We ate lunch at the coffee plantation and once we were finished with the meal we took the tour. We first learned a little bit about chocolate and tasted a roasted bean, dark chocolate, white chocolate, and best of all, chocolate covered coffee beans.
Our guide took us through the plantation, showing us the plants at different stages of growth, gave us the history of coffee in Costa Rica, and showed us where the beans were roasted. They also have a machine that squeezes sugar cane and two of our group members volunteered to turn the handle and squeeze sugary goodness out of the cane.
We had an opportunity to taste the coffee, light and dark roast, and then make some purchases in the gift shop (or as Ricardo calls them “TT’s, tourist traps”).