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Today was the day I was most looking forward to, given my fondness for coffee: a tour of the Doka Estate, a coffee plantation in Alajuela. We were taken through the fields and then into the production area and explained the various steps of coffee production, from harvesting the red berries to roasting the seed. A common misconception (and one that I admit to having had) is that the coffee that we buy is a coffee bean. We were informed that it's actually a seed. Good to know.
At the end of our tour, we were shown to the gift shop, where they had the best buffet ever: 6 different varieties of coffee, all of which are produced and sold at the estate. After sampling them all, I of course liked the most expensive one, the peaberry. At only $1 more per bag than the others, though, it was not a hard sell. Many of us stocked up on coffee, enough to keep us caffeinated into next year. We then enjoyed a buffet lunch at the estate and spent some time in the butterfly garden down below.
Our bus then brought us back to San Jose, stopping along the way at several gift shops in the town of Sarchi. We spent a good 2 hours shopping, and then marveled at the world's largest ox cart on the way out of town.
Upon arrival back in San Jose, students were dropped off at their host family's houses and we said our good-byes to them for the weekend.
Thanks for reading!
Profe Simmons and Olson
At the end of our tour, we were shown to the gift shop, where they had the best buffet ever: 6 different varieties of coffee, all of which are produced and sold at the estate. After sampling them all, I of course liked the most expensive one, the peaberry. At only $1 more per bag than the others, though, it was not a hard sell. Many of us stocked up on coffee, enough to keep us caffeinated into next year. We then enjoyed a buffet lunch at the estate and spent some time in the butterfly garden down below. 
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