Costa Rica: A Return to Origins

This blog will capture the experiences and learnings of our TWELVE Canadian participants.
Check back daily for updates and new postings.


Introducing a new Origin Experience program

Last February, the first group of Starbucks partners traveled to Costa Rica to take part in the pilot Origin trip. Less than a year later, another twelve Canadian partners have been awarded the same opportunity to visit, learn, harvest and truly experience life at our farms in Costa Rica. Follow along and learn from their daily adventures. Through this powerful first-hand experience, partners will be better able to understand and articulate ethical sourcing practices, quality standards and relationship with farmers. It will also help us create a network of passionate advocates to inspire customers and other partners, as well as serve as coffee leaders.


Saturday, January 15, 2011




























































































We are home now, & so eager to host our first tastings, & to share more of our journey with you all! We will never look at coffee or a coffee tasting quite the same again! A wealth of new, & deeper knowledge and a closeness to the people within our Farmer Support Center, as well as Costa Rica, has changed that for all of us, for the better. Here are just a few of my favorites from the last 3 days! Enjoy!
Seedling plants at the nursery, Pam taking a soil sample during her learning's with Earthwatch, a photo with one of our farmers - Ernesto & wife Carmen at Coope Dota, a farmer bringing in his coffee cherries for weighing, & processing, beans that have been washed, but have parchment still on & will go to drying stage next, our leader Cindy, raking beans to help them dry, parchment, Orlando & Carlos Mario from our Farmer Support Center, planting a coffee tree, volcanic soil, our Cafe Practices sign hangs in the mill at Las Marias, green coffee ready for tasting, shipping.

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