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 |
Website | cafebritt.com |
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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 |
Website | cafebritt.com |
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]