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Introduction to the brief history of Salvadoran coffee.

Published: 2024-09-17 Author: World Gafei
Last Updated: 2024/09/17, Professional coffee knowledge exchange more coffee bean information please follow the coffee workshop (Wechat official account cafe_style) A brief history of coffee in El Salvador: in the mid-19th century, El Salvador became independent from Nicaragua after the disintegration of the Union, and its cash crop was mainly locust blue, a crop used to make indigo dyes until the mid-19th century, when chemical dyes were invented.

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A brief history of coffee in El Salvador:

In the mid-19th century, El Salvador became independent from Nicaragua after the disintegration of the Union, and its cash crop was mainly locust blue, a crop used to make indigo dyes, until chemical dyes were invented in the mid-19th century. the land was converted to growing coffee. Because of the support of the aristocracy and the background of militarized rule, the political situation was relatively stable, and the coffee industry also led to the development of the private industry. In the 1880s, it even became the fourth largest coffee producer in the world. The civil war broke out in 1980, which had a great impact on coffee production and trade.

El Salvador flew to the branches to be a Phoenix:

In recent years, due to the civil war to retain the original varieties, but also with the Japanese Coffee Research Institute to cultivate mixed-race bean "Pacamara" (Pacamara), this new variety combines two Arabica hybrid varieties: elephant beans (Maragojipe) and Pacas (Pacas), in the international "extraordinary cup" auction, it only took four years to get through all the way, and won the first to fourth place in 2007!

El Salvador Coffee Mini File:

The main method of treatment is washing, and part of it is picking and sunbathing. The main varieties are: Arabica, there are: bourbon, Pacas, Pacamara … Wait. The production season is from October to March. It is currently the 15th largest coffee producer in the world.

Altitude classification:

El Salvador still uses altitude classification, which has nothing to do with quality or production and marketing experience, and is divided into three levels in terms of topography.

How to distinguish the elevation classification:

Strictly High Grown (SHG): grow more than 1200 meters above sea level.

Hight Grown (HG): over 900m above sea level.

Central Standard: plant more than 600m above sea level.

Salvadoran coffee features:

El Salvador coffee is full-bodied, full-bodied and sweet, with aromas of dried fruit, citrus, chocolate and caramel. It is most famous for its sweet and supple acidity, which is very symmetrical and harmonious.

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