Open Air Cooking in the Campo: Tamales

Open Air Cooking in the Campo: Tamales Juana and her family dedicate themselves to cultivating a mixture of corns, beans, and squash, known locally as “la milpa”.  Their property is close enough to Oaxaca´s city center to make it an easy venture, although you´ll enjoy a whole different scene than you´ll experience in the city´s … Read more

Cooking in the Campo: Mole Negro

Cooking in the Campo: Mole Negro We cannot imagine anything better than expanding our popular Cooking in the Campo experiences to include this emblematic Oaxacan dish. You cannot visit Oaxaca without trying the moles, with mole negro at the top of the list! Here’s the perfect opportunity to not only taste this Oaxacan delicacy but … Read more

Oaxacan Specialty Coffee Brew Bar

Oaxacan Specialty Coffee Brew Bar Kate, owner and master roaster of Cafébre Specialty Coffee Bar in Oaxaca, has given us the gift of offering a personalized brew bar session. This is a brief but expansive and satisfying presentation of what Oaxacan specialty coffee has to offer.We´ll prepare three different extraction methods of your choice, such … Read more

New! Aromas and Flavors: Coffee Roasting

New! Aromas and Flavors: Coffee Roasting Roast Your Own Oaxacan Specialty Coffee Are you ready to learn to roast the perfect batch? This is an experience for coffee lovers, whether you are new to the scene or already have some background knowledge. We´ll conduct ample tastings while looking over the flavor wheel, so make sure … Read more

Mezcal Immersion: Santa Catarina Minas

Clay Pot Mezcal Distillation Visit Agave Fields and Learn Ancestral Distilling Techniques with Several Generations of Mezcaleros Santa Catarina is a mezcal town known for its unique technique of distilling mezcal in clay pots rather than in copper or other metal. This experience leaves from Tlayudona in the morning, and we’ll head first to the … Read more

Experience the Sierra Norte

Experience the Sierra Norte This green daytrip was designed from the throes of our cabin fever in order to provide us all with a beautiful experience in the pine forest.  You will experience: What to Expect Step One: Read our Covid Protocol. If you agree with these terms and practices, write to us and request this experience, … Read more

Open Air Dyeing and Weaving with Doña Josefina

Hands-on Dyeing and Weaving Intensive Workshop Our dyeing host from Teotitlán, Doña Josefina from the women´s collective, is hosting this multiple day hands-on workshop in which you will be able to dye a range of natural colors from organic pigments, and then weave your own small piece to take home. We can arrange this experience … Read more

A Morning With the Women’s Weaving Collective

Josefina and Women in Weaving Join us for a morning with the women´s weaving collective in Teotitlán del Valle, the village known for it´s use of natural dyes in the weaving of gorgeous “tapetes” (rugs) and other linens. Las Mujeres que Tejen were the first group of women to organize in Teotitlán, so that their … Read more

Hands in Clay: Black Pottery

Hands in Clay: Black Pottery Enjoy this new clay experience based in San Bartolo Coyotepec where you will learn the ancestral technique of working with the black clay that is typical of the region. Sandra will take us step by step through the process of making black clay pieces, and you will explore your creativity … Read more