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 ![]() The Don Juan van picked up even in a pouring rain Don Juan Coffee Plantation Tour • (14 September 2008) Monteverde, Costa Rica • © 2008 Bryan Costales  
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 ![]() The tour began under red and white umbrellas Don Juan Coffee Plantation Tour • (14 September 2008) Monteverde, Costa Rica • © 2008 Bryan Costales  
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 ![]() The tour guide described how plants began as seedlings Don Juan Coffee Plantation Tour • (14 September 2008) Monteverde, Costa Rica • © 2008 Bryan Costales  
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 ![]() Coffee plant seedling sprouted from coffee beans (seeds) Don Juan Coffee Plantation Tour • (14 September 2008) Monteverde, Costa Rica • © 2008 Bryan Costales  
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 ![]() The plantation had its jungle-like aspects Don Juan Coffee Plantation Tour • (14 September 2008) Monteverde, Costa Rica • © 2008 Bryan Costales  
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 ![]() An antique ox cart adorned the plantation grounds Don Juan Coffee Plantation Tour • (14 September 2008) Monteverde, Costa Rica • © 2008 Bryan Costales  
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 ![]() The tour guide described how only red beans should be picked Don Juan Coffee Plantation Tour • (14 September 2008) Monteverde, Costa Rica • © 2008 Bryan Costales  
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 ![]() Early coffee plants bearing their early beans Don Juan Coffee Plantation Tour • (14 September 2008) Monteverde, Costa Rica • © 2008 Bryan Costales  
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 ![]() A handy sign showed the altitude of the plantation Don Juan Coffee Plantation Tour • (14 September 2008) Monteverde, Costa Rica • © 2008 Bryan Costales  
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 ![]() The tour guide showed a collection basket Don Juan Coffee Plantation Tour • (14 September 2008) Monteverde, Costa Rica • © 2008 Bryan Costales  
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 ![]() Patsy, Rachel, Heidi, and Flemming listened Don Juan Coffee Plantation Tour • (14 September 2008) Monteverde, Costa Rica • © 2008 Bryan Costales  
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 ![]() The mulching box where bad beans became fertilizer Don Juan Coffee Plantation Tour • (14 September 2008) Monteverde, Costa Rica • © 2008 Bryan Costales  
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 ![]() The secret was in the use of California worms Don Juan Coffee Plantation Tour • (14 September 2008) Monteverde, Costa Rica • © 2008 Bryan Costales  
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 ![]() The beans are spread on concrete to sun dry Don Juan Coffee Plantation Tour • (14 September 2008) Monteverde, Costa Rica • © 2008 Bryan Costales  
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 ![]() Good beans spread out to sun dry Don Juan Coffee Plantation Tour • (14 September 2008) Monteverde, Costa Rica • © 2008 Bryan Costales  
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 ![]() An odd looking machine stood on the nearby hill Don Juan Coffee Plantation Tour • (14 September 2008) Monteverde, Costa Rica • © 2008 Bryan Costales  
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 ![]() It was machine Number 1 made in 1891 Don Juan Coffee Plantation Tour • (14 September 2008) Monteverde, Costa Rica • © 2008 Bryan Costales  
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 ![]() Sugar cane in one end and sugar water out the other Don Juan Coffee Plantation Tour • (14 September 2008) Monteverde, Costa Rica • © 2008 Bryan Costales  
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 ![]() The indoor drying racks followed sun drying Don Juan Coffee Plantation Tour • (14 September 2008) Monteverde, Costa Rica • © 2008 Bryan Costales  
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 ![]() Beans drying on the indoor racks Don Juan Coffee Plantation Tour • (14 September 2008) Monteverde, Costa Rica • © 2008 Bryan Costales  
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 ![]() Terry fanned the husks away from the dried beans Don Juan Coffee Plantation Tour • (14 September 2008) Monteverde, Costa Rica • © 2008 Bryan Costales  
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 ![]() The actual Don Juan was there to shake hands Don Juan Coffee Plantation Tour • (14 September 2008) Monteverde, Costa Rica • © 2008 Bryan Costales  
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 ![]() The actual roasting machine seemed small and humble Don Juan Coffee Plantation Tour • (14 September 2008) Monteverde, Costa Rica • © 2008 Bryan Costales  
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 ![]() Various darkness of roasting were on display Don Juan Coffee Plantation Tour • (14 September 2008) Monteverde, Costa Rica • © 2008 Bryan Costales  
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