Gofio Mill La Máquina

The gofio mill La Máquina, in La Orotava

The gofio mill La Máquina is a traditional working mill of La Orotava, where you discover the making of gofio, the emblematic Canarian flour. The La Orotava audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this know-how and this ancestral product of the archipelago.

The mill and the tradition of Canarian gofio

On the right is the entrance of the gofio mill, called La Máquina, the machine. Here, you can discover the work of the miller and leave with a bag of freshly ground gofio. Gofio is an emblematic and ancestral product of Canarian cuisine: it is a flour obtained from roasted cereals, like wheat or corn, then finely ground. Inherited from the techniques of the Guanches, the first inhabitants of the island, and adapted over the centuries, gofio is a staple food, nourishing and versatile, consumed in a thousand ways, in soups, desserts or kneaded into a ball. The La Máquina mill perpetuates this tradition by grinding the gofio in the old way, and allows the visitors to understand the whole process, from the grain to the flour. A living witness of the culinary and artisanal heritage of Tenerife, the gofio mill La Máquina is an authentic and gourmet stop of La Orotava.

What to see

Here you discover the traditional working mill, called La Máquina, where you observe the work of the miller and the making of gofio, this ancestral flour of roasted cereals, a Canarian staple food inherited from the Guanches, and where you can leave with a bag of freshly ground gofio. The La Máquina mill perpetuates the culinary heritage of Tenerife. It is an authentic stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The gofio mill La Máquina lies in the heart of La Orotava, reachable on foot. The visit and the sale of gofio follow the opening hours of the mill, which vary. It is best to check them before coming.

What is the gofio that you discover at the La Máquina mill?

An emblematic and ancestral product of Canarian cuisine: a flour obtained from roasted cereals then finely ground, inherited from the Guanches, a nourishing staple food consumed in a thousand ways; the La Máquina mill grinds it in the old way.

Where is the gofio mill La Máquina of La Orotava?

In the heart of La Orotava, in Tenerife, in Spain.