This is how Your Coffee Trip to Colombia Could go
Monday - Arrival
- Flight from Bogotá to Pitalito
- Continue to San Augustín
- Check in at the hotel
- Dinner together and orientation
📌 Goal of the day: Arrival, initial orientation, getting to know the group and the region.
Tuesday - Experience Coffee Growing: Finca Los Cauchos
- Visit to the Finca Los Cauchos
- Introduction to cultivation methods, altitudes and microclimate
- Tour around the plantations (shade cultivation, biodiversity)
- Conversations with the producers about challenges & visions
- Dinner in a family atmosphere
📌 Goal of the day: Understanding how coffee grows - and who cultivates it.
Wednesday - Process & Taste Coffee
- Introduction to fermentation & drying
- Visit to a quality laboratory and cupping session directly on the finca
- Tasting of different types of preparation
- Exchange on flavor profiles and SCA criteria
- Time for reflection or a walk through San Agustín
📌 Goal of the day: Develop sensory understanding & deepen coffee expertise.
Thursday - Culture & Identity of Origin
- Visit to the St. Augustine Archaeological Park (UNESCO World Heritage)
- Introduction to pre-Columbian cultures and their significance
- Hike through sacred paths, sculptures, rivers and nature
- Talk about the cultural roots of coffee in the region
📌 Goal of the day: Grasp Colombia's history - beyond coffee.
Friday - Personal Stories & Processing
- Visit to Oscar, an independent producer
- Conversations about the role of the family in coffee cultivation
- Demonstration of processing on a smaller scale
- Reflection: What does fair trade mean in concrete terms?
- Cooking together or market visit (depending on request & availability)
📌 Goal of the day: Personal connection and a deeper understanding of coffee as a reality of life.
Saturday - Biodiversity & cCoffee in the Cloud Forest
- Visit to Finca Diomer at a higher altitude near Pitalito
- Specialty farming in cloud forest zones: Challenges & Opportunities
- Focus on rare varieties & alternative processing methods
- Exchange with younger producers
- Return to San Agustín, free evening
📌 Goal of the day: How nature & coffee cultivation intertwine in the Andes.
Sunday - Culture, Leisure & Cuisine
Day with optional activities:
- Visit to the local market
- Cooking course with hosts
- Nature walk
- Visit local coffee shops in San Augustín
- Visit to a cocoa plantation
- Panela production
- Dinner together with final round
📌 Goal of the day: Space for your own impressions, connection to the region & slowing down.
Monday - Return Journey
- Breakfast & transfer to Pitalito
- Domestic flight to Bogotá
- Farewell to the group
📌 Goal of the day: Conclusion, exchange, return - with a full heart and deep coffee knowledge.
Note on Individualization
It's all Included:
- All overnight stays (hotel & finca if applicable)
- Domestic flight Bogotá-Pitalito & all local transportation
- Breakfast, lunch & dinner, snacks and lots of coffee, of course
- All program points (guided tours, cuppings, admission to the archaeological park, etc.)
- Permanent support by Cofitur (tour guide and translation)
- Personal preparation and follow-up
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