Café com Aroma de Mulher

I don't watch too many novellas because most of them follow the same cookie-cutter plan but this one blew me away. The story is so smart and believable. It's got great scenery, beautiful music, and if you love coffee like I do, it's a wonderful insight on everything from how coffee is cultivated to how it's marketed. The actors are all excellent. You really root for the good guys. And, although the characters are fictional, the heroine is someone you can look up to. She was my inspiration at the age of 20 to go out and get a job and be a professional! I know there are many other memorable novellas out there, but for my lifetime... this is the one.

I have only watched first 22 episodes and already think this is one of the best novelas I have ever seen! Probably first colombian novela I see and I am planning on watching more colombian novelas when I get a chance. Margarita Rosa de Francisco is great here, and Guy Ecker is good food for the eyes. Plot is very interesting and addictive to keep on watching.

Trying to watch the 1993 version of this telenovela but I can't see any episodes. Let me know if these are available and how to watch.

CAFÉ CON AROMA DE MUJER (Coffee with the Scent of a Woman) is based on the book with the same title by Colombian author, Fernando Gaitan.

This Columbian novela is about Gaviota, a coffee field laborer and Sebastian Vallejo, the grandson of a powerful coffee businessman. When the two meet in a coffee plantation, they begin a passionate affair. They separate and eventually, Sebastian marries another woman. Gaviota decides to enter the mainly male-dominated coffee business empire. She succeeds as the first woman to work in this area. When Gaviota and Sebastian meet again, they find that their passion for each other never died. Their scenes are bittersweet, touching, romantic and humorous.

CAFÉ provides beautiful scenery as it is filmed in the areas of Quindio, Bogota, Santa Marta, San Andres, the Rosario Islands and other places in Colombia.

This original version is absolutely fantastic.

Very progressive for its time while maintaining the traditions and showing the various aspects of Colombian cultural heritage according to every region.

The beauty of the scenery, the music and the story are just beautiful !