Experiences

Cooking in the Campo: Tortillas and Salsa from Scratch Come spend the day with us in the beautiful campo of San Agustín Yatareni as we learn to make tortillas and salsa completely from scratch. This process, called “nixtamalización”, is just one of the ancestral culinary treasures that we tend to replace with mechanized processes in … Read more

Food Sovereignty: Oaxacan Corn Corn is the staple ingredient that the rest of Oaxaca´s diet revolves around. Join us in this exploration of its importance, its vast biological diversity, and its cultural significance in Oaxaca in our collaboration with Xub Maíz. During this theory-turned-practice experience, you will receive an introduction to the instrumental role that corn … Read more

Tejate: The Pre-Hispanic Cacao & Corn Energy Drink This experience follows our Covid Protocol. Please make sure to go over our protocol and to only reserve an experience if you´re in complete agreement with the terms. Tejate is a corn and cacao-based drink traditional to the state of Oaxaca.  It originates back from the pre-hispanic era … Read more

Quesillo Making in Etla Everyone say “Cheese” For this experience, we are going to see our favorite vendors from the Pochote Organic Market, Andrea and Noé.  We will meet at their cozy central Pochote market location, where they utilize their neighbor’s cow milk to make their own quesillo, queso fresco, and requesón. You will get … Read more

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

Roast Your Own Oaxacan Specialty Coffee This experience follows our new Covid Protocol. Please make sure to go over our protocol and to only reserve an experience if you´re in complete agreement with the terms. This course will be private for your group of 1-4 and will require the use of masks at all times unless … Read more

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 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 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