Café Britt is one of only 46 on-line retailers to win the 2004 edition of BizRate.com's Circle of Excellence Gold Honoree Awards.Winners were rated from Sept. 1, 2003 to Aug. 31, 2004. As a 2004 winner of the BizRate.com Circle of Excellence Gold Honoree Awards, Café Britt is among a group of top performing online retailers having met the strict criteria set by BizRate.com to recognize outstanding customer service throughout the year.
BizRate praised our company for being one of the sites that excelled at customer satisfaction with ratings above the Industry average on 7 key attributes.BizRate.com created its Circle of Excellence Gold Honoree Awards to discover which on-line stores were really the best.
The selection process rated on-line retailers in seven categories – ease of finding desired products, on-time delivery, overall satisfaction, selection of products, customer support, product’s fulfillment of expectations, and customer’s repurchase intent.Winners were the 46 retailers who earned above-average scores in each category.Founded in 1996, BizRate.com is a specialized on-line search engine designed to help on-line shoppers locate, compare and buy everything from lawn and garden products to computers, clothing, healthcare products and travel. Its data base includes products from some 40,000 stores.
Recognition like this motivates everyone at Café Britt to continue to improve to make our products and on-line shopping experience the very best. Thanks, BizRate.com!
costa rica coffee plantation The oldest working water powered mill in the country (beneficio) is the next stop. You will see the peeling machines, how they work and what we do with the coffee bean skins. The fermentation tanks and their importance in the resulting taste of the
coffee follows. The bodega is where we store our
coffee and where export ready
coffee is kept. You will also visit the sun drying patios and the roasting hall where you will see and smell the different roasts we produce.
Imagine following the journey of a
coffee bean on the plantation – from the plant to a cup of gourmet
coffee. When you take the
costa rica coffee tour at Café Britt you’ll do exactly that. Our professional acting troupe, dressed in traditional garb, will escort you through a multi-media, interactive tour through the history of
coffee. On our "finca", as the plantation is called in Spanish, your day starts on six-acres of coffee fields, tropical gardens and coffee processing facilities. When you arrive, you are greeted by a breathtaking view from our lookout point with two of Costa Rica’s most famous volcanoes on one side and a spectacular panoramic view of the Central Valley on the other. We’ll teach you all about
coffee cultivation and not just by giving you the facts feel free to pick a few ripe cherries to taste their sweetness or take a few of the dried beans home to grow a plant of your own!
In Costa Rica, costa rica coffee is not just a beverage; it's a way of life. Ever since the crop came to Costa Rica at the end of the 18th century, it has defined the nation's culture, economy, and diet.
At first, the plant was just a local crop. In the 18th century, the government began distributing coffee plants and land plots, cutting taxes for tico farmers willing to grow export-grade coffee. Since then, it has become the country's single greatest source of revenue and is exported all over the world.
Costa Rica enjoys several geographic advantages for coffee growing. coffee grown at higher altitudes makes a better roast, because the beans mature more slowly in the cold and are less likely to break during the roasting process. Costa Rica's volcanic ranges also influence coffee crops in surprisingly productive ways: volcanic ash in the soil leaves mineral deposits that enrich the bean's flavor.
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