El Salvador pacas Pacas Coffee Variety El Salvador Coffee Harvest season

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In botany, coffee tree belongs to the evergreen tree of subgenus Rubiaceae. Coffee bean is the seed of coffee tree fruit, among which there are three major varieties: Arabica, Robusta and Liberica. Different subspecies can not be mixed among these three varieties. All the fine coffee in the world comes from Arabica species, and there are various subspecies of Arabica coffee, such as evolution, hybridization, mutation and so on.

Arabica coffee variety Pacas (Pacas)

Belongs to the Bourbon strain, that is, the natural variety of bourbon (Mutation). First discovered and selected in El Salvador in 1949, the biggest difference with bourbon is that the plant is shorter, the fruit is clustered, and the yield is the same, but the flavor performance is much better than that of Caturra, a close relative with a short bourbon nickname, so it is often used as the basis of breeding. The most famous case is the hybrid offspring of Pacas and Maragogype-Pacamara.

The active volcanic activity in El Salvador 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 geographical 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), which are generally 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.

As coffee prefers a mild climate, coffee trees 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 produced by it belong to Arabica species, mainly from Pacas and Bourbon brands, and belong to big beans with sweet taste and excellent flavor.

The recommended brewing parameters of Qianjie coffee:

Water temperature 90 ℃, moderate grinding, ratio of powder to water 1:15, extraction time 2 minutes

Flavor description:

Herbs, cocoa wood notes, bright acidity, smooth taste.