Embark on a flavorful journey with Café Britt Chronicles! Discover the secrets of coffee and chocolate, explore Costa Rican traditions, and dive into delicious recipes and brewing tips. Whether a coffee lover, a chocolate enthusiast, or a traveler at heart, find your inspiration here.

CHORREADOR: CAFE BRITT'S BREWING SERIES

CHORREADOR: CAFE BRITT'S BREWING SERIES

No visit to Costa Rica is complete without a café chorreado, or a pour-over coffee made with a traditional cotton filter. This brewing method allows you to fully control the process, including coffee-to-water ratio, pouring speed, and time of...
HABITAT BLEND: SUPPORTING SLOTH RESCUE AND RELEASE

HABITAT BLEND: SUPPORTING SLOTH RESCUE AND RELEASE

Costa Rica is known worldwide for its incredible flora and fauna. In fact, it holds approximately 5% of the planet’s biodiversity, despite its land area being only 0.03% of the globe’s surface. At Café Britt,...
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

March 8 is International Women’s Day, so we’ve been thinking about the contributions of women in the coffee industry. Women have historically been and continue to be essential to the production, harvesting, and trade of...
UPDATE ON SLOTH CONSERVATION AND HÁBITAT

UPDATE ON SLOTH CONSERVATION AND HÁBITAT

In late 2017, Café Britt launched our first Hábitat blend dedicated to protecting Costa Rican wildlife. The purchase of each coffee supports a native animal, and our first blend was dedicated to sloths, one of...
INTRODUCING FUSIÓN BLEND

INTRODUCING FUSIÓN BLEND

At Café Britt, we are always looking for ways to innovate in order to give our customers something new and exciting. So we are proud to introduce our exclusive Fusión blend, a unique offering crafted...
HÁBITAT UPDATE: SLOTH RELEASE

HÁBITAT UPDATE: SLOTH RELEASE

As part of our corporate social responsibility commitment, employees from Café Britt participate regularly in volunteer projects with environmental and community development organizations in Costa Rica. Toucan Rescue Ranch, our partner on Hábitat Sloth coffee, has welcomed our volunteers...
HABITAT CARIBLANCO

HABITAT CARIBLANCO

Have you taken a trip to Costa Rica? If so, you probably remember the first time you saw a monkey! Whether in the forest, at the beach, in a national park, or outside a hotel window, this...
COFFEE BLENDS VERSUS SINGLE ORIGIN

COFFEE BLENDS VERSUS SINGLE ORIGIN

Both blends and single-origin coffees offer unique, expertly balanced flavor. The difference lies in how these coffees are sourced and selected. WHAT IS SINGLE-ORIGIN COFFEE? Single-origin coffees are created using beans sourced from one location....
DECAF COFFEE MYTHS

DECAF COFFEE MYTHS

Even for the most ardent coffee lovers, decaf can be a bit of a mystery. Have doubts? Then let us clear up some of the myths surrounding decaffeinated coffee. 1. MYTH: Decaf doesn't taste like...
CAFÉ BRITT ANNIVERSARY BLEND: THE RICH HERITAGE OF OUR GOURMET COFFEE

CAFÉ BRITT ANNIVERSARY BLEND: THE RICH HERITAGE OF OUR GOURMET COFFEE

Every year, we celebrate Costa Rican coffee and the country’s rich history of coffee production by creating an anniversary blend using coffee from a specific source in Costa Rica. Exceptional quality is one of the...
A NEWBIE'S GUIDE TO THE FLAT WHITE

A NEWBIE'S GUIDE TO THE FLAT WHITE

WHERE DID THE FLAT WHITE ORIGINATE? The origins of the flat white are a hotly debated topic. Traditionally, Australia has taken credit for the birth of this tasty drink, but New Zealand natives are adamant...
HONEY PROCESSED COFFEE: WHAT MAKES IT SO SPECIAL?

HONEY PROCESSED COFFEE: WHAT MAKES IT SO SPECIAL?

Americans drink around 146 billion cups of coffee annually. In parts of Europe, that number is even higher. Italy is famous for its love of coffee, but Finland drinks the most coffee per capita, a whopping...

JOURNEY TO ORIGIN

Let's go back to where each coffee story begins, when those coffee beans were still encased in coffee cherries. Who picked them? And where? All your questions will be answered, here.

Coffee 101

As coffee lovers ourselves, we know that it sometimes feels like we’ll never know everything we want to know about our favorite drink. Coffee is a world of its own, and even we are sometimes stumped. Unlike most of our visitors, though, we have direct access to some of the greatest minds in the coffee business, all of whom are kind enough to help us out with our doubts.

Chocolate 101

We work with two of the world’s most passion-inducing products: coffee and chocolate. Both can be simple pleasures or the start of a lifelong obsession. Britt chocolate experts fall firmly in the latter category! Dark chocolate, white chocolate, milk chocolate, hot cocoa—we experiment with it all

Coffee Recipes

Try using coffee in ways you never thought of or become your own barista and make delicious espresso drinks from home. Learn everything you need to know right here.

Coffee Corners

To celebrate the culture we hold so dearly, we’re starting a blog series highlighting some of Costa Rica’s most famous coffee shops.

Escape to Costa Rica

Many of the people who love our coffee discovered it in our home, Costa Rica. Whether you relaxed on the beaches of Guanacaste, checked out the wildlife in Manuel Antonio, or enjoyed great food in the capital of Costa Rica, San José, we hope that you had the chance to do so with a cup of Café Britt.