Manhattan – Las Marías Wush Wush 125g | Colombia

Wush Wush is the most aromatic variety growing at Finca Las Marías, and José Julián Giraldo has chosen to push it rather than handle it carefully. The trees are Orange Striped Wush Wush, at Pijao in the Quindío department of Colombia, between 1900 and 2050 metres.

Ripe cherries are hand-picked and sealed whole in a cold room at 14°C for 120 hours — an exceptionally long first fermentation, and a bet on the variety's delicate cell structure being able to take it. They then go out onto raised beds to dry slowly in the shade. At day twenty of drying they are brought back into the cold room for a further seven days of enzymatic fermentation, then returned to the beds to finish to their final moisture.

Pineapple, orange and bergamot, with a juicy, refreshing mouthfeel. Intense and complex, and about as far into experimental processing as this variety goes.

Manhattan coffee roasters describe the process as Advanced Natural.

Freshly roasted by Manhattan Coffee Roasters in Rotterdam and imported to the UK by ROAST EDIT Co.