Treverete vs Café Quindío Bacatá · Which to choose

The verdict, before the comparison

If you have to pick once

Walk into Treverete if you want a better latte and a quieter, more personal experience. Walk into Café Quindío if you want a full posted menu, a wider selection of pastries, and a larger room to wait for someone in.

Side-by-side

	Treverete	Café Quindío Bacatá
Size	Small, intimate (a dozen seats)	Larger, café-lounge format with broad seating
Coffee program	Independent, single operator, careful pulls	Established Colombian chain from the Quindío region — known for its origin coffees
The latte	Closer to a flat white ratio, milk steamed to true microfoam, espresso forward	Standard latte ratio, decent, consistent — chain quality
Menu	None. Ask what they have today.	Full posted menu, lit boards, ordering at the counter
Food	Small selection of pastries, light bites, varies by day	Pastries, sandwiches, breakfast plates, full coffee retail
Wine / alcohol	Yes — by-the-glass pours, evening focus	No alcohol
Live music	Occasional, evenings — check Instagram	None scheduled
Hours	Daytime + evening (varies; ask on visit)	Mon–Fri 8am–7pm, Sat–Sun 10am–6pm
Vibe	Quiet, conversational, can-feel-private	Bustling at lunch with office crowd
Take-away	Possible but not built for it	Yes, fast take-away available
For meetings	1-on-1 yes, group of 4+ no	Good for group of 4–6
Best for	One person reading, two people talking, a glass of wine before dinner	Quick coffee meeting, picking up a thoughtful gift, posted-menu reliability

Choose Treverete if…

You want the best latte on the strip and don’t mind that the menu isn’t printed.
You’re alone or with one other person and you want a quieter table.
It’s evening and you want wine, not coffee.
You came to listen to live music.
You’re willing to interact with the server — ask what they have, ask the price — rather than ordering off a screen.

Choose Café Quindío if…

You need a posted menu — allergies, dietary, or you’re just not in the mood to ask.
You’re with a group of 4 or more.
You want pastries to take back to the office — the selection is wider.
You want to buy whole-bean coffee from one of Colombia’s known producing regions to bring home.
You need a fast in-and-out; Café Quindío is built for take-away in a way Treverete isn’t.
You appreciate the chain’s deeper tie to the Quindío region’s coffee tradition.

“Café Quindío is a chain, but it’s a chain that takes its coffee seriously. Treverete is a small operation that takes your coffee seriously. Both have a place. Just know what you walked in for.” — On the difference

About Café Quindío Bacatá

Café Quindío is a Colombian café chain rooted in the Eje Cafetero coffee-growing region. The Bacatá location, at Calle 19 #5-30 (Planta Baja, Burbuja 7), is one of their flagship Bogotá outlets — bigger and more polished than their average store. Public descriptions emphasize an “artisanal coffee experience” with a warm decor inspired by coffee culture, a large feature wall, generous seating, and a retail counter selling whole beans, ground coffee, and gourmet products to take home.

The chain has multiple Bogotá outlets — Bacatá, El Dorado airport, Usaquén, and others — so if you like what you see at Bacatá, you can find them elsewhere in the city as well.

The honest take

Both rooms are good. They are good at different things. The mistake is to think of them as competing on the same dimension — they aren’t. Café Quindío is a coffee retailer with a great café attached. Treverete is a small espresso-and-wine bar that happens to live next door.