Coffee and Chocolate Plantation Tour near Hot Springs

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Duration2h 30m

GroupUp to 15

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

You'll roast, grind and taste coffee and chocolate the same afternoon you picked the beans.

North Fields Cafe is a two-hour guided tour through family-owned coffee and cacao plantations near Hot Springs, where you walk the fields, watch live roasting and grinding, and taste freshly prepared coffee and chocolate made from crops you've just seen harvested. Hotel pickup is included for stays within ten minutes of La Fortuna Area; groups stay under eight people; a professional guide leads the experience in English.

2h 30m

Step-by-step itinerary

Coffee and chocolate plantation tour

Walk through coffee and cacao fields
Learn harvesting and roasting process
Taste freshly prepared coffee and chocolate

The Experience

The tour starts at your hotel and moves straight into the fields. You'll walk through working plantations of coffee and cacao while your guide points out the plants, the pods, and how the property is laid out. This is not a museum—you're standing in the actual crops that will become what you taste later, and the guide explains what you're looking at as you move through.

From there you watch the full process: how coffee cherries and cacao pods are harvested, dried, roasted, and ground using traditional Costa Rican methods. The roasting and grinding happen in front of you, so you see the beans change color and smell the shift from raw to finished. Then you taste. Fresh coffee and rich chocolate made from what you've just walked past—the flavors land differently when you know where they came from. The whole experience runs about two and a half hours, and your guide brings you back to your hotel when it's done.

Groups max out at eight people, which means the guide can actually answer questions and move at a pace that works. Pickup is included if your hotel sits within ten minutes of La Fortuna Area; if you're staying further out, public transportation options are nearby. The plantation is wheelchair accessible, surfaces are flat, and strollers work fine if you're traveling with infants.

What’s included

Hotel pickup and drop-off within ten minutes of La Fortuna Area.
professional guide leading the experience in English.
live demonstrations of roasting, grinding, preparation and packaging.
tastings of coffee, chocolate and sugarcane.
access to the family-run cacao, coffee and local crop plantations.
local taxes.

Good to know

Moderate physical levelWheelchair accessibleAccessible transportStroller friendlyPets welcomePublic transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by North Fields Coffee and Chocolate

Is this one for you?Walk through coffee and cacao fields where you'll trace each bean and pod from harvest to roast, then taste flavors that reveal what you've just seen growing.