Quimbaya Cafe

20/04/2026

Ven por un cafe and taste the difference 😉

Yes, we will be taking over and will be bringing our story a little closer to you.

Coffee, for us, has never been just a drink.
It’s people, it’s land, it’s decisions, it’s care.

And now… it’s also a moment de vivir la experiencia quimbaya!

Come by.
Have a coffee with us.
Stay a little longer than planned.

Let’s talk, taste, smile… and don’t forget to grab a bag of the best coffee to enjoy at home 😉
See you on Friday 😘

19/04/2026

05/03/2026

I remember very well the first time I tried to explain to my uncle Vicente how coffee is consumed here in Switzerland, and I told him about the concept of “coffee to go”

How people stop to grab a cup, and continue walking.
How coffee becomes something you carry while doing something else.

He looked at me, a bit confused. Almost concerned.
“How can coffee be to go? either you are having coffee OR you go… no?”

And I understood exactly what he meant.
The next day, we made a day-journey to the páramo, near the Galeras volcano, to the La Cocha lake. We woke up before sunrise and there it was: a simple bag with two thermos full of coffee.

“El café… pa’el camino.”

The coffee was meant for the road.
But every time the moment felt right, we stopped.
We sat down together and thanked a cup of coffee.
We breathed.
Then we continued.

Even when the coffee was packed for the way, our way of drinking it was always to stay.
To interrupt the rush.
To be present before moving on.

So this is our invitation, our coffee is not made to disappear in a hurry...
It’s a pause.
A reason to sit.
A reason to look at each other. To talk to each other.
A reason to stay with yourself.
A reason to be…
Take it to welcome. Sit with it. Stay!
We believe that „coffee is not what helps us keep going, but it’s what reminds us why we go.“

23/02/2026

Soy una mujer…
And I want to uplift and support other women working in coffee. To collaborate, to share, to help create more equal opportunities, more recognition for work at home, and better access to direct markets and fair payments.
But today, I also celebrate those who stood by me.
So today I raise my cup to two men who never saw my gender as a limitation, but believed in my dreams.
Who chose to invest in my future when everything was uncertain, and who still share with me the same passion that brings us together: coffee.
A toast to my uncle Vicente and my uncle Baudilio ☕️

Thank you for showing me that ser mujer is not a limitation. It is my strength.

Soy una mujer y este es un mensaje de amor y gratitud a aquellos que sin serlo, nunca nos vieron diferentes 🤗❤️

17/02/2026

This year, we attend to the Coffee Science & Education Summit .coffee.excellence.center

It was super interesting! 🙏🏽 One topic that really stayed with me was the search for new coffee varieties able to produce under the pressure of a changing climate, presented by Dr. Aaron Davis.

…we kept coming back to the same element: 💦 water!

“Under most conventional farming conditions, producing 1 kg of green coffee can require up to 500 litres of water.”

500 litres??? 😳

That’s around six bathtubs 🛁👀 for one kilo of green coffee.

A number that honestly didn’t fit into my mind. And of course, it brought up the uncomfortable question:

Are we doing things differently?

And I wanted to know precisely.

I called my uncle, and we started analysing our own water use at origin.

We calculate 🧮💧

Today, our farm and post-harvest processes require 0 litres of GROUNDWATER.
For our washed process and float sorting, we use around 5,6 L of water per kg of green coffee. RAINWATER that we collect, recycle, and filter through a simple homemade sand system.

It was great to have a space where people from very different corners of the coffee world come together, not only to celebrate coffee, but to ask the uncomfortable questions around it. To openly discuss the bigger challenges we are facing across the entire supply chain.
Gracias! 🤗
.du.cafe

Being conscious of our choices moves us forward.
It reminds us that even within a complex global system, small, deliberate decisions matter.

Remember, you make the difference!

☕️💧

15/02/2026

Sometimes, the motivation doesn’t come from big milestones or plans.

It comes from small things 🧡🧡🧡

From the smiles of the producers when we visit them at origin.
From the feedback messages we receive from you after trying one of our coffees.
From the reactions of visitors when they step into our atelier for the first time.

And sometimes… it comes in the form of a message.

Some time ago, we received a note from a talented photographer and author who had been enjoying our coffee. He was curious 🧐 not only about what was in the cup, but about the story behind it. About why this project exists in the first place.

That message came from you,

Thank you for your curiosity, your openness, and for taking the time to listen. We are truly grateful to now share a part of our story through your words in this article.

Because the journey of this project didn’t start when we founded the company.

It started much earlier, in the hills of Samaniego, between coffee trees and uncertain futures. In the decision to leave. In the search for knowledge. In the return. In the wish to build something that connects both worlds with respect.

We believe in the path of life.
How it forms us, develops us, transforms us.

And in the end, we become what makes us unique.

Thank you to everyone who walks this path with us 🙏🏽from the mountains of Nariño to the cups here in Switzerland.

If you’d like to learn more about the story behind what we do, this article is a beautiful place to start 🤍☕️

08/02/2026

Some days are long. Full. A bit intense 😁…
But they leave you with a big smile and that quiet feeling that you’re exactly where you’re supposed to be… this was definitely one of those 🤗

Thank you for hosting us and opening your space for two Home Barista courses! ❤️ we love your project and admire the energy and commitment you bring together 👏🏽

Gracias a por organizar el curso de la mañana en español. Fue un verdadero gusto compartir ese espacio con personas tan abiertas y curiosas. Para mí, el café siempre ha sido un puente: una forma de sentirme en casa, sin importar el lugar. Y cada vez que encuentro a más personas con quienes compartir ese sentir, me reafirma el valor de trabajar desde la convicción y la vocación. En el mundo del café, me siento profundamente en mi elemento.

Am Nachmittag durfte ich einen zweiten Kurs mit Kaffeeliebhaber:innen aus ganz unterschiedlichen Hintergründen begleiten. Es war sehr berührend zu sehen, wie Kaffee Menschen verbindet 🥲😍 weit entfernt im Alltag, aber nah in Werten, Neugier und Haltung.

I hope I could meet your expectations.
And if questions come up later, you know where to find me. Always happy to keep conversando de cafe ☕️

20/01/2026

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16/01/2026

🌸Ever thought of using coffee flowers for a tea? Maybe now…

The taste is subtly sweet, floral, with no caffeine and no theine.
At the World of Coffee, people were genuinely surprised by it.

Recipe:
I am using about 300 g of water at around 90°C and 4 g. of Coffee Flowers.
You can get those in our online shop.
I let it sit for 2 minutes.

Make this winter a golden moment with this amazing Tea 🫖 💛

15/01/2026

You can use your Hario Switch for more than coffee. Try it with coffee flower tea.

Here I am using about 300 g of water at around 90 °C and 4 gr. of Coffee flowers.

You can play with different recipes, this time I will go for a short immersion and then double gravity extraction.

The taste is subtly sweet, floral, with no caffeine and no theine.
At the World of Coffee, people were genuinely surprised by it.

Make this winter a golden moment with this amazing Tea 🫖 💛

13/01/2026

Eigentlich wollten wir einfach mitteilen,
dass wir jetzt öfter im Atelier .dazwischen sind.
An den Tagen, an denen wir vor Ort sind,
brühen wir euch liebend gern einen Kaffee ☕️
Diesen Tafeln werden wir im Treppenhaus hinstellen, damit du weisst, wir sind Kda 😉!
So… genau beim Filmen hat die Geschichte
plötzlich eine andere Richtung genommen 😅… oft ist es im Alltag so:
Pläne sehen im Kopf klar aus und trotzdem (oder genau deshalb) entsteht etwas Echtes.

Positiv bleiben ist eine Entscheidung 😊
Alles, was wir leben, formt uns,
bringt uns weiter, Schritt für Schritt, Schluck für Schluck, K für K 😅

Am Ende entscheiden wir selbst,
wie wir die Dinge sehen wollen.
Mit Ruhe. Mit Neugier.
Und manchmal einfach mit einer guten Tasse Kaffee 🫶🏽