Farm: Finca Monteverde

Origin: Tolima, Colombia

Process-type: Natural

Varietal: Wush Wush

Cup: Botanical, Fruited, Rose, Dehydrated Raspberry, Mandarin

This Wush Wush lot was produced by Finca Monteverde in Colombia's center-west Tolima department. Monteverde has become synonymous with the Wush Wush varietal. Located at 1750-1850 meters above sea level in the Andes, Monteverde has been in the Gutiérrez family for six generations. In 2010, fifth generation Johan, Newerly, and Katerinne convinced their parents to start growing exotic varietals, and the rest is history.

The Wush Wush varietal is a landrace variety selected from the mountain forests of Ethiopia's Kaffa region. Coffee is native to Ethiopia. Thousands of landrace varietals are thought to grow there. Wush Wush was originally selected for its resistance to disease. Only later was it recognized to have a very special and exotic cup profile and high cup quality potential.

This is a natural processed lot. After sorting out only ripe coffee cherries, the coffee is left to oxidize for 36 hours. Following that, the coffee is hermetically sealed for a 48 hour fermentation. Still in its fruit, the coffee is dried using a precise method that involves both sun and mechanically drying.

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