Quebraditas Sidra Advanced Natural - Colombia

Advanced Natural, Sidra, Lightest Roaster Influence - Best for Filter. Turbo-espresso or pourover 3 key notes: [Strawberry Cheesecake, Papaya, Banana] This is peak Modern Colombia - the highest level of human intervention, this coffee is funky AF and not afraid to shout about it in the cup. We enjoy the challenge of roasting them to expose maximum complexity. Selected as one of the standouts on the table when we hosted Edinson for a cupping and bar takeover back in november last year, when we cupped some of his latest shipment advanced naturals, quite a few of them were a little too extreme for us - but this had a good balance (as much as any of these style of lots could ever be said to be "balanced") of defined fruit notes amongst the heavy process notes. Sidra - is a cultivar that was likely developed alongside Mejorado in a Nestle research plot in Ecuador, looking at improved yields/cup quality and resilience. Sidra has long been praised for its florality and sweetness, but can often also display quite herbal and savoury character in the cup. In this case, the processing is so loud (we're picturing the maxell casette advert as we type this) the more delicate variety characteristics are mere secondary notes. We’re tasting: Huge funky aromatics - lacto-fermented berries, ripe papaya and banana lead the nose. In the cup it's super sweet and mildly lactic - reminding us of strawberry cheesecake, and the aromatics carry through into the cup. The acidity reminds us of the more boundary-pushing style of natty orange wines, especially those that show a little more oxidation character. As it cools, we're getting blackberry, bruised plum and passionfruit yoghurt. The dictionary definition of process-forward