Teddy bears, hearts and Britt chocolates, oh my…
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Valentine’s Day, or el Día del Amor y la Amistad in Costa Rica, is right around the corner – and as usual, a wide range of hotels and restaurants are offering special meals and desserts for the occasion. If you haven’t yet prepared plans, here are our top picks for places to visit around the country. […]
Costa Rican breweries won 13 medals total at the 2016 Copa Cervezas de América competition in Chile.
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Seven Costa Rican breweries earned 13 medals at the fifth annual Copa Cervezas de América competition in Chile this past weekend.
Beach at Manuel Antonio National Park.
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In the second installment of a series on “Costa Rica’s Greatest Places,” today The Tico Times Travel kicks off a multi-story package on the attractions, the adventures and the backstory that have made Manuel Antonio and Quepos the top destination in Costa Rica.
A tapis of guaro to blow your hair back.
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At a time when a booming craft beer scene has made Costa Rica a regional leader in artisanal brewing, is guaro poised to be Tiquicia’s next big drink trend?
Costa Rican chocolate is tempered and molded into bar form.
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This weekend Costa Rican chocolate will be front and center as the Antigua Aduana in San José hosts the first Feria de Chocolate.
Workers divide saplings of a new variety of coffee plant at Finca Sumava in Lourdes de Cirrí de Naranjo, Alajuela.
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Francisco Mena of Finca Sumava in Lourdes de Cirrí, Naranjo is new at coffee farming. But that didn’t stop him from producing Costa Rica’s best bean of 2016.
A Cup of Excellence judge smells Costa Rican coffees on May 20, 2016.
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Ever wondered how the experts know good coffee when they taste it? Experts use a process called cupping to find the best beans.
A coffee farm in Lourdes de Cirrí, in Naranjo, Alajuela.
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Judges named Francisco Mena of Monte Llano Bonito in Lourdes, Naranjo, the winner of the 2016 Cup of Excellence prize. This is the fourth time a farm in Lourdes has won top honors.
San José Mayor Johnny Araya and municipal leaders are pushing for Paseo de Los Estudiantes, aka Barrio Chino, to become the city’s new up and coming neighborhood.
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Officials from the San José municipality have passed an initiative looking to turn downtown’s Paseo de Los Estudiantes into a popular sprawl of gastronomy and culture.
Fishermen load ice onto a longline boat at the Martec Industries dock in Quepos.
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Even in Playa Grande — the last mass nesting beach in the Eastern Pacific for critically endangered leatherbacks — menus largely feature seafood caught by longlines and trawling nets, fishing practices that have devastating impacts on sea turtles.
