Colombia — Felipe Arcila Jardines del Edén Wush Wush (EF2 Natural)

Tastes Like — 🌸 Jasmine • 🍵 Bergamot • 🥭 Mango • 🍍 Passionfruit

DETAILS

• Producer: Felipe Arcila
• Farm: Jardines del Edén
• Region: Quindío, Colombia
• Varietal: Wush Wush
• Process: EF2 Natural
• Altitude: 2,000 MASL
• Drying: 25 days on raised beds
• Collection: Research Rarities
• Size: 150g

INTRO

From Felipe Arcila's Jardines del Edén — the legendary Wush Wush, an Ethiopian Landrace named for the misty highland village in the forests of Kaffa, brought into rare expression at altitude in Quindío. Processed through POMA's EF2 Natural protocol and dried for 25 days on raised beds, this is a coffee of extraordinary aromatic precision and tropical depth. In the cup: jasmine and bergamot open the nose, mango and passionfruit follow through the mid-palate, carried by a bright tea-like acidity and a clean, lingering floral finish.

THE PRODUCER

Felipe Arcila is one of Colombia's most celebrated and internationally recognised specialty producers — the founder of CafExporto and a key figure in advancing the country's specialty coffee potential. Jardines del Edén sits in Quindío's Eje Cafetero at 2,000 MASL, where the cool, stable mountain climate and rich volcanic soils create ideal conditions for rare and demanding varietals like Wush Wush. Felipe's approach is marked by scientific rigour and deep curiosity — combining precise agronomic management with innovative post-harvest techniques to push what each varietal in his collection can express.

Wush Wush is a rare Ethiopian Landrace variety, named for the Wush Wush area of southwest Ethiopia where it was first documented. Now cultivated in small quantities across Colombia, it is celebrated for its vivid floral character, tropical fruit expression, and extraordinary aromatic intensity — qualities that respond with particular brilliance to precisely controlled natural processing at altitude.

THE PROCESS

The EF2 Natural process at Jardines del Edén involves:

🍒 Hand-picking — Wush Wush cherries selectively harvested at peak ripeness 🔒 EF2 controlled fermentation — Whole cherries processed through POMA's proprietary EF2 natural fermentation protocol — a precisely controlled environment designed to build aromatic complexity and depth while maintaining the clean structure and clarity that distinguish this collection ☀️ Raised-bed drying — Dried whole-fruit on raised beds for 25 days, allowing the aromatic compounds developed during fermentation to integrate fully and evenly into the bean

The EF2 fermentation protocol is the defining step — by applying POMA's Research Rarities-grade processing precision to the Wush Wush's inherently expressive genetic character, Felipe builds the jasmine and bergamot florality and mango and passionfruit tropical depth that define this lot, while the 25-day raised-bed drying locks in the tea-like acidity and clean floral finish that complete it.

THE CUP

A rare and beautifully expressive EF2 Natural Wush Wush from one of Colombia's most ambitious and celebrated specialty producers — jasmine and bergamot delicacy opening into mango and passionfruit tropical richness, carried by a bright tea-like acidity and a clean, lingering floral close. The legendary variety, coaxed into rare and extraordinary expression.

Flavour Notes

🌸 Jasmine 🍵 Bergamot 🥭 Mango 🍍 Passionfruit