Afternoon Coffee in Quito - Foodie Tour with empanada cooking class
Overview
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4 hours 30 minutes
Mobile ticket
This tour is truly a foodie paradise, come along for a wonderful experience in Quito!
Take part in the timeless tradition of Afternoon Coffee (El Cafe de la Tarde) in Quito. Explore the Historic Center in search of hard-to-find local shops. Taste authentic Ecuadorian and Quiteño cuisine. You will have a great in-the-know guide who will take you on a foodie adventure along the narrow and busy streets of Old Town. Your friendly guide will entertain you with great stories about the food you taste and the shops you visit.
- Afternoon food walking tour in Quito's Historic Center
- Visit hard-to-find shops: a coffee roaster, a chocolatier, a yesteryear cafeteria for tasting local treats and ice cream.
- Make coffee the local way with a "chuspa" or cheesecloth filter.
- Entice your palate with local treats, great coffee, delicious chocolate, and plenty more culinary delights!
Additional Info
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
What To Expect
El Cafe de la Tarde (Afternoon Coffee Time in Quito) Take part in the timeless tradition of Afternoon Coffee (El Cafe de la Tarde) in Quito. Explore the Historic Center in search of hard-to-find local shops. Taste authentic Ecuadorian and Quiteño cuisine. You will have a great in-the-know guide who will take you on a foodie adventure along the narrow and busy streets of Old Town. Your friendly guide will entertain you with great stories about the food you taste and the shops you visit. This tour is truly a foodie paradise, come along for a wonderful experience in Quito! - Afternoon food walking tour in Quito's Historic Center - Visit hard-to-find shops: a coffee roaster, a chocolatier, a yesteryear cafeteria for tasting local treats and ice cream. - Entice your palate with local treats, great coffee, delicious chocolate, and plenty more culinary delights!
Sample Menu
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Chocolate Tasting
We will visit a chocolatier where we will enjoy a chocolate tasting.
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Mistelas + local sweets
A mistela is a local candy which encapsulates a shot of liquor inside. A true delight and surprise.
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Ecuadorian Chuspa Coffee
We will find great Ecuadorian coffee at a local roaster and will make said coffee the traditional Quiteño way - with a chuspa.
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Empanadas de viento
We will have a cooking class to learn how to make traditional Ecuadorian empanadas de viento with cheese and a touch of sugar.
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Humitas
Humitas are a local treat. You will learn how to make humitas the old-fashioned way using a manual grinder.
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Quimbolito
Quimbolitos are fluffy cakes made in an achira leave. Its a great local treat!
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Canelazo - Local Cocktail
Canelazo is a tasty local cocktail made with Naranjilla juice, spices and liquor. Served hot to party all night long!
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Afternoon Coffee in Quito - Foodie Tour with empanada cooking class
Pickup included
What‘s Included
Private transportation
Snacks, chocolate and coffee during the tour.
Empanada, Humita and Quimbolito Cooking Class
Sample a local cocktail Canelazo
Tips for guide and chef
Pickup outside of Urban Quito : $50 extra fee
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Reviews
5 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Educational, fun and tasteful
Traveler52970731367,Aug 13, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Superb arrangement with chocolate tasting first. Derretter Sylvia and Magola taught us to make so much good food! They have so much love and enthusiasm for cooking, it was so fun to learn from them and to taste everything we made. We felt like we were home and cooked with our loved ones. Incredibly pleasant day recommended at the hottest!
Good introduction to Ecuadorian specialties!
Leslie R,Mar 16, 2025
- Review from Viator
4.00We arranged to be picked up at our hotel. The stop for coffee and a sweet was great. There was a lot of traffic to get to the city so we were in the car for quite awhile. Nothing you can do about that! We then went to see how chocolate is made and had the best brownie ever! The last stop was for the cooking class where we learned to make Ecuadorian empanadas and steamed tamales. It was long but good. We were then taken back to our hotel by Uber.
Great Experience!
jljordheim,Jul 15, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00If you’re wavering, stop and just book it. Andres, his wife Sylvia and Magola are simply put, good humans. The entire afternoon felt like hanging with new friends and learning cool things about Quito. Getting the coffee in the historic center was a really fun experience, the chocolate tasting was joy for your tastebuds and learning to make empanadas and the canelazo drink was awesome. The empanadas were DELICIOUS and the canelazo drink was so good, I’m going to try to make it when I get home. I cannot say enough good things about this company, the people or the experience. It was a great afternoon!
Sunday Surprise
Greg H,Jul 10, 2022
- Review from Viator
5.00Absolute best tour of our trip. Andres our tour guide was phenomenal. We had so much fun and got to experience so much. The food and the cooking was excellent. Was nice that we could add on a beer or a wine.
The only thing richer than the experience was the coffee and chocolate
tinyspud88,Apr 3, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Amazing tour with a guide who is more of a friend showing you his favorite parts of his home town rather than than a tour guide giving you facts about the area - Andres definitely knows how to show you a taste of the culture. The tour starts with him picking you up then going to a local coffee roaster who only has four options, light roast, medium roast, dark roast and a bourbon roast; the smells tell you all you need to know and why they don't bother with more options. After that there's a short walk to a coffee producer in an old colonial house and a tasting and a history of chocolate then another walk to the kitchen where you spend the bulk of the time. The kitchen and the chefs altered the menu slightly since someone in the party has gluten allergies and the required twist on the authentic dishes was delicious and well worth the trip. Combined with the coffee and the intimate familiarity with every step that you gain doing the tour I cannot recommend this highly enough.
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