What is Wush Wush coffee?
Wush Wush is a rare Ethiopian landrace named for its home district in Kaffa — now grown in tiny quantities in Colombia too. Its cult following comes from an explosive tropical profile: mango, passion fruit and floral perfume in a silky cup.
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Ethiopia's Kaffa region (coffee's namesake forest) produces thousands of local selections; Wush Wush is the one that escaped. A small number of Colombian producers now grow it as an exotic microlot, and the variety's tiny supply plus its striking cup have made it one of coffee's most sought-after cult lots.
Like most landraces, it yields poorly and resists little, which keeps production genuinely small — most years only a handful of lots reach the international market. Expect tropical-fruit intensity with floral top notes and a creamy body. If you see a Wush Wush on a roaster's shelf, it's rare by nature, not by marketing.
- ·World Coffee Research varieties catalog(No direct source link provided)