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The Best coffee shops to visit in Medellín

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Hola Coffee lovers!

As you all may known Medellín my home town has amazing specialty coffee shops and today I want to share my top 5 or my “don´t miss” coffee shops. Thanks for reading my posts 😉

Rituales: A lovely and cozy coffee company that develop their coffee with corporate social responsibility. They work with coffee farmers of La Sierra, a neighborhood that used to be very dangerous in Medellín and has changed and evolve as a part of a amazing transformation, thanks to education, opportunities and social projects. It is lovely to see how lives change thanks to coffee. Try the Cascara tea, fresh and cold perfect for Medellín weather.

La Cafeteca: Owned by one of the well known coffee connoisseurs of Colombia, and located in the north of Medellín, with a huge amazing variety of naturals and honeys from Antioquia, for sure they always have one of the best coffees in town, famous, priced and well known direct from coffee farmers of the region. Go and enjoy a V60 with a delicious carrot cake.

Café de Amalia: Located in downtown Medellin, you can go by trolley car, it is a nice cozy spot to enjoy different profiles and methods in a different area of the city. Go for that consistent cup of coffee that you’re after.

Urbania:  Urbania pours up some of the highest quality coffee  in Medellín. Like most of the independent roasters and coffee shops in town, Urbania sources it’s beans from coffee growers in Antioquia, Tolima and Valle. Their lattes and cappuccinos are practically incomparable in the city and you simply cannot go to this place without trying them.

Pergamino: A Coffee shop and roaster specialized in high end Colombian coffees prepared by professional baristas with more that 15 years experience in the field. I love Pergamino and I think they were a very special key during the process of Colombian third wave of coffee because they were one of the first specialty coffee shops in town. Pergamino grows, harvests, and roasts their own coffee and they have plenty of options from Chemex to V60 and all kinds of coffee beverages.

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Best coffee plans to do in Colombia

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Hey coffee community. Wondering what amazing coffee activities you can do in Colombia?

Colombia, as you know  has been in the coffee industry for years as a producer country, we have one of the best coffee in the world, but you may say “Sara I don’t want to go that deeper to learn about coffee”, well let me tell you, yes of course our main knowledge is focus on production, from the tree to the sack we have a lot of expertise, but there are a lot of different things you can learn, know and see even if you don’t want to become that “expert”.

Here is a list of some ideas of the best coffee plans to do in Colombia:

1) Visit and stay in a coffee farm do a complete tour with the landlord of the farm discover the coffee region in a different way from the inside world of a coffee farmer, I can assure you will enjoy every single detail.

2) Explore our National coffee park (Yes we have this amazing and fun place where you can learn everything of coffee and also Colombia culture). Take a look to the website http://www.parquedelcafearmenia.com/.

3) Feeling wild? You can be volunteer in a coffee farm as a coffee worker learning the hard process of picking coffee, and if you are good enough maybe they will hire for the next harvest. This is my favorite volunteer program www.workaway.com

4) Take private coffee cupping and basic roasting classes, yes! you can also do this kind of things here with expert people involve in the coffee world. My recommendation Catación Publica in Bogota http://www.catacionpublica.co/.

5) Hike our mountains from Cerro Tuza to El Sillon we have amazing views where you can enjoy the stunning coffee landscapes.

6) Last but the most important you will be able to drink all the amazing good Colombian quality coffee form naturals to honeys and washed for reasonable prices from different regions, farms and origins.

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About Colombian Coffee

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About Colombian Coffee

I been recently thinking about this kind of questions that all people ask you as a Colombian working in the coffee world, one of those questions is:

Why Colombian Coffee is so special? So today I will speak a little bit about this topic.

1) Because all our coffee is “Arabica”

What is Arabica? The most widely grown coffee species on the world. Originated in the highlands of Ethiopia, Arabica beans tend to have sweet taste, acidity and different favors and aroma.

2) Single origin: This means that the coffee that is not blended and may come from a single country or region, co-operative or estate, so it means is 100% pure coffee.

Sometimes blends are done for the purpose of mix different coffees and have other flavors or profiles, but also in some blends people buy cheap coffee and blend it with better quality coffee in order to have more profit $.

3) Terroir: The environment in which the coffee is grown, including such factors as soil, topography, height and climate. We have the perfect geography between o 4,000 and 6,000 feet (1,200 to 1,800 meters). And also we are privileged for been in the coffee zone or “bean belt” (30ºN and 30ºS).

4) Our coffee is carefully hand picked, they are subjected to the highest quality standards and requirements. Crafted to accentuate the natural qualities and the environmental conditions that develop a 100% Arabica world first coffee.

5) We have a classic Colombian profile (soft, washed, medium acidity and sweet with notes of sugarcane and cocoa) that most of the people like it, basic, simple but delicious.