Monteverde Coffee Tour

Monteverde Coffee Tour

The Monteverde coffee tour is a beautiful experience to enjoy with friends or family and to discover one of the Costa Rican's most important legacies.

The tour begins at the coffee shop located inside the farm and last around 2 hours. During your trip, your guide will explain the cultivation and harvest process of the coffee plants. Likewise you will have the opportunity to pick some grains and learn about the stages involved in the coffee production. Depending on the season, you will have the chance to participate in the recollection of ripe coffee beans (From December thru February).

Half way through the tour, you will visit the famous "Trapiche" where you will enjoy one of the most important products of our land, the sugar cane. This delicious cane juice is extracted in the most traditional way, "la molienda", using two oxen guided by a peasant of the area.

We will continue the tour until arriving to the mill process point, or "beneficio", where the guide will show you the old methods of processing the coffee. The "Chancador", is a method is used to separate the grain from the husks and if you want you can also participate in process. At this point you would have learned how the coffee is transformed in roasted grain before being prepared for export.

As part of your tour experience you will have the opportunity of tasting a delicious cup of coffee and also a snack, while observing closely the coffee plantations, as well as the hummingbirds and butterflies flying in your surroundings.

A little of History:
The coffee is of African origin, specifically of the country of Ethiopia and its name is owed to a city called Koffe. It was discovered around 1500 years ago. The first exportation of the Costa Rican grain took place in the year of 1820. At the present time the golden grain or "grano de oro" is very important on social, cultural and economic development of thousands of rural families in the country.

hat makes that the coffee to be of high quality?
The quality of the coffee cultivated in Monteverde is due to several factors; the type of the volcanic soil, the excellent production techniques and the use of Arabic coffee. All this makes evolvement of Costa Rica's coffee to be one the best worldwide.

Taste a small cup of the best coffee in Costa Rica.

Schedules & Rates

Important Notes

The pick up time at the hotel will be between 30 to 15 minutes before the tour.
Children rates apply from 6 to 12 years old.
Children under 6 years old have free entrance.
In the event of any inconvenience at the pick up, please call to our offices at +506 2479-7779