Good coffee was surprisingly hard to find in Costa Rica. That is in part because it is such a valuable crop, all the grade A stuff gets sold outside the country. Coffee is Costa Rica's second largest export crop after bananas. Another reason is that the locals like to brew their coffee weak then mix it with lots of milk and sugar, masking most of the coffee flavor anyway. Even so, the coffee there tends to be very fresh. Even in the small town near where we stayed, there was a small roaster. They had a cafe a couple of doors away, but here in their store front you can see the roasting equipment in the background.We also saw a lot of monkeys. Our last day on the coast before leaving for San Jose, a whole troop of titi monkeys passed by the veranda of our hotel room, swinging from tree to tree and generally acting goofy.
I have some more photos on my web site here: http://www.freshofftheroast.com/CRpics.html
