Did you know that in Costa Rica there is a place called Hacienda Alsacia, which is the only Starbucks farm in the world? Here you can take tours, try unique menu items, and enjoy some really epic ...

Hacienda Alsacia . About 45 minutes north of San Jose, Costa Rica, at 5,000 feet above sea level, ... in a guided cupping at a fully decked-out Starbucks overlooking a waterfall.

This eco-park oasis features five waterfalls, hiking trails, a cloud forest and a rainforest, an animal sanctuary with over 100 species of animals, ... The next stop is a tour of the Hacienda Alsacia ...

The Hacienda Alsacia variety is resistant to coffee rust, which since 2011 has caused billions of dollars in losses for producers in Costa Rica and other Latin American countries. Production ...

The 46,000-square-foot hacienda is the public gateway to Starbucks’s surrounding research-focused coffee farm, where the java giant tests new growing techniques and develops better farming ...

The Hacienda Alsacia is sourced from the company’s first-ever farm in South America, acquired by Starbucks in 2013 as an investment to the coffee industry’s sustainability.

A coffee tree in Hacienda Alsacia. - Joshua Trujillo/Starbucks. So Starbucks, which says it purchases about 3% of all the world’s coffee, is developing new arabica varietals that are ...

SEATTLE — Starbucks has unveiled plans to develop a sustainability learning and innovation laboratory at Hacienda Alsacia in Costa Rica. Hacienda Alsacia is Starbucks’ global agronomy ...