Champasak Tours & Activities 
Koffie's Coffee Workshop
Tour details
Participants are to make their own way to Paksong for the 8:00 am start.
Koffie's meeting point in the Laos coffee capital; Paksong, is the only place in Paksong with real coffee, just on the main road Pakse - Paksong - Tat Lo/Attapeu. (Look for the sign "COFFEE" on the main road).
Koffie's Coffee Workshop
Instant booking available
This is a 1-day workshop that includes the walking tour in Paksong (see Koffie’ Coffee Tour), hands-on processing, exploring different roasts and finally roasting your own bag of coffee to take home or enjoy on your travels. Tour begins at 9am and ends about 4pm. Lunch not included.
This is for (semi)-professionals and everybody else who wants to know more about growing coffee, qualities, different processing methods and (micro)roasting.
Participants are to make their way to Koffie's place in Paksong by 8:00 am the morning of the workshop.
Workshop begins at 8:00 am with coffee and breakfast.
After breakfast, around 9:00 am, visit a small organic coffee farm (transport included). Here you will see coffee trees ranging from 2 to 6 years old and learn about the different stages of coffee growing. Information is explained from both a Lao coffee farmer's perspective and a European perspective. Spend around 2 hours here and finish the morning at a coffee farm to see the differences (30 minutes).
Lunch is at the Bolaven Restaurant in Paksong.
After lunch, around 1:00 pm, explore the techniques of cleaning Arabica and Robusta beans and roast coffee in a wok to experience and learn about the entire roasting process and its flavours, sounds and colours.
Finish the day around 4:00 pm taking home some of the coffee you roasted and the techniques you learnt during the day to be able to roast coffee at home.
Other disclosures
A minimum of 3 people are required for the workshop.
Transport to and from Paksong is not included.
During the day we drink different types and styles of coffee.
Breakfast, coffee, transportation from Paksong to the plantation, lunch and more coffee is included.
