Английская Википедия:Café Britt
Café Britt is a Costa Rican company that produces and markets gourmet coffee, chocolate and other products. They create and sponsor coffee-related tourism and education in Costa Rica. Products are sold in retailers, online, in Britt Café • Bakery locations, and in Grupo Arribada-owned Morpho Travel Experience. The company currently employs around 400 people.[1] Its coffee-roasting and chocolate-making operations are based in Costa Rica and Peru.[2][3]
History
North American coffee broker Steve Aronson founded the company in 1985 to market roasted Costa Rican coffees to the domestic market.[4] It was the first gourmet coffee roaster in the country;[4] since at that time, most high-quality coffee was exported to foreign markets. Aronson decided to promote the idea that good quality should also be consumed locally.[5] The name Britt is a tribute to Scandinavian countries, which are some of the largest consumers of coffee;[5] Britt was chosen through a contest to pick a name.[5]
The company expanded its operations with the introduction of chocolates in 2000, as well as opening its first store at Juan Santamaría Airport in 2001.[4] In 2003 it added further stores at various hotels popular with tourists in Costa Rica.[4] In 2005 new stores were opened in Perú, the Caribbean, and Chile. In 2009, after a successful transition, Philippe Aronson replaced his father and assumed the role of president.[4]
In 2017, Grupo Arribada split into two different companies: Morpho Travel Experience and Café Britt.[6] This allowed the company to focus on producing and commercializing gourmet products, operating cafés, and running the Britt Coffee Tour.[6] Philippe Aronson is the CEO of Café Britt.[7]
Products
Café Britt produces and sells gourmet products, with a focus on coffee and chocolate.[6] Product lines includes Café Britt, Britt Chocolates, and Britt Cookies. The company offers capsules for espresso machines under the brand Britt Espresso, as well as related espresso machines.[8]
In 2017, Café Britt opened the first location of its eponymous café, Britt Café & Bakery.[6]
Tourism
In 1991, Café Britt founded Costa Rica's first coffee tour, the "Britt Coffee Tour," as a play staged in its own coffee plantation. Currently the tour offers an interactive journey through the coffee production cycle.[5] Some 50,000 people take the Britt Coffee Tour each year,[5] and more than half a million people have taken it since its founding.[9] In addition to the general tour, technically oriented versions of the tour have been developed for visiting coffee experts or serious amateurs.[5]
Environment
Café Britt has sold certified organic coffee since 1991.[10] Currently, the company produces more than 200,000 bags of organic coffee a year, 80% of which is sold in Costa Rica.[11]
The production of Café Britt coffee and chocolate in Costa Rica has been certified Carbon Neutral since 2013.[12]
See also
- Coffee production in Costa Rica
- Economy of Costa Rica
- Tourism in Costa Rica
- List of coffee companies
External links
References
- ↑ Our Story Retrieved: 2018-10-31.
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- ↑ 6,0 6,1 6,2 6,3 Grupo Arribada Retrieved: 2018-10-31.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Britt Espresso Retrieved: 2019-16-01.
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