Today we went on our sweetest adventure yet at Sibo Chocolate. We started out by tasting they’re hot chocolate and then hearing there history and about the process of making chocolate while tasting their various kinds of chocolate. The biggest similarity between chocolate and coffee production was being able to alter their final taste. With…
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The Infamous Pineapples
Today we went back to the heat. Although, this was my favorite tour yet. The tour guide was funny and let us have so much pineapple (fresh out of the plantation). On top of that he gave us pineapple snacks and fresh pina colada. Learning about pineapples and bananas made me realize that they’re very…
Boiling like some Palm
Today was a very hot and humid day, but that’s because we got the chance to learn about the heart of palm. This was a very different experience then going to a coffee plantation considering that they usually grow on mountains which are usually cooler. On the other hand, just like coffee the important…
Painting Monte Verde
At Life Monte Verde there’s no doubt that they are a sustainable farm. They grow all their own crops with the least amount of extra pesticides as possible. They also use every single extra banana peel, goat poop, or anything biodegradable really to produce fertilizer. They don’t let anything go to waste. With producing over…
Mounting Monta Verde
As we left Heredia, we hit some tight, curvy, bumpy roads. Little did I know it was going to lead me to a beautiful mountain in Monte Verde. Although I spent most of the ride sleeping and watching Creed 3 when I did look outside, I saw some very interesting things. When it was not…
Going to Café Brit was a very interesting experience. It was very noticeable that they take a different approach when it comes to making money compared to Doka. They are very heavy on expanding the company to many different things. During the presentation the speaker explained that a big part of this was due to…
The Doka way
Going to Doka thought me a lot about coffee and the making process. I was very surprised to learn that it took 3 and a half years to make a single bag of coffee. It really showed me that this is a very long process that starts with workers harvesting the coffee berries. I was…
Sustaining Costa Rica
Costa Rica is one of the most sustainable countries out there and is not slowing down. Even after receiving the 2019 Champions of the Earth award, which is the highest environmental honor of the United Nations, the Costa Rican government launched its first National Adaption Plan (NAP) in 2022. The plan is to strengthen the country’s resilience to…