Café Britt facts for kids
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| Industry | Coffee roasting and chocolate manufacturing |
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| Founded | 1985 |
| Founder | Steve Aronson |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Costa Rican, Colombian, and Peruvian coffees, chocolates, nuts, candies, and gourmet products |
| Services | Coffee tour |
| Parent | Grupo Arribada |
Café Britt is a well-known company from Costa Rica. It makes and sells delicious gourmet coffee, chocolate, and other special food products. They also help people learn about coffee by offering fun tours in Costa Rica. You can find their products in stores, online, at their own cafés called Britt Café • Bakery, and at Morpho Travel Experience shops. The company has about 400 employees. Their coffee roasting and chocolate making happens mainly in Costa Rica and Peru.
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How Café Britt Started
Café Britt was founded in 1985 by Steve Aronson. He was a coffee expert from North America. His idea was to sell high-quality roasted coffee to people in Costa Rica. Before this, most of the best coffee was sent to other countries. Steve wanted Costa Ricans to enjoy their own great coffee too!
Café Britt was the first company in Costa Rica to roast gourmet coffee. The name Britt was chosen through a contest. It's a nod to countries like those in Scandinavia, where people drink a lot of coffee. These countries are some of the biggest coffee drinkers in the world.
Growing Bigger
In 2000, Café Britt started making chocolates, adding more tasty products. A year later, in 2001, they opened their first store at the Juan Santamaría International Airport. This was a big step! By 2003, they had more stores in hotels where tourists often stay in Costa Rica.
The company grew even more in 2005. They opened new stores in Peru, the Caribbean, and Chile. In 2009, Steve Aronson's son, Philippe Aronson, took over as president.
In 2017, the company's larger group, Grupo Arribada, split into two parts: Morpho Travel Experience and Café Britt. This allowed Café Britt to focus on making and selling gourmet products, running their cafés, and offering the Britt Coffee Tour. Philippe Aronson is now the CEO of Café Britt.
What Café Britt Makes
Café Britt focuses on making and selling gourmet products. Their main products are coffee and chocolate. They also have other product lines like Britt Chocolates and Britt Cookies. The company even offers coffee capsules for espresso machines under the brand Britt Espresso. They also sell the espresso machines themselves.
In 2017, Café Britt opened its first café, called Britt Café & Bakery. It's a place where you can enjoy their coffee and baked goods.
Fun Coffee Tours
In 1991, Café Britt started Costa Rica's first coffee tour. It's called the "Britt Coffee Tour." This tour began as a play staged right on their coffee plantation. Today, the tour is an interactive journey. It teaches you all about how coffee is made, from the plant to your cup.
About 50,000 people take the Britt Coffee Tour every year. More than half a million people have taken the tour since it started! They also have special tours for coffee experts or serious coffee lovers. These tours go into more detail about how coffee is grown and processed.
Helping the Environment
Café Britt has been selling certified organic coffee since 1991. This means the coffee is grown without harmful chemicals. Today, the company produces over 200,000 bags of organic coffee each year. About 80% of this organic coffee is sold in Costa Rica.
Since 2013, Café Britt's coffee and chocolate production in Costa Rica has been "Carbon Neutral." This means they balance the amount of carbon dioxide they release into the air. They do this by reducing their emissions and supporting projects that remove carbon from the atmosphere. It shows their commitment to protecting the environment.
See also
- Coffee production in Costa Rica
- Economy of Costa Rica
- Tourism in Costa Rica
- List of coffee companies
