Café con aroma de mujer (1994 TV series)
Café con aroma de mujer is a 1994 Colombian telenovela produced by RCN Televisión for Canal A. Created by Fernando Gaitán, it stars Margarita Rosa de Francisco as Teresa “Gaviota” Suárez and Guy Ecker as Sebastián Vallejo. The show has 169 episodes, runs about 45 minutes each, and was filmed in Bogotá. It aired from 1994 to 1995. The opening theme is “Gaviota,” sung by Margarita Rosa de Francisco.
Plot in simple terms:
Teresa (Gaviota) and her mother travel across Colombia looking for coffee-farming work. They arrive at Casablanca, a coffee estate owned by Octavio Vallejo. When Octavio dies, his family returns for the funeral. Sebastián Vallejo, Octavio’s grandson, meets Gaviota and they fall in love despite their different backgrounds. They keep their romance secret while he finishes his studies in London, planning to marry her after graduation.
Gaviota becomes pregnant. She tries to reach Sebastián but is drawn into a trap by traffickers who want to exploit her in Paris. Sebastián returns, learns she went to Europe, and, influenced by his cousin Iván Vallejo, marries his friend Lucía Sandoval to secure the family’s wealth and status. Gaviota copies a new identity, Carolina Olivares, and eventually goes to Bogotá to start a new life, working for Cafexport, the Vallejo coffee company.
Sebastián vows to find her, but Lucía and Iván plot to keep them apart to protect the fortune. The story blends rural coffee-country life with urban business and family intrigue.
Impact, remakes, and music:
The show is famous for portraying Colombian coffee culture and landscapes, mixing the heart of the coffee region with city life. It became extremely popular and helped redefine Latin American telenovelas. It has inspired Mexican remakes: Cuando seas mía (2001) and Destilando Amor (2007). A 2021 remake by RCN stars Laura Londoño and William Levy, with all songs performed by Londoño. The original’s music includes Margarita Rosa de Francisco singing most tracks; the exception is “Sangra un Corazón” by Luis Andrés Penagos. The Argentinian version aired with the song “Sin tí” by Donato y Estefano.
Home video:
There are no official DVD releases, but bootleg copies circulate.
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 01:24 (CET).