Colombia | Edil Quinayas

Edil Quinayas manages Buenos Aires, a 2 hectare farm located at 1930 MASL in  El Quebradón, San Agustín. Here he grows Pink Bourbon on one hectare. This lot was harvested in November-December 2024 and marks our second year buying Edil’s coffee and only his second season selling as a traceable Micro-lot. This harvest is tasting amazing with notes of yellow fruits, citrus of grapefruit, melon and stone fruit as well as a brown sugar sweetness and tea like florals.

Edil’s family cultivated subsistence crops like corn and yuca in Cauca.  As he grew older Edil helped on the farm and soon traveled to other areas to pick coffee. He eventually walked from Cauca to San Agustin, on the trail known as the El Camino Real. Once he reached San Agustin he spent 25 years with others. establishing recognition of his indigenous heritage. Once recognized the government granted them a reservation and allocated 2 hectares of land for Edil. Here on this land Edil began planting his first coffee trees. After years of work improving the land and selling his coffee locally, he eventually found Monkaaba who shared with him that he was growing some of the best coffee in the area.

Cherries are picked at peak ripeness every 15 days and de-pulped the day of harvest. Each day's pickings are added to the existing mass for a total of three days. Afterwards the entire mass is left to ferment for an additional 48 hours. The seeds are then washed, left to drain for 12 hours and moved to drying beds where they dry for 15-20 days.