Characteristics of coffee producing area in El Salvador introduction to the flavor description of coffee treated with black honey in Black Beauty Manor

Introduction to Salvadoran coffee

Central America is a land bridge connecting North and South America, with seven countries: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. Seven Central American countries all produce coffee, with Guatemala, Costa Rica and Honduras among the top 10 coffee exporters in the world.

The topography of El Salvador in El Salvador belongs to the highland terrain and is the smallest country in Central America. Because there are two parallel mountains in the country, the volcanic soil is rich in minerals, and this special geographical environment makes El Salvador suitable for growing coffee.

Salvadoran coffee has five major producing areas (Apaneca, Central Belt, Chichontepec, Tecapa & Cacahuatique Mountain Range), mostly on volcanic ash-covered mountain slopes or plateau areas at an altitude of 1200 meters above sea level, with coffee harvest and harvest season from October to February of the following year. The coffee beans produced by it belong to Arabica species, including Bourbon bourbon and Pacas Pacas. It can be divided into three grades according to the altitude, 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.

Flavor characteristics of Black Beauty Manor Coffee

Ahauchapan production area is located on the banks of El Salvador's national volcanic lake, with volcanic soil suitable for boutique coffee, and Black Beauty Manor is one of the best quality estates! El Salvador has a very standard tropical climate, and the harvest season is very hot and dry, which is very suitable for drying beans.

There are Pacamara, Bourbon and Caturra in the manor. The owner of this batch of solarization puts the larger Pacamara into nearly 15%, which complements the flavor of peaches and berries that are rare in other varieties, adds a thick taste with the traditional Salvadoran variety Bourbon, and finally adds a little Caturra to give the sweet honey feeling.

El Salvador Black Beauty Manor Sun Fine Coffee beans

■ country: El Salvador

■ producing area: AHUACHAPAN

■ Manor: black Beauty Manor

■ varieties: Pacamara, Bourbon, Caturra

■ altitude: 1250-1350 m

■ treatment: sun exposure

Flavor

Main notes: Mulberry, honey plum, berries.

Cup test flavor: strong berry flavor, blackcurrant, cherry, litchi, honey plum, rich sweetness, mellow and full-bodied, Huigan is a fruit tea tone, the balance and dryness are very high. Taste description

Dry fragrance with sweet aromas of rosewood, honey plums and black sugar, as well as sweet and sour plums and tomatoes, followed by soft floral and plum aromas, followed by a mulberry-like deep berry acidity and sweetness. California plum flavor is also quite prominent, the overall flavor of berries, and such as fruit tea lingering, mellow, sweet obvious, cold down with asparagus juice.