Introduction of Salvadoran Coffee varieties description of Salvadoran Coffee Flavor

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El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America, but don't let its small size fool you. It produces coffee of excellent quality and has always maintained a high standard. Mercanta regularly buys selected single varieties, such as orange / pink bourbon, red bourbon and Pacamara, and maintains strong long-term relationships with many producers and mills in this small coffee production base.

The history of Salvadoran coffee is inseparable from the development of the country. Coffee was introduced in the late 1880s and quickly replaced indigo as the country's main export, accounting for 90% of El Salvador's exports by the 1920s.

Under the ownership of this mass production a small elite owns large tracts of land (President in 1895. In general, Galado, alone, has accumulated more than 6000 hectares! And those governance with El Salvador have both positive and negative effects on the country's development. On the one hand, the leaders of these coffee economies (and countries) invest heavily in internal infrastructure, such as roads, which is good for the coffee industry; on the other hand, landless people (which make up the majority of El Salvador's population) are largely ignored in the wealth created.

By the 1970s, El Salvador had become the world's fourth largest coffee producer, which is remarkable given the size of the country. However, the over-reliance on coffee for political and economic growth led to cyclical struggles that eventually led to the civil war from 1979 to 1992. During this period and after the war, the country also carried out major land reform and redistribution, breaking many of the country's large traditional real estate. Today, about 95% of the country's producers grow coffee on less than 20 hectares, and no one can own more than 245 hectares.

About 60% of the coffee produced in El Salvador is bourbon, which is rare in Central America. Bourbon is characterized by clean, bright, sweet and rich citrus aromas. However, this famous coffee variety accounts for an unusually high proportion of the country and is currently threatened by coffee leaf rust, which has a significant impact on the country's production, resulting in a 20 per cent drop in export earnings between 2011 and 2013.

It is worth noting that El Salvador is also the birthplace of Pacas and Pacamara varieties, the latter of which is a hybrid of Pacas and Maragogype. The famous Pacamaras from El Salvador has a typically larger body, with tropical fruit, syrup, citrus brightness and a distinctive yellow grapefruit finish.

Ninety-five per cent of the coffee produced in El Salvador is grown in the shade of trees, and the enthusiasm and expertise of farmers, coupled with skilled picking and grinding labour, contribute greatly to the continued high quality of the country's production. In addition today the Salvadoran Coffee Council supports coffee producers and has done a great deal of work in supporting and promoting Salvadoran coffee at home and abroad and providing support to domestic producers. Through their work there is a tireless effort to stimulate export markets for growers and to maintain and improve the quality of coffee produced in El Salvador. As they said in El Salvador... Drink it and smile!

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