Colombia - Quebraditas SL-28 Advanced Natural

Brew Guide:

Best Brewed with: Filter

Lightest Roaster Influence: We find these heavily, heavily processed naturals already have a structure that doesn't take to the sort of heat we would usually apply, very rapidly picking up flavours from the roaster that we don't think support the cup. A soft start and a very short end of roast lets us keep it super light and bright, tamping down some of the funk.

Best Rested: 3-4 weeks

Filter: 64g/L & 90°C, with rest we like to move down to 62g/L & 88°C

Espresso: Turbo shots + 3 weeks rest. 18g/50g+ & 20-25s - we prefer when this coffee is more dilute

We’re tasting: Incredibly fruity aromatics - definitely very process-led, like lacto-fermented berries, stewed fruits, the sweetshop aromatics of cup of pick & mix. In the cup the first impression is of wine gums, followed by tinned pineapple, the boozy orange of Contrineu liqueur alongside the malic acidity of tangy sour gummies. As it cools becoming like banoffee pie & chocolate ganache, immensely creamy and very sweet.

Traceability

The Story

Quebraditas 

Orphaned and working from age 11, Edinson Argote found coffee after his military service at a Colombian buying station. He mastered quality control and fermentation techniques while running QC at a major Piendamó farm, then launched Quebraditas - an 8-hectare farm planted with exotic varieties. His girlfriend Luz Angela's family already had a traditional 10-hectare farm called Chorro Alto. While Quebraditas is still young, Edinson's processing knowledge has proven vital in his partnership with El Jaragual, helping establish it as speciality coffee's newest standout producer.

Colombia's position as the epicentre of experimental processing continues evolving — knowledge spreading beyond initial pioneers into a wider network of skilled producers. We're seeing more variety offered in these high technical intervention lots, and even the spread outside of Colombia (We've seen in the previous few months producers in Peru, India and Ethiopia start to deploy these techniques).

We were stoked to be on the first wave of roasters offering coffee from Edinson and Luz - his Gesha was a standout of the 2024 offer. Meeting Edinson and Luz Angela at Manchester's Altogether Brewing event was a brilliant moment of connection and we're stoked to keep promoting their work.