn about the entire process of making coffee from bean to cup, of course tasting the coffee as well as other local products like fruit and sugar cane juice. Province: Puntarenas Starting from: Monteverde Time to reach from starting…
El Trapiche Coffee, Chocolate, and Sugar Cane Tour
About: This is an in-depth tour about coffee, sugar cane, and chocolate. It is a family business and almost everyone who works there is part of the family. They are very informative. You will get to participate in the sugar cane making process, and try samples at various stages of all 3 processes. You also…
El Pueblo Coffee Tour
About: This is a family-run coffee tour on a local coffee farm where you will learn all about the coffee-making process from start to finish. It is an interactive tour, and you’ll get to try coffee and other things as well like fruits, sugar cane, and local dishes. Province: Puntarenas Starting from: Monteverde Time to…
El Cafetal Coffee Tour
About: This small family farm offers a coffee tour that explains the entire coffee-making process, and also provides other information about fruit trees, medicinal plants, flowers, and gardens. It is an interactive tour and of course, you’ll get to try the coffee. They sell bags of coffee beans from their farm. Province: Puntarenas Starting from:…