Did you know coffee predates Jesus? The origin of coffee is Ethiopia where a goat Shepard noticed his goats were eating red berries and becoming energized. He picked some, boiled a bit and drank the coffee realizing he had the same energy and his hyper goats. Then roasted some beans, and loved the aroma.

Arabica is all that’s grown here but there’s many types or subspecies one is Geisha. Won’t share the details let you mind wander on that one ????

This is a 4th generation establishment, they have a nice hotel, two restaurants with great food, zip line tours and the coffee tour I took was two hours and $20 USD. The entire plant is shown plus a tasting.

Here’s some info: coffee pickers earn about $7-9 USD per day and pick on average 100 lbs of beans.

The beans are sold green they don’t roast here. Top buyers in order are Starbucks, Japan and Taiwan. They sell on average $3.00 USD/pound.

Starbucks charges anywhere from $10-15.00 per pound. Of course this is after shipping, roasting, packaging and transporting.

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Very interesting tour! They also have a very nice hotel and restaurant. If you want the more comfortable coffee tour with an industrial scale operation, then you will be pleased. Otherwise, for a more authentic choice, go with De La Gente.