Café Época
MAGNO's Centro Historico Recommendations

Café Época

Why we recommend Café Época

One of the best specialty coffee roasters in Cartagena, housed in a beautiful colonial building in the Historic Center. Época sources beans from eight local Colombian coffee farms, roasts in-house, and takes the craft seriously enough that the owners are in the café most days. If you want to explore beyond standard Colombian coffee profiles, this is the place to do it: they run limited edition roasts and more inventive specialty offerings alongside their core menu. Great for brunch too, with a full food menu and bottomless brunch on weekends. Two floors, with the second accessible via a narrow spiral staircase. Locations also in Barranquilla and Medellín.

What We Love

  • One of the best in-house roasting operations in Cartagena
  • Limited edition and exotic specialty roasts alongside the core menu
  • Coffee and coffee-rum tasting experiences available
  • Great brunch menu, bottomless brunch on weekends
  • Passionate owners who are hands-on and knowledgeable
  • Beans available to buy and take home

What to know

  • Gets very crowded, especially during weekend brunch
  • Can be loud inside due to the crowd
  • The spiral staircase to the second floor is narrow and steep, not for everyone

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