Unique, mild Salvadoran coffee

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Salvadoran coffee is soft and well-balanced as a whole, with a creamy chocolate-like smoothness, purity and no miscellaneous flavor, while the sweetness of the aftertaste is also very comfortable, making it super suitable for friends who don't like high acidity.

The flavor of Salvadoran coffee is characterized by excellent balance. Today, this coffee accounts for 40% of the country's exports. 35% of the extra hard beans of the best coffee are exported to Germany from January to March.

In the early 1990s, guerrilla warfare greatly damaged the country's national economy, reducing coffee production from 3.5 million bags in the early 1970s to 2.5 million bags in 1990-1991. The eastern part of the country was most affected by guerrilla warfare, and many farmers and workers were forced to leave the manor. The shortage of funds has led to a sharp drop in coffee production, from 1200 kg per hectare in the past to less than 900kg per hectare today.

In addition, the government imposed an additional 15% tariff on exported coffee in 1986, that is, an additional 15% in addition to the existing 30% tax. Taxes, together with unfavorable exchange rates, have greatly reduced the export of coffee and the quality of coffee. The government finally realized the great role of coffee in the national economy, such as solving employment, earning foreign exchange and developing agriculture, so it privatized some coffee export industries in 1990, hoping to increase the income rate of coffee in the export market.

In Cuscacbapa, El Salvador, packaged coffee beans are about to be exported to El Salvador. Coffee from El Salvador is a specialty of Central America, where it is light, aromatic, pure and slightly sour.

Like Guatemala and Costa Rica, coffee in El Salvador is graded according to altitude, and the higher the altitude, the better the coffee. The best brand is Pipil, which is what the Azbec-Mayan (AztecMayan) called coffee, which has been approved by the American Organic Certification Society (Organic Certified Institute of America).

Flavor characteristics

The reason I like Salvadoran coffee is their complex aroma and sweetness, which complement the silky and sticky taste.

Fortunately, Blue bottle was able to get some high-quality Salvadoran coffee beans from a farm run by Aida Batlle in the Los Nalanjos region.

This bean has the tonality of yellow sugar, sometimes with complex flavors of plums, butter and toffee. It is strong and fragrant in the cup, with a silky finish.

If we go to the right time, we can also get beans that have been treated in four ways at the same time on the farm: washing, tanning, honey treatment and a variant wet ploughing method (called "Sumenvado" by Aida).