Bogota Coffee Workshop: Chapinero Tasting Walk & Local Expert

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Duration2h

GroupUp to 10

LanguagesEN

Mobile ticketAccepted

Colombian coffee stories, expert-led tastings and Chapinero’s café life

You’ll walk less than a mile through Bogota’s Chapinero neighborhood with a certified local guide, stopping at three specialty cafés for pro-style tastings and stories about Colombia’s coffee culture. Learn how to taste like an expert, discover why Colombian coffee is unique, and share laughs over new flavors you might never have noticed before.

Step-by-step itinerary

Specialty coffee tasting and history

Visit first coffee shop
Learn coffee history highlights
Do professional coffee tasting
Visit second coffee shop
Discuss coffee growing in Colombia
Learn roasting effects on coffee
Do second coffee tasting

The Experience

“You know, most Colombians drink tinto — just black coffee with sugar,” our guide Camila said, grinning as she poured the first cup. I’d barely slept (Bogota’s altitude does that to me), but the smell hit me right away — sharp, almost sweet. We were in Chapinero, which Camila called “the stomach of Bogota” because there’s food everywhere. The first café was tiny but busy, students hunched over laptops and someone’s dog curled under a table. I tried swirling my cup like she showed us — not sure I did it right — and tasted something almost like orange peel. Didn’t expect that.

At the second stop, we talked about where Colombian coffee is grown. There was this old map on the wall with faded names — Antioquia, Huila — and Camila pointed out how each region has its own flavor quirks. She explained how roasting changes everything (I thought dark roast was just “stronger,” but apparently not). We did another tasting; this one felt silkier somehow. Outside, a street vendor shouted about empanadas and it started to drizzle — classic Bogota weather. Everyone just pulled out umbrellas without missing a beat.

The last café had these soft armchairs and smelled faintly of cinnamon from the pastries behind the counter. Our group got quieter here — maybe the caffeine hit or maybe just full-on focus as we tried to pick out flavors like pros do (I kept getting “coffee” and then… more coffee). Camila laughed when I guessed “chocolate” for every sample. She said there’s no wrong answer if you’re really tasting it. By then I’d stopped worrying about getting it right; just sipped and listened to her stories about families who’ve been growing beans for generations. I still think about that view out the window — rain streaking down, city humming below.

What’s included

Your day includes guided walks between three specialty cafés in Chapinero with a fluent English-speaking local expert, professional-style tastings of coffees from different Colombian regions (all caffeinated), plus stories on history and brewing—all within an easy walking distance under one mile.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyPets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by Flavors of Bogota