Salvadoran coffee characteristics of Salvadoran coffee producing areas

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El Salvador, known as the "country of volcanoes", has 70% of the karst plateau and faces the eastern Pacific Ocean to the south. With such a unique natural environment, Salvadoran coffee has come to a critical crossroads.

The land reform of the 1980s allocated coffee farms to small farmers. however, the long civil war displaced people and the army arbitrarily divided the boundaries of the land. It was not easy to end the civil war in the 1990s, and coffee leaf rust in recent years has greatly reduced the area of coffee planted. Until the drought caused by the Holy Baby phenomenon last year, many coffee farmers had to give up coffee and switch to other basic grains. The sharp fall in coffee commodity prices in recent years has further tested the political and social stability of El Salvador.

Fortunately, the active intervention and assistance of the rainforest alliance, organic, and fair trade organizations have enabled Salvadoran coffee to continue to focus on the cultivation of boutique coffee, and sustained public investment supports the coffee industry here and continues to struggle. Look forward to El Salvador getting out of the predicament as soon as possible and become a Phoenix.

Active volcanic activity brings mineral-rich volcanic ash to the country. In the soil dominated by volcanic ash, there are more minerals and less organic matter. Therefore, in order to maintain the location and make up for the lack of organic matter, farmers in the country will use the pulp residue of treated coffee beans or organic matter under coffee trees as fertilizer to make up for the lack of organic matter in the soil. Make the planting of coffee trees more able to produce coffee beans with harmonious taste. The country's most meaningful initiative is to introduce organic agriculture to the world, cultivating more than 150000 tons of organic coffee every year.

Sa coffee has five major producing areas (Apaneca, Central Belt, Chichontepec, Tecapa& Cacahuatique Mountain Range), all of which are distributed in the volcanic ash-covered mountain slopes or plateau areas at an altitude of 1200 meters above sea level. November to April of the following year is the coffee harvest and harvest season. Because coffee prefers a mild climate, coffee trees in Saudi Arabia are mainly planted in the shade of tall trees (shade grown coffee), in order to avoid excessive temperature and direct sun exposure, affecting the quality of coffee beans.

The coffee beans it produces belong to Arabica species, with Pacas and Bourbon brands as the main brands, belonging to big beans, with sweet taste and excellent flavor.