Colombia | La Foresta | Wush Wush | Dynamic Natural | Filter | 100g

Origin

• 🇨🇴 Colombia

Tasting notes

Character

• Funky
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About: If there was a coffee on planet earth ripe to give GeishaGesha (Geisha)A rare, jasmine-and-bergamot scented variety originally from Ethiopia's Gesha forest, made famous by Panama's Hacienda La Esmeralda. Routinely the most expensive coffee at auction. a run for its money, it's the elegant, rare Wush Wush varietyVariety (cultivar)The botanical subtype of the coffee plant — Gesha, Bourbon, SL28 — analogous to grape varieties in wine. A major driver of cup character alongside origin and process.. Region: Quinchana, Huila Elevation: 2000 masl The horses knew the way home and needed little direction from us. We edged slowly higher and higher as we navigated the winding jungle path. After some time the jungle began to recede and the path led into a clearing. Coffee trees appeared on either side and white butterflies continued to lead us on until we stopped out the front of a quaint wooden house. We dismounted and the horses wandered off to graze, they were happy to be home and finally rest. Mauricio took us around to meet his family and explore the farm while lunch was prepared. We saw his trout ponds, which would be providing lunch, and explored the different plots of Wush Wush. After lunch, we rested and took in the view of even higher peaks and the Magdalena river in the valley below. La Foresta is a truly magical place, and so is the coffee that comes from here. DYNAMIC NATURALNatural processThe whole cherry is dried with the fruit still on the seed. Gives heavier body and big fruit flavors — think berries and wine — sometimes with a fermenty edge. This Dynamic Natural lot was processed by Mauricio, using native microorganisms isolated from La Foresta, to create a unique starter to ferment the coffee cherries. The cherries are then carefully dried using a combination of a dehumidifier and raised African beds, for a period of 58 days. This particular processing method, along with the natural terroirTerroirBorrowed from wine: the way a place — soil, altitude, climate, even neighboring crops — expresses itself in the cup, independent of variety and process. at the farm give us a very complex natural, full of tropical fruit notes.