The ice cream at Casa de Ciclistas is not a novelty. It’s a product of relationships.
The flavors — copoazú, arazá, borojo, chontaduro, and others depending on the season — come from fruits and plants grown and harvested by Indigenous communities in the Colombian Amazon. Those communities sell their products to Dulce Amazónica, the Amazonian cultural embassy co-founded by Casa de Ciclistas, through fair-trade agreements. The ice cream you order here is made from those ingredients.
You won’t find these flavors elsewhere in Guatapé. You won’t find most of them in Medellín, Bogotá, or anywhere outside the Amazon basin or the specific places, like this one, that have built the supply chain to bring them out. The ice cream is the most unusual thing on the menu — and for some visitors, the one thing they remember most.
The Flavors
The menu rotates with what communities harvest and what Dulce Amazónica can source. Core flavors include:
- Copoazú — a relative of cacao, floral, tropical, and slightly tart
- Arazá — a yellow Amazonian fruit with intense sweetness and tropical punch
- Borojo — earthy, deep, high in energy — a flavor with no easy comparison
- Chontaduro — the peach palm fruit, starchy and warming, common in Pacific and Amazon cuisines
- Seasonal and rotating flavors depending on harvest cycles and community supply
Ask the team what’s available on the day you visit.
More Than Ice Cream
Order a scoop or two. Ask where the flavors come from. The team can tell you which community grows which fruit, what region of the Amazon it comes from, and what the plant looks like. This is not a transaction — it’s an introduction to a food system most people have never encountered.
Where We Are
Casa de Ciclistas is in central Guatapé, near the malecón and the Avenue of the Umbrellas. Approximately 10 minutes from La Piedra del Peñol by car. The ice cream is available throughout the day — not a dessert-only item. Come in after La Piedra, after the malecón, or anytime between 7:30am and closing.
For visitors on a one-day Guatapé trip from Medellín, the Amazonian ice cream is worth building into the itinerary. It takes five minutes. It costs very little. It’s unlike anything else in Antioquia.
The Story Behind the Scoop
Dulce Amazónica connects Guatapé to 21 Indigenous communities in the Colombian Amazon through fair-trade relationships. When you buy a scoop of copoazú or arazá, a portion of that purchase reaches the community that grew the fruit. Not as a donation. As payment — for agricultural work, for harvesting, for a product made with ancestral knowledge and genuine skill.
The communities that grow these fruits have cultivated the Amazon basin for generations. They are producers, with products worth buying. The ice cream is one way to make that connection concrete.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Amazonian ice cream?
Ice cream made from fruits and plants native to the Colombian Amazon — flavors that don’t exist in commercial ice cream anywhere else. Ingredients sourced from Indigenous communities through Dulce Amazónica’s fair-trade network.
What flavors are available?
The menu rotates with the season and what communities supply. Core flavors include copoazú, arazá, borojo, and chontaduro. Ask the team what’s available on the day.
What does copoazú taste like?
Floral, tropical, and slightly tart. Similar to cacao but with a brighter, fruitier quality.
Is the ice cream dairy-free?
Some flavors are, some are not. Ask the team which flavors are made without dairy.
Where do the ingredients come from?
From Indigenous communities in the Colombian Amazon, sourced through Dulce Amazónica on a fair-trade basis. Communities grow and harvest the fruits. Dulce Amazónica purchases them directly.
Why can’t I find these flavors anywhere else in Guatapé?
Because accessing Amazonian ingredients at scale requires direct relationships with the communities that grow them. Most businesses don’t have those relationships. Casa de Ciclistas co-founded the organization that does.
Is this the same as Dulce Amazónica?
Casa de Ciclistas is one of the founding organizations of Dulce Amazónica. The ice cream you eat here is made from ingredients sourced through that network.
Try Something That Doesn’t Exist Anywhere Else in Antioquia.
One scoop. Ask where it came from. Walk out knowing something about the Amazon you didn’t when you walked in. Open every day except Tuesday from 7:30am. Calle 32 #28-91, Guatapé, Antioquia.