What is the flavor of Guatemala's Pacamara coffee beans | half a pound of Pacamara coffee beans

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Many coffee lovers will not know the country of El Salvador, which is located in Central America, bordered by Guatemala and Honduras in the north, and the Pacific coastline in the west and south. El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America and the most densely populated country in Central America. Topography to mountains, plateaus, multi-volcanic, Santa Ana active volcano 2385 meters above sea level, the highest peak in the country; the north for the Lompa River Valley; the south for the narrow coastal plain.

Although the land area of El Salvador is small, it has dozens of volcanoes, and it is the country with the highest volcanic density in the world, so it is called the "country of volcanoes". The average elevation of the country is high, and this geographical environment is very conducive to the growth of coffee, and the western part of El Salvador near Guatemala is the main coffee producing area.

Climatic characteristics

Savanna climate. The plain area belongs to the tropical rain forest climate and the mountain area belongs to the subtropical forest climate. The average annual temperature is 25-28 ℃. The annual precipitation is more than 1800 mm in mountain areas and about 1000 mm in coastal areas. The rainy season is from May to October.

Don't underestimate El Salvador's coffee production. In its heyday, it was once the fourth largest coffee producer in the world, but decades of civil war almost dragged down the coffee industry. fortunately, the war has stopped in recent years, and the coffee industry has come back to life. The only benefit that the civil war brought to the Salvadoran country was that the farmers' fields were barren and failed to catch up with the most popular Katimo exposure train in the past two decades, thus preserving the ancient bourbon and Tibica varieties, that is to say, El Salvador still uses the most traditional shade planting.

It has a positive effect on the aroma of coffee. In 2005, the Salvadoran mixed-race Pacamara boasted in coe, which confused many international cup testers and did not know how to grade it. It was never expected that this hybrid bean not only broke the mellow boundaries of coffee, but also expanded the visibility of Salvadoran coffee.

El Salvador boutique coffee is concentrated in the volcanic rock producing areas of Santa Ana in the west and Charantanan fruit in the northwest. The top 10 cup tests in recent years almost all come from these two producing areas, with an altitude of about 90-1500 meters above sea level, mainly bourbon (68%). Followed by Pacas (29%), mixed-race Pakamara, Dulaai and Kaddura accounted for only 3%.

The coffee harvest lasts from November to March. The fresh fruit of coffee is picked by hand. Coffee in El Salvador is grown mostly by small farmers, who grow it in the traditional way: almost 100% shade. The coffee harvest lasts from November to March. The fresh fruit of coffee is picked by hand.

On the whole, Salvadoran coffee inherits the mild quality of Sino-American coffee, which is soft, slightly sour and has beautiful sweetness. At the same time, it also has its own characteristics: the aromatic taste is slightly sour and very soft; it is pure and has no miscellaneous flavor, and the taste balance is excellent; the smooth feeling like cream chocolate is impressive; the dense feeling of coffee in the mouth gives the coffee a deep taste and a long finish.

Introduction of Pacamara varieties:

Pacamara coffee bean is a hybrid of Pacas Pacas (a sudden variant of the bourbon species) and giant bean Maragogype (elephant bean) found in El Salvador in the 1950s.

It was first cultivated by researchers in El Salvador in 1958. Pacamara is an excellent variety under rare artificial breeding, which is better than blue, and perfectly inherits the advantages of the mother plant. Both the excellent taste of Pacas and the large size of Maragogipe are inherited by raw bean granules. The bean body is at least 70% and 80% of that of elephant beans, with more than 17 orders and more than 100% and more than 18 eyes. Average bean length 1.03 cm (general bean about 0.8-0.85 cm) average bean width 0.71 cm (general bean about 0.6-0.65), thickness 0.37 cm, bean shape plump and round. The biggest feature of this variety is that it is sour, lively and tricky, sometimes biscuit, sometimes fruity, thick and greasy. The quality is the best from El Salvador and Guatemala.

Introduction to Polsa Manor

Polsa Manor, located in the province of Laliberta in Guatemala, produces coffee of stable quality. the coffee produced by this estate has won a number of coffee cup test awards, and their coffee is often seen in various barista competitions.

Polsa Manor is adjacent to the most famous Incht estate in Guatemala, and the quality produced is indistinguishable and is often difficult to choose in a variety of competitions. In 1956, Dr. George Jorge Vides (Dr. Jorge Vides) bought the fertile land and began his career of growing coffee. Now it is the third generation of Mr. Renardo Ovalle to manage the estate.

The Peters family located the estate at its core in the valleys of the Cuchumatanes Mountains, through which two rivers pass, setting up many daily institutions along the riverbank, such as schools, farmhouses, hydroelectric farms and, most importantly, raw bean washing plants and drying plants.

Of the current land area of about 100 hectares, 80 hectares are used to grow coffee trees and use organic compost and water sources produced by the natural environment. Most of the local coffee trees are 15 years old, with 3 to 4 times of pruning, 3 to 4 times of pest control, 3 to 4 times of fertilization, and four times of harvest during the harvest season, unlike other Guatemalan estates. because the mountain is very steep, all the work must be done by hand, strengthening the quality of the coffee, but also making the production work very hard.

In 2002, Polsa Manor won second place in the Excellence Cup in Guatemala, winning the title with a high score of 94.98.

In 2005, Polsa Manor was selected by Anacafe and German channel DWTV as the protagonist of Vivetnam's coffee documentary to shoot how to produce high-quality coffee in Guatemala, which is now well known in coffee producing areas around the world.

This batch of micro-batches [washed Pacamara coffee beans] is limited to 138 kg worldwide. Excellent coffee varieties, excellent geographical environment, coupled with meticulous processing, to get this rare [micro-batch] boutique coffee beans.

Pacamara coffee bean brand recommendation

The bacamara beans baked on Qianjie Coffee are fully guaranteed in terms of brand and quality. And more importantly, the performance-to-price ratio is extremely high, a pack of half a pound 227 grams, the price is only about 118 yuan. According to the calculation of 15 grams of powder per cup of coffee, 15 cups of coffee can be made in a bag, which costs only about 7 yuan per cup, which is recommended by conscience compared to the price sold in cafes for dozens of yuan a cup.

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