By the 1820´s, Costa Rica was colonized and the coffee boom had begun. The government began offering money to farmers to grow coffee on their land. Coffee barons came into power and powerful coffee families ran Costa rica well into the 20th century. Having visited both a coffee plantation and Cafe Britt, it is evident that coffee is well ingrained into the souls of the Ticos. With its volcanic soil and beautiful climate, Costa Rica is ideal for growing coffee.
But, like any major crop boom, it was followed by a terrible crash. In the 1930´s, like nearly every country in the world, Costa Rica´s economy tanked. Over-reliance on one crop and the economic inability of the export countires to continue to purchase coffe in high quantities caused a depression. And much like the United States, it took a war to truly bring the country out of this depression.
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