Coffee farm tour near Medellín: from the plant to the cup

About this tour

Colombia drinks coffee every single day and almost nobody has seen where it comes from. This experience settles that in one morning: you put on the hat, the poncho and the picking basket, walk into the plantation and learn to tell a ripe cherry from one that is not there yet. What you pick does not stay in the photo — you run it through the pulper, watch it ferment and dry, and in the farm laboratory you find out why two beans from the same tree can end up tasting different.

Then comes the cupping, which is where this stops being a walk and turns into something else. Specialty coffees are brewed side by side in several methods — chemex, V60 and Japanese siphon — so you can compare them: the same origin shifts in acidity, body and sweetness depending on how it is extracted. It closes with a mountain feast: paisa fiambre served on a banana leaf in clay dishes, with pork belly, chorizo, ground beef, egg, rice, mashed potato and fried plantain, a traditional dessert and a final pairing with local artisan liquors.

The farm is 30 to 40 minutes from Medellín and runs a single tour a day, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with limited spots, so the group stays small and nobody is rushed. It costs USD $52 (about $160,000 COP) per person and does not include transport: if you need it, we quote it and pick you up at your hotel.

The route, step by step

• Arrival at the coffee farm, 30-40 minutes from Medellín
• Welcome cup of the house coffee
• Traditional dress: hat, poncho and picking basket
• Walk through the farm and the plantation: how coffee is grown and how to spot a ripe cherry
• Picking in the coffee field and pulping what you just picked
• The process in the farm laboratory: fermentation, drying, hulling and roasting
• Guandolo, the traditional sugar-cane drink, to cool down
• Cupping of specialty coffees in chemex, V60 and Japanese siphon
• Mountain feast: paisa fiambre on a banana leaf in clay dishes
• Traditional homemade dessert
• Closing pairing with artisan liquors from the region
• A Café Atardecer souvenir to take home

What is included

• Farm and plantation walk, with picking and pulping
• Cupping of specialty coffees in chemex, V60 and Japanese siphon
• Mountain feast (paisa fiambre), traditional dessert and artisan liquor pairing
• Travel insurance and a Café Atardecer souvenir

Not included

• Transport from Medellín: if you need it, we quote it separately based on group size

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