Selling has a large impact on all five steps of coffee production, and on this trip, I have been able to evaluate and visualize the importance of each step as well as how selling affects and is affected by each process. These effects also help show why coffee is priced the way it is and…

Cooperatives are a unique way to organize a business. They are set up in a way where the people with the power in the company are actually the suppliers rather than the buyers. For Coopedota, this means the coffee farmers are who make decisions in the contract and how they want their beans to be…

In Costa Rica, coffee accounts for a large portion of the countries economy, both internally and through exports. Due to the high demand of coffee, the country’s coffee suppliers are able to see many benefits from these profits and have large economic growth. Coffee provides economic stability and is a high demand market around the…

The life of a Tico farmer seems to be very scheduled and remains consistent on a yearly rotation. Even if there are irregularities for the weather, Tico famers  seem to know how to handle these in order to produce the highest yield of crops. Tico farmers live off most of their own yield and co-depend…

One of the biggest alluring features of Costa Rica is its simplicity of living and easy access to natural regions such as green mountains, volcanos, the ocean, and waterfalls. Costa Rica is a beautiful country in itself with a lot of promise in areas that attract a lot of people, many of which are tourists…

In San José and Heredia, the scenery is very typical of what I would think of for a tropical city. There are major roads that are connected with grids of orthogonal roads and in between there are some nice central parks, stores, larger buildings, and traditional homes, buildings, and offices. There are also a lot…

Modern times call for constant renovation of current existing industries in order to compete with newly constructed businesses. The effectiveness of a company typically derives from its flexibility to incorporate new technologies for their advantage and to stand out in comparison to other companies in the same field. Although many fields can hone the advantages…

Café Britt has power in many different aspects of the coffee making process. Although they do not house all aspects within the company, there is a strong influence and selection when trying to decide where they will get their coffee and how they will distribute it to the world. Café Britt takes pride in being…

Through the lecture taught by Dr./ Professor Joaquín Lizano, I was able to augment my understanding of Costa Rican history, which, in turn, influenced by understating of their culture. Many questions and misconnections can be corrected or understood just by knowing what happened in the past. Why is there no army? One of the strange…

When coming to Costa Rica, I used many of my other experiences in Latin American countries to try and guess what this experience would be like. From my journeys to the Dominican Republic and even to Mexico, I was not expecting such a well developed and almost completely Americanized country. I was expecting to see…

As more people and countries look toward the future, they look to try and find ways to make the country more  environmentally friendly. Countries who take a strong initiative to be environmentally friendly make me believe there is a strong focus on the purity of the country. I envision a lot of grass and trees…