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A Coffee Farm Inside the City, Then the Roastery Lab

The surprise is the geography. There is a working organic coffee farm twenty-five minutes from El Poblado, inside the city's own boundaries, surrounded by gardens, and most people in Medellin do not know it is there. You walk the plantation, pick cherries by hand, and get the explanation of why Colombian coffee is what it is: the altitude, the shade, the picking selectively rather than stripping the branch. Then you drink a cup of what the farm produced. The second half is where the tour earns its price. A specialty micro-roastery and lab in Itagui, where a local team takes you through what happens between the harvest and the cup, which is the part every farm tour skips. Roasting profiles, and how to taste properly, and then a cupping of highly differentiated coffees, including ones scored by Q-graders, which is the formal certification that decides what counts as specialty. Four hours. Up to fifteen people, in English or Spanish, with private transport, a translator, snacks, refreshments and tour insurance. Pick-up is free in El Poblado and may cost extra elsewhere. Lunch is not included.