Quebraditas Mejorado

About the Coffee

Quebraditas is run by Edinson and Luz Argote, a husband-and-wife team who acquired their farm in Colombia in 2018. Since then, they've built it around a mix of careful farming and hands-on experimentation with processing, working with a growing collection of rare and sought-after varieties.

This lot features Typica Mejorado, a variety that sounds like it descended from Typica but is actually a naturally occurring hybrid of Bourbon and Ethiopian Landrace. The name stuck, but the genetics tell a different story. At Quebraditas, Edinson and Luz use yeast inoculation during processing, where specific yeast strains are introduced during fermentation to guide how the coffee develops before it's dried. They also work with thermal shock processing, a technique where temperature changes are applied during fermentation to influence the final flavour. On the farming side, they focus on soil management and strategic shade coverage to support the plants before harvest even begins.

The combination of the Typica Mejorado variety and the yeast inoculated natural process makes this one of the more technically involved coffees in what Monogram calls their "Super Funky Adventures" lineup. It's a coffee where the work in the field and at the processing station are both clearly part of the result.

About Monogram

Monogram was started by Ben Put, Justin, and Jeremy, three baristas who met working together and kept finding common ground in their curiosity about coffee. They came from different backgrounds, music, health sciences, and development, but launched Monogram together out of a shared frustration with how unwelcoming specialty coffee culture felt at the time. Their first setup was a hand-built coffee cart in Calgary.

Monogram has since developed long-term relationships with producers they return to year after year, including Jamison Savage at Finca Deborah and the Lamastus family at Elida Estate in Panama, as well as Mariana Iturralde's team at Finca Takesi. Ben Put has won the Canadian Barista Championship seven times and placed third at the 2025 World Barista Championship, which reflects the level of attention the Monogram team brings to how they source and roast.