Discover the art of Colombian coffee with a passionate local coffee expert during the 1.5 hour immersive coffee workshop. Meet your host Leandro at his cozy coffee shop in Bogota's historic center, where you'll dive into the rich history and vibrant culture of Colombian coffee. Perfect for coffee enthusiasts, business groups, and teams, this experience offers a deep dive into the world of coffee. Begin with a warm introduction as your host shares their journey as a coffee producer and reveals why Colombian coffee is celebrated worldwide.
The experience is divided into three engaging parts:
1. Blind Coffee Tasting: Learn to identify and differentiate high-quality coffee through its fragrance, aroma, and flavor.
2. Coffee Brewing & Tasting: Choose four specialty coffees from a curated selection and discover how to brew them using unique methods. Your host will also share four expert tips for making exceptional coffee at home, paired with a slice of the cake of the day.
3. Buying Coffee Like a Pro: Wrap up with insider advice on selecting top-quality coffee anywhere, regardless of brand or origin.
This immersive and interactive experience is perfect for coffee lovers, offering insights, flavors, and practical techniques to elevate your coffee game.
Enjoy a Colombian coffee plantation tour in the region of Quindio, where your host's 3 hectare farm is located, the quintessential Colombian coffee zone, and a UNESCO world heritage site. Your coffee tour of this lush green plantation amidst a walnut grove is guided by Ines who is a professional taster and barista. Your tour lasts about three hours and includes a farm tour, coffee tasting and concludes with a freshly brewed cup of single-origin coffee served with arepas, traditional Colombian cornmeal cakes. Begin your tour with a walk through the coffee farm and learn about the different varieties of coffee and the native trees that provide the necessary shade. Next you can observe coffee picking (if in harvest). You will then visit the utility and dryer to understand cherry pulping, washing and the post-harvest processes to get the most intense flavor out of every bean. Your coffee farm tour concludes with a tasting of typical Colombian "onces" that include arepa and fresh cheese, both made by hand with ingredients from the farm, and a good cup of traditional Colombian coffee from the farm's single origin beans.
I don't know where to begin!!! I'm so glad that we assisted this class, we learned so much. Adriana and her family are gems. She kindly offered to pick us up from our finca and drove us back when the class was over. Our visit started with a tour of her farm where we learned about native fruits, veggies and plants from Risaralda and Quindío. The class began with a homemade cocktail, moved on to our main dish (Marranitas) and finished with a delicious Guanabana dessert. Can't wait to book another class next time I visit my city again! Thank you, Adriana, :)
Daniela and her mother have an amazing personality - very bubbly and welcoming and were happy to answer all our questions about the food, where it was from and the history of Medellin and Colombia. They were great company! The food was great and they live in a very nice, clean and welcoming home. We cooked some fried plantain, which was the best I've ever had!
Discover the rich world of Colombian coffee through the eyes of your host, Indira, on this immersive Bogotá coffee tour. More than just a tasting, this experience is a window into Colombia’s vibrant culture and deep-rooted coffee traditions. Indira will share fascinating stories and insights about Colombian coffee - its history, cultural significance, and the rise of new-wave brewing methods. You’ll learn about the country’s diverse coffee-growing regions, what makes each unique, and the important role played by coffee farmers and cooperatives. She’ll also guide you in how to taste specialty coffee like a pro, appreciating its fragrance, aroma, body, and flavor notes. As you visit 3–5 carefully selected cafés and snack shops, you’ll meet passionate baristas, roasters, and coffee shop owners, many of whom roast beans in-house and are eager to share their craft. Along the way, enjoy typical Colombian snacks such as pandebono (cheese bread), arepas (corn patties), mora cake (blackberry cake), and palo de queso (cheese sticks), all while diving deeper into Colombia’s coffee culture.
We loved the market tour with Zulma, who explained a lot and had us try several things. After 30 min in an air-conditioned bus, we arrived at Doña Leo's house. She was so welcoming and had us do the majority of the cooking after her explanation. When our Spanish wasn't enough Zulma translated but both tried really hard to speak understandable Spanish for us to practice. We had a lovely lunch with self-made tortillas, pollo pibil that was extremely rich in taste, empanadas, sauces and coconut dessert. After lunch (around 2pm) Zulma called an Uber to bring us back to the city center of Merida, all included. There was no need for a large evening meal after the full lunch.
For the adventurous traveler, David is the answer. David greeted us at our hostel by surprise and led us to his car where we began one of the greatest culinary adventures of our lives. I literally felt like Anthony Bourdain for the entire 5 hours! After giving us his story of how he got into the culinary field and owned his own high end Colombian restaurant, David began our tour by taking us to one of the biggest and more local markets of Medellin. Later we arrived at his beautiful home we were welcomed in by his mother Gloria who was already working hard preparing our meal. David joined in with his mother and started fresh pressing juices for us. As we sat down at the kitchen bar to watch this master at work, we were joined in by David’s two brothers Luis and Mateo who truly made us feel like we were a part of the family. We were also guided to the herb garden in the backyard where David let us try some of the herbs he grows and regularly uses in his cooking. There were many phases to our experience which we deeply appreciated. It was like Christmas over and over again! And just when we thought it couldn’t get any better, a mention of Gloria’s cake was made to life when she insisted she bake us a cake on the spot. Happiness was an understatement at the end of David’s experience. We left with full stomachs and even fuller hearts. Culinary perfection!
Américo and his mother welcomed to me into their home this afternoon. We spent some time talking about possible menus and then off we went to several markets to buy the necessary fish, fruits, vegetables and other necessary ingredients for our dinner. Américo is a trained chef and his mother and he make a great team in the kitchen. They taught me how to prepare patacones, yuca frita, arroz, majorra, bocachico, jugo de lulo, ensalada rusa, ensalada de aguacate, papas amarillas, and more! It was delicious! They also took me to the dulceria Dona Mireya and bought me some local specialty sweets. I really appreciated spending the afternoon and evening with this wonderful son and mother team. Everyone in all the local shops knew them and It was interesting to see them interact. This was a great way to spend time with local people and their dog and a great way to get to know the people of Bucaramanga, Colombia, their local products, and their food. I recommend this market visit and cooking class to anyone wanting an authentic cultural and culinary experience.
Once back at Yarol’s apartment, you will enter the kitchen to prepare lunch. All of the ingredients in today’s menu are purchased at Plaza Guarín, the closest market to the apartment, to ensure that they are as fresh as possible. Diego and Yarol will teach you how to make the main dish and as you cook together you’ll snack on appetizers and sip on a drink.
You will cook together for about 1 to 2 hour before sitting down to lunch.
Valentina and Juan were terrific hosts. We learned about the variety of fruits & vegetables available locally, cooking, beverages, culture and daily life. We considered the time with our hosts a cultural exchange day. What a great time!
This tour was incredible! Sara was very knowledgeable and her English was excellent. I’m so glad my husband and I did a private tour so we were able to do exactly what we wanted. We tried soooo many fruits and other goodies at the market. I wouldn’t have felt comfortable navigating the market by myself.
