El Salvador Wula Mountain grading system what coffee beans are recommended in El Salvador Wula Mountain

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Pacamara is the artificial breeding variety of Pacas and Maragogipe. 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.

This variety, which is mated by "Pacas" of Bourbon and "Marago Gippe" of Elephant Bean, is a winning variety in many cup testing competitions at present, which was born in El Salvador.

In the past, although many excellent batches of washed coffee can be found in the Ura Mountains of El Salvador, they are often slightly inferior to other countries in terms of sweetness and mellowness. Santa Elena Manor is one of the few estates in El Salvador with honey treatment and sun experience. "Fernando Manor" has almost reached the point of nitpicking on every detail of honey treatment and sun exposure. These efforts have enabled St. Elena Manor to win a total of seven C.O.E competitions since 2003, and two of the top 10 Central American competitions organized by the Rainforest Conservation Union.

There are five major producing areas of Salvadoran coffee (Apaneca, Central Belt, Chichontepec, Tecapa & Cacahuatique Mountain Range El Wula), mostly distributed in the volcanic ash-covered mountain slopes or plateau areas at an altitude of 1200 meters. October to February of the following year is the coffee harvest and harvest season. The coffee beans produced by it belong to Arabica species, including Bourbon bourbon and Pacas Pacas. According to the altitude, Mount Wula in El Salvador is divided into three grades, namely SHG (Strictly High Grown), SG (High Grown) and SC (Central Standard).

Coffee farms are located in the hills and volcanic slopes where the soil is the most fertile. Because of its special planting soil, Salvadoran coffee has a unique flavor, mellow taste, moderate sweet and sour, rich aroma, and charming tonality. Coffee beans belong to big beans, with sweet taste and excellent flavor. El Salvador is also an important producer of organic coffee.

It is worth mentioning that El Salvador produces a hot spring coffee, named because of the use of hot spring water for washing treatment, its special and supple sour taste and sweet smell is very charming, because the low yield makes the unit price quite high, is its very characteristic coffee.