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Video: Starbucks Origin Experience Costa Rica 2024

Ella S., barista in the Starbucks Signing Store in Washington, D.C., shares what she learned at Origin Experience at Hacienda Alsacia in Costa Rica.

By Joshua Trujillo

February 27, 2024
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  • February 27, 2024

Starbucks Origin Experience

“What I’ll remember most is the farmers, Picking those cherries … the cherries have a story.”

Ella S., barista in the Starbucks Signing Store in Washington, D.C., shares what she learned exploring the story of coffee at Origin Experience in Costa Rica at Starbucks coffee farm, Hacienda Alsacia. 

“What I’ll remember most is the farmers,” Ella said. “Picking those cherries … the cherries have a story. My perspective has changed.”


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When I went to Mexico last summer, I talked to my uncles and told them I was applying to go to Costa Rica for the Origin Experience.

Rosa L., store manager

4,000+

partners have been immersed in the bean-to-cup coffee journey in Costa Rica, Indonesia and Rwanda.

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