The relationship between coffee and chocolate is that both are natural stimulants but if you eat enough cacao beans, you can produce serotonin. Between Café Britt and Sibö, they both source their products from local Costa Rican plantations to keep the tradition alive of using their own products. In addition, they both do tours to…
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Pineapples and Bananas!!
Today we returned to the Caribbean side of Costa Rica to visit two plantations, a pineapple plantation and a banana plantation. After spending most of last week focusing on the supply chain of coffee, visiting these fruit plantation was a new and different experience. The tours we took offered a unique look into life as…
My Heart (of palm) is in Costa Rica
Today we travelled over to the Caribbean side of Costa Rica to a Heart of Palm farm. We were greeted off the bus with a whole lot of humidity, much more than what we are used to in Heredia. We spent the afternoon learning about Heart of Palm and the small family owned farm that…
I love Life Monteverde!
Today was our last day in Monteverde. We spent the morning at Life Monteverde, and amazing coffee plantation in the area. We were able to walk around the plantation and see the different processes, animals and growing locations a d try all sorts of coffee. This was my favorite coffee farm we have visited so…
Welcome to Monteverde
Today we left our homestay’s in Heredia and drove about 4 hours to Monteverde! Although I did spend the majority of this ride asleep because of my motion sickness, there were times I was able to look out the window and the view never disappointed. We drove through many mountainous areas, as well as some…
Fun in the Cloud Forest
We started off our morning at the Cloud Forest in Monteverde. On our tour we were able to see so many amazing plants and animals and we were able to learn a lot about the ecosystems of Costa Rica. The tour today taught me so much about appreciate and conserving the environment in Costa Rica…
I liked Cafe Britt a latte
Today we visited another coffee company for a tour called Cafe Britt, however this company was much different than Doka yesterday. Cafe Britt was much more audience based, created more for tourists and marketing than producing like Doka. Immediately upon arrival I noticed that Cafe Britt’s tour was much different than Doka’s tour. Cafe Britt…
Costa Rican Coffee is Pretty Cool
Today we visited a coffee plantation in Costa Rica called Doka. It was an amazing experience as we were able to get a behind the scenes look at the coffee process. We were able to see all the different steps in the process and learn about how Doka chooses to grow and export it’s product….
Hola Heredia!
Hola Costa Rica! In Heredia we walked to through the church which had beautiful interiors and even saw where Alfredo González Flores lived when he was president. Down the street we were able to walk into a market which had a lot of fresh fruits, meats, vegetables and fish. We also walked past a live…
Sustainability in Costa Rica
Costa Rica consistently ranks in the top 20 of the World Energy Council’s global “environmental sustainability” ranking. This is an impressive and difficult accomplishment that Costa Rica has continued to achieve. They have made a concerted effort to improve and maintain their environmental sustainability as a country with the implementation multiple laws and programs to…
Costa Rica on the clock
Hi Everyone! My name is Lizzie Sununu, and I am a freshman business student here at Pitt. I am currently planning on majoring in marketing with a certificate in entrepreneurship and innovation and a minor in economics. I am from a small town in New Hampshire almost 10 hours from Pittsburgh. I grew up by…