Pergamino

The Lowdown.

The Echavarria family upped the ante for the rest of Medellin’s coffee joints when they hit a caffeine sweet spot with the original Pergamino on Via Primavera (Cra 37, above Parque Lleras), quickly become one of the benchmarks in the coffee shop industry in Colombia.

Designed to trap tourists and digital nomads for the day, the first store opened in 2013 with a winning formula of high-speed internet, savvy branding, stylish interiors, and an airy terrace by architects, Base Taller, and cappuccinos and americanos that are a cut above, of course. Its instant success made the terrace a hotspot for the city’s coffee craving ex-pats and startup crowd in an authentic Colombian coffee company.

Pergamino’s superior blends are sourced from the family’s organic Santa Barbara Coffee Estate founded by Don Pedro Echavarria on five farms to the south of the city in 1980. It was his son Pedro Jr that had the idea of introducing the best beans in Antioquia to the Medellin’s most talented baristas. 

The magical mix has proved extremely popular with new additions popping up across the city at a pretty clip. 

Three more Pergamino’s opened in Poblado during the pandemic, including a two-story oasis for digital nomads on Calle 10b, an expansive outlet in Oviedo Shopping Center, and another more spacious venue further up the hill in San Lucas. 

There’s also an outpost in Jose Maria Cordova airport which is useful for last-minute gifts on the way home.