San José Coffee Crawl｜Costa Rica

Discover San José like never before—through its coffee and its stories. On this walking experience, you’ll visit 3 specialty coffee shops that showcase Costa Rica’s rich coffee culture, while exploring the streets, plazas, and landmarks that shaped the nation’s history.
With 11 curated stops, the crawl blends the sensory pleasures of coffee with the deeper narrative of how this humble bean transformed Costa Rica. From fueling political decisions in the 19th century to financing theaters, universities, and public works, coffee built the foundations of our political and social reality.
At each café, you’ll enjoy a different perspective of specialty coffee—whether it’s a unique brewing method, a tasting of local micro-lots, or conversations with passionate baristas. Between shops, you’ll wander through San José’s historic center, stopping at key landmarks that reveal how coffee exports forged our identity and connected Costa Rica to the wider world.
By the end, you’ll have tasted the city in its purest form: through its coffee, its streets, and its stories.
Duration: 2.5 hours
Stops: 11 (including 3 coffee shops and 7 historic landmarks)
Experience: city history tour and coffee history while visiting specialty coffee shops.