Costa Rica
Coffee grows in the Central Valley around San José and in the Los Santos hills of Tarrazú and Dota to the south. Farms in Alajuela and Heredia, near Juan Santamaría airport, run tours most days, some with hotel transport. Chocolate tours are in La Fortuna, Sarapiquí, the Heredia hills and Mastatal, and Monteverde has a tour that covers both.
Coffee in Costa Rica
Britt Coffee TourCoffee
Barva, Heredia
Café Britt's coffee farm and roasting plant in Barva de Heredia, open to visitors since 1991.
Café Don LucasCoffee
San Marcos de Tarrazú
Café Don Lucas is the coffee brand of La Montaña Tarrazú, a family coffee farm and micro mill in San Marcos de Tarrazú with its own roastery and café.
Don Juan Tours MonteverdeCoffeeChocolate
Monteverde
A coffee, cacao and sugarcane tour center in Monteverde.
Finca Rosa BlancaCoffee
Santa Bárbara de Heredia
An inn on an organic coffee farm in the hills of Santa Bárbara de Heredia, with 14 rooms and a restaurant.
Chocolate in Costa Rica
Don Juan Tours MonteverdeCoffeeChocolate
Monteverde
A coffee, cacao and sugarcane tour center in Monteverde.
La Iguana ChocolateChocolate
Mastatal
A family cacao farm in Mastatal that makes its own chocolate on site.
Rainforest Chocolate TourChocolate
La Fortuna
A hands-on chocolate tour in La Fortuna, near Arenal Volcano.
Sibö ChocolateChocolate
San Isidro de Heredia
A Costa Rican chocolate maker with a workshop, shop and restaurant in San Isidro de Heredia.
Areas
Central Valley
Barva, Poás, Sabanilla, San Isidro de Heredia, Santa Bárbara de Heredia
La Fortuna
La Fortuna
Monteverde
Monteverde
Tarrazú
Santa María de Dota, San Marcos de Tarrazú
Where it is
Guides
Buying a farm or finca in Costa Rica
Coffee fincas in Costa Rica sit inland, mostly between 800 and 1,900 meters, and sell their fruit through a system regulated by the Coffee Institute (ICAFE). This page covers what a finca is, where the coffee grows, and how prices and agents work.
Coffee and chocolate from the Costa Rica cruise ports
None of the coffee or chocolate farms listed here states a pickup from Puerto Limón or Puntarenas, so a farm visit from either port means a car or a ship's excursion. From Limón, Route 32 climbs to the Central Valley and passes within a mile of Sibö Chocolate; from the Pacific side, Route 27 runs from Caldera to San José.
San José to the coffee farms
The closest coffee farms to San José and Juan Santamaría airport (SJO) are in Heredia and Alajuela, from about 20 minutes away; Britt Coffee Tour sells transport from hotels in San José, Heredia and Alajuela. Tarrazú, Monteverde and La Fortuna are day trips or overnight stops on Route 2, Route 1 and its branches.
From the Puerto Limón and Puntarenas cruise ports
On the Caribbean side ships berth at JAPDEVA's Terminal Hernán Garrón Salazar in Limón; on the Pacific side at INCOP's cruise pier in Puntarenas. No farm listed here states a cruise pickup; see the cruise port guide for roads and distances.