Coffee tour & coffee knowledge
Guided tour of our plantation
Experience the world of coffee! Our tour guide will show you our plantation and slopes with the cultivated plants in about 45 minutes and pass on their exciting knowledge about cultivation and coffee enjoyment in Spanish, French or English.
The passion for coffee is transferred to you when our expert proudly tells you about the history of coffee cultivation, imparts basic knowledge about types and varieties, growth, harvest yields and the most important processes involved in coffee cultivation.
You can spend part of the tour exploring the plantation yourself. Our guide will also proudly show you the “coffee school” – in our training rooms, she will give you an example of how coffee is prepared and there will be a tasting session.
We offer guided tours of the plantation, tastings and barista evenings as well as the opportunity to purchase our exclusive coffee.
Coffee dreams in the heart of the island
Cultivation is our focus.
Our plantation has existed for more than half a century and has changed accordingly over the decades based on the predominant crops in this valley: the coffee trees grow here among various types of tropical fruit such as lemons, mangoes, mandarins, avocados, bananas, olives and grapes.
We, two friends from Germany, bought the plantation in 2022 and have been developing the finca ever since. The majority of our plantation currently grows coffee. Around 1,200 coffee plants grow here on two hectares. We produce 400 to 500 kilograms of coffee per year.
We mainly grow the Arábica Typica variety, but we are also testing the Arábica Geisha variety, the most valuable coffee in the world, in a new area – pioneering work in Europe, so to speak.
Coffee feels at home here!
Fruity soils and warming sun
Gran Canaria’s climate, which is uniquely varied for European climes, makes the island particularly fertile and therefore ideal for growing coffee and fruit. This is because the island naturally belongs to Africa geographically – but politically it is part of the EU. It is therefore not only the only one of the Canary Islands with coffee cultivation, but also the only coffee-growing region in Europe.
Coffee cultivation has a long tradition in Agaete: coffee has been traditionally cultivated in the Valle de Agaete since the beginning of the 19th century. The village is now the last place in Europe where coffee is still grown. The unique mild and humid microclimate here in the valley offers the ideal mix of sun, warmth, protection from the wind and shade from the large palm trees around the plantation. The temperature in the valley is always between 15 and 28 degrees Celsius with medium humidity.
Exclusive coffee cultivation
Coffee tradition you can touch
On our finca, the largest plantation in the Valle de Agaete, the coffee plants also thrive lushly, almost jungle-like, and we offer you an insight into the cultivation of exclusive European coffee.
Tourist interest keeps the centuries-old coffee tradition on our island alive. The island’s coffee is also exclusive due to the relatively low yield of the arábica plants here compared to large plantations in the classic coffee nations.
Special insights
From the “coffee cherry” to a gourmet product
Our guided tour gives you an exclusive insight into the various stages of coffee cultivation and production. Red, cherry-like stone fruits, also known as “coffee cherries”, grow on our coffee plants. They have a fruity taste and contain a stone or two stone seeds inside, which is the actual coffee bean.
Like all fruits, the “coffee cherries” have to ripen properly before they can be harvested from April to June. If harvested too early, the resulting coffee would taste very bitter; if ripened too long, they have a rather sour taste.
The deep red berries are picked by hand and are laborious to harvest. The yield is also relatively low, so patience is a great virtue for the local coffee farmers. We only get about one kilogram of coffee beans from a bucket of berries weighing up to eight kilograms.
The harvested berries then dry in the sun, change color from red/orange to the familiar coffee brown and turn into the beans we are familiar with.
Guided tour
on the finca
The map view shows the stations of the tour in schematic form. Detailed information can be found in the PDF file.
Exclusive coffee cultivation
Coffee tradition you can touch
On our finca, the largest plantation in the Valle de Agaete, the coffee plants also thrive lushly, almost jungle-like, and we offer you an insight into the cultivation of exclusive European coffee.
Tourist interest keeps the centuries-old coffee tradition on our island alive. The island’s coffee is also exclusive due to the relatively low yield of the arábica plants here compared to large plantations in the classic coffee nations.
Special insights
From the “coffee cherry” to a gourmet product
Our guided tour gives you an exclusive insight into the various stages of coffee cultivation and production. Red, cherry-like stone fruits, also known as “coffee cherries”, grow on our coffee plants. They have a fruity taste and contain a stone or two stone seeds inside, which is the actual coffee bean.
Like all fruits, the “coffee cherries” have to ripen properly before they can be harvested from April to June. If harvested too early, the resulting coffee would taste very bitter; if ripened too long, they have a rather sour taste.
The deep red berries are picked by hand and are laborious to harvest. The yield is also relatively low, so patience is a great virtue for the local coffee farmers. We only get about one kilogram of coffee beans from a bucket of berries weighing up to eight kilograms.
The harvested berries then dry in the sun, change color from red/orange to the familiar coffee brown and turn into the beans we are familiar with.
Exotic & gently roasted
And what does the only coffee from Europe taste like?
The exceptional conditions result in a special coffee flavor with an exotic touch: grown in a mild Mediterranean climate, picked by hand and roasted slowly and gently.
Experts describe Café de Agaete as very aromatic, with a gentle and mildly fruity taste, an exotic touch and a caramel finish, with very little acidity and bitterness.
So: try it!
Exotic & gently roasted
And what does the only coffee from Europe taste like?
The exceptional conditions result in a special coffee flavor with an exotic touch: grown in a mild Mediterranean climate, picked by hand and roasted slowly and gently.
Experts describe Café de Agaete as very aromatic, with a gentle and mildly fruity taste, an exotic touch and a caramel finish, with very little acidity and bitterness.