Private Traditional Coffee And Dessert Making Activity
Overview
This activity is a unique journey into the flavors and heritage of Gyumri, where you'll have the chance to brew the nearly forgotten wheat drink known as ghayfa, a historical beverage reminiscent of coffee. Delight in crafting and savoring this local specialty, and expand your culinary repertoire as you learn the art of making a delectable dessert under the guidance of a master chef. To complete this immersive experience, you'll step back in time and embrace the charm of old Gyumri within our guest house that doubles as a museum. Here, you'll have the opportunity to see and use antique cooking tools, connecting with the rich culinary traditions of the region and creating lasting memories.
What's Included
- Tea and coffee Coffee and/or Tea
- Snacks
- You’ll get all the necessary equipment to bake one of four local desserts.
- Guide: You will be led by a local chef throughout your experience.
Meeting Location
RRCM+W32
Movses Khorenatsi Street, Gyumri, Armenia
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
What To Expect
Join us at our museum and guest house in Gyumri to learn how to make traditional Armenian coffee and desserts, getting to know their origins and cultural significance to local people. After a tour of our museum, where you’ll see antiques from as far back as the Russian Empire, including the largest collection of historic photos of Gyumri, you’ll roll up your sleeves with one of our local chefs and start baking. You’ll start by making traditional Armenian coffee as well as ghayfa, a roasted wheat drink once popular in Gyumri that’s all but forgotten today. Then we’ll bake one of four traditional desserts of your choosing: yaghli, layers of thin dough and oil fried and topped with sugar; bishi, a yogurt-based pastry that’s fried and eaten with hot chocolate; shakar lokhum, an oily and sweet cake baked in the over; or bagharj, another yogurt-based pastry made either sweet or salty and decorated with intricate designs. Most of the ingredients used to make these local delicacies come from our local farm, and the tools you’ll use to make and eat are antiques carefully saved by our team.
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Frequently Asked Questions (7)
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Frequently Asked Questions (7)
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- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (+04).
- Tea and coffee. Coffee and/or Tea.
- Snacks.
- You’ll get all the necessary equipment to bake one of four local desserts.
- Guide: You will be led by a local chef throughout your experience.
There is no minimum age for this tour, so bring your wee one along for an adventure. This tour requires at least one adult to accompany children..
Apr 2025If a date or time is not listed on the calendar, it’s sold out or unavailable for another reason. Support cannot assist further if a date or time is not on the calendar.
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Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Private Traditional Coffee And Dessert Making Activity is as follows:
- Wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Private Traditional Coffee And Dessert Making Activity will be included in your confirmation email from City Balloon Tours. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024Once your refund is processed, it usually shows on your card statement within 5–10 business days. The exact timing depends on your bank or card issuer.
Want it sooner? When you cancel, choose Receive a refund to my wallet instead. The credit is in your Wallet straight away and is applied automatically at checkout on your next booking when you’re signed in with the same email. You can see your balance any time in My Wallet.
If you paid part of your booking with Wallet credit, that part always goes back to your Wallet. Trip protection isn’t refundable.
Oct 2026What's Included
- Tea and coffeeCoffee and/or Tea
- Snacks
- You’ll get all the necessary equipment to bake one of four local desserts.
- Guide: You will be led by a local chef throughout your experience.
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
