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Costa Rica Coffee Growers Struggle with Exchange Rate Policy Effects

Tico Times - September 5, 2025

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Starbucks Expands in Guanacaste with New Store Opening in Tamarindo

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Costa Rica’s Guanacaste Welcomes First Starbucks in Liberia

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Starbucks Invests $11 Million in Costa Rica to Open New Coffee Shops

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Dunkin’ Opens First Costa Rica Store in Heredia with Free Donut Offer

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Dunkin' inaugurated its first store in La Valencia, Heredia. To celebrate the grand opening, the first 500 customers will receive half a dozen free...

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El Salvador’s President Offers Free Coffee to Promote Local Businesses

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"The 'presi' invites you for a coffee," reads the text on cardboard cups under the name of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele's X account. On...

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Costa Rican Coffees Win Big at International Cup of Excellence

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Roger Ureña Hidalgo, owner of Finca Santa Teresa, and Ricardo Calderón and sons, owners of the Café Don Cayito brand, won first place in...

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Dunkin’ Set to Launch First Store in Costa Rica’s Heredia Province

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Dunkin' is set to launch its operations in Costa Rica. Company representatives have confirmed that the first store will open in the province of...

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Starbucks to Open Eight New Locations in Costa Rica by 2025

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Starbucks will open eight stores in Costa Rica between 2024 and 2025, with five located in the Greater Metropolitan Area and three in Guanacaste....

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Costa Rica’s Los Santos Plantation Seeks World Heritage Status

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The coffee plantation area of Los Santos, in Dota, could become an Agricultural World Heritage Site, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture...

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China Bans Guatemala’s Coffee and Macadamia Imports

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The Guatemalan export guild affirmed this Thursday that China prohibited the import of coffee and macadamia shipments from the Central American country without giving...

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From Slavery to Specialty – The Rise of Black-Owned Coffee in Brazil

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Raphael Brandao beams with pride as he describes the high-end Brazilian coffee he produces with beans sourced exclusively from Black farmers in a country...

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