★★★★★
Isabella and Pablo took us through the whole chain, from a seedling to fruiting to processing on the farm, and then the roasting and the tasting. We came away able to explain what we had just drunk.
Owen E. · Couple · August 2026
Medellin Coffee Tour: Farm and Specialty Roastery
From $86 per person
Duration4 to 5 hours
Departs fromMedellin
On the farm3 hours
Group sizeMaximum 15
OperatorColombia Coffee Tour
CancellationFree cancellation up to 24 hours ahead
Five hours, one bean, start to finish
Three hours on an organic plantation
Long enough to pick, de-pulp and follow the beans onto the drying beds rather than watch it happen.
A commercial micro-roastery afterwards
The second half moves to a mill and roastery in the city, in front of a working drum roaster.
A cupping table, not a coffee break
You finish tasting high-scoring lots the way the trade does, with a spoon and a bowl.
Fifteen travellers, maximum
Small enough that you can ask questions at the roaster instead of standing behind a headset.
Free pickup in El Poblado
Or meet the group at Poblado metro station at 8am and skip the collection loop entirely.
This is the coffee day for you if you came to Medellin partly for the coffee. Most farm tours around the city stop at the drying beds and pour you a cup; this one keeps going, through milling and roasting, and ends on lots that have been scored by professional graders. That second half is what your fare is buying.
The plantation is organic and close in, which is why the whole thing fits into your morning. You walk the rows, you pick, and you follow the process through the wet mill. Then a private vehicle takes you to the roastery, where a local team explains what heat does to a bean and pours you what comes out.
Snacks, coffee, light refreshments, a translator and your tour insurance are all in the price. Lunch is not, and the day runs long enough that this matters — eat properly before your 8am start.
How the morning runs
Eight in the morning at Poblado metro station, or a free collection if you are staying in El Poblado. Four to five hours later you are back where you started.
- Meet at Poblado metro station at 8am
- Short drive out to the organic coffee farm
- Three hours walking the plantation with your guide
- Taste coffee grown on that farm
- Transfer to a specialty micro-roastery
- Two hours on milling and roasting
- Cupping of high-scoring specialty coffees
- Back to the Poblado meeting point
Who this suits, and who should book something else
Book this if
- You want the roasting and the tasting, not only the farm.
- You would rather understand what you are drinking than take a photograph of it.
- A small group matters to you.
- You are staying in El Poblado, Envigado or Itagüí.
Choose a different day if
- You want lunch included. This one excludes it. The private farm morning also excludes lunch, so for a full paisa meal look at the countryside days on the plantation tour page instead.
- You have half a day and no car. The Comuna 8 farm runs on the metro and costs less.
- Mobility is a factor. This one is not wheelchair accessible, and neither is the Comuna 8 farm. The barista workshop above Parque Arví is.
What's included
What the fare covers
- ✓ Coffee and/or tea
- ✓ Snacks
- ✓ Private transportation
- ✓ Light refreshments
- ✓ Translator
- ✓ Hotel pickup and drop-off, free in El Poblado and a surcharge elsewhere
- ✓ Tour insurance policy
What it does not
- ✗ Lunch
Where you meet, and the collection zone
Your meeting point is Cra 48C #6-257 in El Poblado — the east side of Poblado metro station, near the stairs and where the green buses park. Be there for eight.
Your collection is free in El Poblado and other areas may carry a surcharge, so if you are staying in Laureles or the centre it is usually simpler and cheaper to make your own way to the station. Line A runs from 4:30am, so you can start easily even from the north of the city.
Know before you go
- Eat first. Lunch is excluded and the day runs four to five hours from an 8am start. One traveller's only criticism was going that long without food.
- Closed shoes. You are walking planted rows on a slope; the ground is earth and it holds water.
- Long sleeves. The rows are shaded and damp, which is where the mosquitoes are.
- Service animals are welcome. The tour is not otherwise wheelchair accessible.
- Cash for coffee. The roastery sells what you have just tasted, and it is cheaper there than in a café.
- Free cancellation at 24 hours, so book the date and move it if the week changes shape.
What travellers said about this morning
★★★★★
Isa kept it informative and genuinely funny, and went out of her way to make sure my 75-year-old mother was comfortable the whole way round. That mattered more than anything else on the day.
Renee H. · Family · June 2026
★★★★★
Picked up in the morning, about thirty minutes out to the farm, three hours on growing and harvesting, then driven to the roastery for the tasting and the master roaster. Our guides knew every step of it.
Grace E. · Couple · June 2024
★★★★
Thorough and genuinely interesting from start to finish. It ran close to six hours with nothing to eat, so I would have a proper breakfast first and take water.
Jessica R. · Solo · March 2024
★★★★★
Juan David and Pablo covered the history and the varieties on the farm and then handed us to the roastery for the roasting side. Worth doing whether or not you drink much coffee.
Sarah Y. · Couple · November 2024
Frequently asked questions about this tour
Is lunch included on this tour?
No. Snacks, coffee and light refreshments are included; lunch is not. Eat properly before an 8am start, or look at the countryside farm days if a full paisa lunch matters to you.
How small is the group?
Fifteen travellers is the maximum, and parties are often smaller. A guide works the farm and a second one runs the roastery, so there is someone to ask at each end. You will not be standing behind a headset.
Do I need to speak Spanish?
No. A translator is included in the fare and the tour is run for English speakers, with guides travellers name and remember. Expect clear explanations at both ends of the morning.
Where does the roastery part happen?
In the city, at a specialty micro-roastery, after the plantation. The group moves there by private vehicle. That second half is what separates this from the farm-only days.
Can I do this if I am not staying in El Poblado?
Yes. Meet the group at Poblado metro station at 8am rather than paying the collection surcharge for other areas. Line A reaches it from anywhere on the network.
What if I want a shorter day?
Take the Comuna 8 farm tour instead. It runs four hours fifteen, never leaves the city, and costs less. You lose the roastery and the cupping table.
Other ways onto a coffee farm
- Medellin Coffee Farm Tour with Panoramic Cable Car Views — From $55, 4 hours 15 minutes
- Private Coffee Farm Tour in Medellin: Real Authentic Experience — From $104, 4 to 5 hours
- Medellin Coffee Tours — every farm day compared in one place
Ready to follow a bean from the row to the roaster?
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead on this booking.
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