Introduction of Wush Wush Ethiopian Coffee Flavor to Colombian Coffee Variety Origin Plan

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Recently, a very popular variety, wush wush, has entered the line of sight of our boutique world. now, Wush Wush has become a famous name for coffee produced in Africa. Some articles introduce that Wush Wush is a place of origin, and some articles say it is a variety.

Today, the Colombian wush wush was introduced to Colombia from Ethiopia more than 30 years ago, and this one is better in terms of handling, performance and so on.

Is Wush Wush a rare bean seed or a place of origin?

Regular Ethiopian coffee drinkers should have heard of the original species [Heirloom]. Most Ethiopian varieties are named after this name, in fact, because there are too many Ethiopian varieties. It is like the natural gene bank of Arabica. On the one hand, there are many varieties, and it is difficult to identify and classify them. On the other hand, the Ethiopian government is reluctant to disclose the information of these varieties for protection reasons. So it is collectively called [Heirloom native species].

Nearly 2000 coffee varieties have been recorded in Ethiopia, including 1927 native varieties and 128 imported varieties.

According to the data we checked, Wush Wush is a variety of Ethiopian origin (Wush Wush is a coffee variety).

There is a small town called Keffa in southern Ethiopia.

There, coffee is planted in the backyard of local farmers and harvested from October to February.

After sorting the coffee fruit, the local fruit grower removes the pulp and separates the pulp.

Wet fermentation in a concrete tank for 12-16 hours, then rinse in the trough, then dry in a cool bed for a day, further sorted and dried in the sun for 7-10 days. During the days of drying coffee beans, fruit growers took the best care of the beans: on the barbed wire of the drying bed, they spread jute bags and sprinkled the beans on them.

From 11:00 to 15:00, the hottest part of the day, block the scorching sun and prevent the beans from getting sunburned. At night, they can also prevent cold and frost. All these efforts are made to ensure that enough high-quality beans can be produced.

Coffee sold in Ethiopia is generally sold through the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX).

The Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture has a department called Cupping and Liquoring Unit CLU, which is responsible for the quality approval of coffee for export. Then the coffee was screened again according to the quality standard of Project Origin.

According to the information we checked, Wush Wush should be a variety of Ethiopian origin (Wush Wush is a coffee variety).