Hacienda Alsacia Starbucks Coffe Tour
Recommended by 98% of travelers
Alajuela, Costa Rica
- 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Learn all about the coffee growing and making process on this private tour of the Starbucks chain’s Hacienda Alsacia Coffee Farm. Explore the farm on a guided tour where you’ll visit the tree nursery, wet mill, drying patio, and roasting machine. Learn about sustainable farming practices, and about the people who produce the coffee you drink every day. An educational tour that travelers with a range of interests will enjoy.
- Coffee tastings are included
- Purchase more coffee at the on-site cafe
- The tour lasts about 90 minutes
- Best suited to mobile travelers as walking is required
Sample Menu
Starter
Hacienda Alsacia Cafe
Our on-site cafe offers classic and creative beverages crafted with beans from our farm
What's Included
- Coffee and/or TeaCoffe Degustation
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Hacienda Alsacia Visitor's CenterAlajuela Province, Sabanilla, Costa Rica
Hacienda Alsacia is located on the slopes of Poás Volcano, less than one hour away from Costa Rica’s capital, San Jose; 15 KM North from the Alajuela Justice Courts, Provincia de Alajuela, Dulce Nombre. The scenic 240-hectare coffee farm has become Starbucks global agronomy headquarters.
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.What To Expect
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Hacienda Alsacia Starbucks Coffee Farm
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Most travelers can participate
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
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Cancellation Policy
This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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Featured review
Ariana_A
Tour was great. The tour guide was very knowledgeable and the information was very interesting. She was also super nice and funny. The farm is beautiful and the Starbucks store had all kinds of great drinks and food that can't be found anywhere else.
Reviews
4.9
based on 3,263 reviews
Genevieve_G, Apr 2026
Awesome experience!! Sweet and short! Beautiful place and very friendly staff! Be ready to taste some amazing coffee!
Sheri_R, Apr 2026
Nice view. Informative tour. Don't expect a restaurant. The Cafe food is only what a Starbucks normally has.
Dominika_R, Mar 2026
Very informative tour, about coffe industry and costa rica. Would be great if you could provide options with transport.
David_S, Mar 2026
Extremely well organized, and to their credit, easily accessible to wheelchairs. We were expecting a full on Starbucks commercial, but there was very little of this, most of the focus is on coffee from seed to coffee cup.
Ariana_A, Mar 2026
Tour was great. The tour guide was very knowledgeable and the information was very interesting. She was also super nice and funny. The farm is beautiful and the Starbucks store had all kinds of great drinks and food that can't be found anywhere else.
Gina_G, Jan 2026
It was more educational about coffee growing and what they pay pickers. Not a farm tour and mostly just listening. We went Fri, Dec 26, 2025. It was so hard to get a seat with the views and we tried for a long time but couldn’t. It was crowded since we arrived at noon and got more crowded after tour.
Chelsea_G, Nov 2025
This has some walking that is steep, so do not wear sandals. This is not a working farm, the coffee grown here is for research and development, so it might be different than you are expecting. I’d recommend the visit just for the views, the info was nice, but I think the trip would be worth it even without the tour. You can drink your coffee and overlook the plantation and waterfall. It’s a beautiful spot!
Patrick_M, Oct 2025
Starbucks Alsacia is Starbucks’ first and only coffee farm in Costa Rica, serving as its global hub for research, development, and innovation. This working farm features a visitor center, a coffee nursery, and a research facility, offering a “seed to cup” experience for visitors and training for Starbucks staff. Tours are available daily by reservation only through online booking, with sessions in Spanish and English at different times. Our expert guide, Daria, shared insights on coffee farming, harvesting, drying, and selecting premium beans, along with Starbucks’ efforts to support local farmers. The tour concludes with a coffee tasting. The site also hosts the most significant and unique Starbucks café in the country, providing a stunning view of the coffee farm, where you can buy coffee beans and enjoy a top-tier café experience—highly recommended when visiting Costa Rica!
Natasa_C, Sep 2025
Informative coffee tour, very attentive, answered the groups various questions, would highly recommend coffee tour to understand the entire coffee process from growing to roasting.
Excellent selection of pastries within the cafe
Molly_H, Jul 2025
Very educational tour! Beautiful grounds and the coffee was great. Definitely recommend doing this tour to learn more about coffee production, plus it’s just beautiful there.
TERESA_B, Jul 2025
I am the only one in my family that drinks coffee, but everyone had a great time. It was really cool to learn about how coffee was made and to get to participate in the coffee tasting was fun, I even got my husband to try coffee.
shaun, Jul 2025
Very educational. Private tour. Beautiful property. The coolest Starbucks cafe I’ve ever been in. The scenic drive there was also nice.
Clyde_B, May 2025
What a great experience, we learned so much about coffee. I would definitely recommend this experience if you love coffee or not you will definitely learn something..
Steve_P, Feb 2025
Stellar experience to visit a coffee farm, see how it's all done, and then get to drink it! Highly recommended if you're in the area!
Kelly_S, Feb 2025
Very interesting tour. I’m not a big Starbucks fan, but the people I was traveling with are. It was very informative, and the grounds are beautiful.
Torben_W, Jan 2025
Your is incredibly detailed but also very interesting. You learn enough to start your own coffee plantation!
Highly recommend.
Nice lunch at Starbucks also
David_C, Dec 2024
Interesting to learn all about the process from bean to cup. The whiskey cloud drink at the bar was very good.
Frank_N, Oct 2024
It was a great trip! Beautiful and I learned a lot about making coffee from growing the beans to the final cup:)
Charles_C, Aug 2024
Excellent and informative tour. Carlos was very knowledgeable. I would recommend your for coffee enthusiasts.
Pooja_P, Jul 2024
It was a wonderful experience !
Worlds only Starbucks coffee plantation farm ! Very informative & beautifully located.
I would definitely recommend it as it’s unique & only in Costa Rica.
We travel a lot so prefer unique experiences over touristy ones.
Alicia_K, Jul 2024
Let me start off by saying this was one of the reasons we decided to come to Costa Rica. My daughter is a huge Starbucks fan and also works at a Starbucks.
While the Starbucks location was amazingly beautiful, the food was delicious as well as reasonable priced, and the baristas where friendly and professional, the tour was not my favorite. I know the weather can’t be predicted or changed, but was the tour cut short because of the rain?
The tour and tasting itself was under an hour, 45 minutes to be exact. This is half the advertised time. While informational, it was underwhelming. I had such higher expectations. Although it was raining, they were ready with umbrellas.
Lisa_D, Apr 2024
It poured down buckets of rain within the first 10 minutes of the tour and we decided to abort. We could not hear anything the guide was saying. It was also a large group.
Dave_C, Feb 2024
Learning what a laborer’s daily tasks are and what they are paid. I figure that the coffee industry is one that profits from the labor force of underpaid employees.
Michelle_M, Feb 2024
The tour was very informative on the coffee process. You get to experience picking coffee beans, learning about the process of the distribution and fermentation as well as being able to try the coffee after the tour. The Starbucks Cafe was a great experience! The menu offered so many items not found in other locations.
Kristy_N, Feb 2024
Our tour guide was awesome, we learned so much about coffee! The views are stunning, this place is magical.
Roopa_P, Dec 2023
Excellent star bucks tour guide. He was very knowledgeable. Learned lot about whole seed to cup process.
jim_S, Dec 2023
Understanding how much manual effort to produce one cup of coffee and the history of Costa Rican coffee bean.
Chung_S, Sep 2023
It was so great the view, the history and of course the coffee.
The experience was unique, so if you are in Costa Rica, you should definitely do the Alsacia Starbucks Coffe Tour.
Andrea_K, Jul 2023
Great experience, great fun with our guide-on the photo👍thank you! Interesting story, delicious coffee!
Barbara_S, Apr 2023
Two friends and I visited the Starbucks Alsacia Research farm in Costa Rica, the only such facility that Starbucks runs, on Friday, 21 April, 2023. It was eye opening to learn that coffee production world wide is going down while coffee demand is going up. Starbucks works only with Arabica coffee which is grown in countries such as Kenya and Costa Rica. For the three of us with many years of working experience in Kenya, it was interesting to learn even more about the cultivation of coffee and the people who pick the coffee cherry in the fields. This visit is well worth the time and the cost. Also the coffee shop which is part of the property has an excellent selction of food, snacks and coffee based beverages.
From $30.77
per person-You will not receive a refund if you cancel.
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