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Currently the company has two locations in the country, one in Escazú Avenue, to the West of the capital and another in the Lincoln Square Shopping Center, in the East of the city.

Soon the sale of the world's most popular coffee company will open in the country local five others in the period 2014-2015.

This week the firm began the analysis process with several groups of representatives at the offices of the multinational, to treat the five strategic points where Starbucks will establish its new premises for the next two years.

Mónica Bianchini, Operations Manager, Strabucks, told the national press that they are identifying new sites.

"When we identify a possible site, representatives of parent come to measure the traffic for possible new shop, as well as a financial analysis of feasibility.”If this gives positive, approve us the new operation".

Businesswoman also said that these new sites will be in the greater Metropolitan Area and that still are being studied requests for real estate developers to have this cafeteria within their projects.

Starbucks will open its third store in late September, and then at the end of the year the fourth you could be opening.

Although Starbucks is close to completing 1 year living the Costa Rican market, already shows some competition from other cafes of Latin American origin.

The country also has growing companies as Saboratey coffee of Spanish nationality, Honduran Espresso American brand and from Guatemala coffee Barista. All of them are planning openings in the country for what remains of this year and early next year 2014.

The Saboratey Café, represented by Franquicia 506, Spanish has local shopping malls such as Plaza del Sol, Curridabat East of the capital, and Plaza Altamira in three rivers, in the first half of the year, also East.

Espresso American, of tico and Honduran capital, will open a cafe this year in Escazu and three in the Alajuela City Mall, which is scheduled for opening in 2014. Coffee Barista you would starting 2014 also.

Posted by Costa Developers

Starbucks is eyeing to Costa Rica for development of coffee

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Starbucks opened for the first time in Costa Rica in the year 2012 and already has two cafes in the country.

Advisor and Director founder of the chain of coffee shops, Starbucks, is eyeing to Costa Rica, this time not for the opening of new premises, Howard Schultz chose Costa Rica to establish a laboratory where the aim is to develop new varieties of coffee. This will be done in a 600 acre estate, approximately 240 hectares of land located on the slope of Poás Volcano.

This global agricultural Center seeks to test new coffee blends that seek to improve the management of the land at the same time. The farm which is located in Costa Rica, will be part of its program known as Starbucks Coffee Trading Company, dedicated to the purchase of coffee around the world. He is expected that the final details of this transaction are concluded in the month of May.

The company U.S. Headquarters around the world, is currently in a process of expansion, including already it has a program in place to help the coffee producers in Costa Rica, Tanzania, Colombia and China, so they follow a series of practices known as coffee, in the interests of mitigating the effect of the change climate and guarantee the stable a quality grain supply.

The company opened its first Center of support for farmers in Costa Rica in 2004, ensuring that assistance on the ground not only allows you to constantly improve the grain but would raise the performance of the land and therefore the coffee production. The farm or as called the farm located in the volcano Poas allow Agronomists make new tests so their results can export to other places of culture.

Almost 100% coffee purchased the company comes from farms that host this program. Starbucks recorded the years undergone 13 $ 300 million, which brought him a profit of 1 380 million sales.

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Starbucks’ most expensive coffee is from Costa Rica

People are happily paying $7 a cup for Costa Rican coffee.

Seattle-based coffee giant Starbucks recently introduced its most expensive coffee ever, Costa Rica Finca Palmilera, in 48 of its U.S. stores – half of those stores in Seattle, Washington.

Costa Rica Finca Palmilera is made from a rare coffee variety called Geisha, which is found in Central America and is famously difficult to cultivate. It is grown at Tarrazú, south of San José, by brothers Marvin and Didier Sánchez, who set aside just three hectares of their estate to grow Geisha coffee.

In addition to the $7 cups, the Reserve Costa Rica Finca Palmilera Geisha varietal coffee is being sold at just 46 Clover Starbucks stores (all in the Pacific Northwest), at $40 for a half-pound.

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Starbucks opens second Costa Rica location Today

The coffee giant will compete with three other stores in a new mall.

The official Facebook page of U.S. coffee giant Starbucks noted that its second store in Costa Rica will open Today at the new mall Lincoln Plaza in Moravia, northeast of the capital.

The chain opened its first store in Costa Rica in June, on Avenida Escazú, southwest of the capital. That store is Starbucks’ 565th location in Latin America and generated some 30 new jobs.

Other coffee shops planned for the new mall are Kafe Haus, Spoon and Ily Gourmet.

Starbucks has been a major buyer of Costa Rican coffee for years, and its menu includes Tico coffee from Bella Vista Coffee, a farm in Tres Ríos, southeast of San José.

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