Costa Rica photo essay – Doka Estate Coffee Plantation

I love Costa Rica – the sun, the beach, the jungle all speak to me. This last trip, we spent time at the Doka Estates Coffee Plantation. Here are some of the pictures from that tour.

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The Doka Estate is in Alajuela, Costa Rica. It’s about a 40-minute drive up the mountain from downtown San Jose.

There is plenty to do at the Estate once you’ve gotten your coffee fix.
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The tour begins with a quick growing lesson. All the plants at the Estate are started and nurtured by hand on-site.

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Eventually, the plants are big enough to go into the fields and produce coffee cherries.

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All the work is done by hand. Each coffee picker fills this basket with coffee cherries to earn around $8 U.S. per basket.

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After separating and drying the beans, they are bagged and shipped to various brokers throughout the world.

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Here’s what coffee looks like when it’s drying.

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After the tour, relax on the balcony and enjoy the view!

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