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Pope Leo Costa Rica Chorreador

A Costa Rican Chorreador Reached the Hands of P...

When the papal plane lifted off from Rome bound for Madrid, somewhere in the cabin was a wooden coffee stand that would have looked utterly at home in a tico...

A Costa Rican Chorreador Reached the Hands of P...

When the papal plane lifted off from Rome bound for Madrid, somewhere in the cabin was a wooden coffee stand that would have looked utterly at home in a tico...

 A handcrafted wooden Costa Rican chorreador with cotton cloth filter brewing coffee on a kitchen counter, gift-wrapped nearby.

A Bag of Coffee Is Forgettable. A Chorreador Is...

Every year, the same small panic sets in. Someone on your list loves coffee — really loves it — and you want to give them something that lands. So you...

A Bag of Coffee Is Forgettable. A Chorreador Is...

Every year, the same small panic sets in. Someone on your list loves coffee — really loves it — and you want to give them something that lands. So you...

Costa Rica Gave Geisha Coffee to the Americas

Costa Rica Gave Geisha Coffee to the Americas

Geisha is the most expensive coffee variety on earth, and the most mythologized. People who have never bought a bag of single-origin in their lives have heard the price stories:...

Costa Rica Gave Geisha Coffee to the Americas

Geisha is the most expensive coffee variety on earth, and the most mythologized. People who have never bought a bag of single-origin in their lives have heard the price stories:...

Costa Rica Indigenous Mask

The Eight Indigenous Peoples of Costa Rica

If you fly into San José and drive an hour in any direction, you will see coffee farms, cattle pasture, and forest. You will probably not see a Bribri village,...

The Eight Indigenous Peoples of Costa Rica

If you fly into San José and drive an hour in any direction, you will see coffee farms, cattle pasture, and forest. You will probably not see a Bribri village,...

Costa Rica Empanadas

The Afternoon Cafecito: Costa Rica's Most Impor...

If you visit a Costa Rican household at four in the afternoon, you'll hear three sounds in roughly this order: the metallic click of a kettle being set on the...

The Afternoon Cafecito: Costa Rica's Most Impor...

If you visit a Costa Rican household at four in the afternoon, you'll hear three sounds in roughly this order: the metallic click of a kettle being set on the...

Costa Rica Breakfast Gallo Pinto

Gallo Pinto and Costa Rican Coffee: The Anatomy...

If you walk into a soda anywhere in Costa Rica at seven in the morning, you'll hear three sounds in roughly this order: the hiss of rice and beans hitting...

Gallo Pinto and Costa Rican Coffee: The Anatomy...

If you walk into a soda anywhere in Costa Rica at seven in the morning, you'll hear three sounds in roughly this order: the hiss of rice and beans hitting...