EXPERIENCE

This one of a kind excursion through Costa Rican history and culture brings traditional rural customs to life for visitors. You will walk through the old Sitio de Mata village church with its stained glass windows more than century old, stroll through its enchanting gardens, marvel at the exquisite orchid greenhouse and the aromatic herb garden, and wonder at the strange labyrinth and lake that hint at mystery.

Later, your preconceptions about a typical day in the Costa Rican rural milieu will change, as you become a close-up observer and participant in both historical and modern processing of the products of dense, dark green fields of coffee plants, wavy oceans of sugar cane, and a newer arrival to our local agriculture, trees full of macadamia nuts. Look at the complicated steps in preparing macadamias-which are just shaken from the trees during harvest-then are immersed in water (the best sink, while the others float), hand-selected, then roasted for you to taste: salted, sugared or chocolate coated! This excursion into the rural Costa Rica of yesteryear is a vivid and remarkable experience, part of which is our organically cultivated brown sugar, including the typical tapa dulce, or brown sugar cakes made in wooden molds. Be sure to take a taste! You will drink our own gourmet coffee prepared by a professional barista, or coffee specialist, and finish with an exotic cocktail featuring our coffee liqueur, organic brown sugar and macadamia essence.