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The origin of the variety

Pacamara is an artificial hybrid of Pacas and Maragogype, which was first bred by Salvadoran research institutions in the 1950s (mostly 1958). The new variety is considered to be the result of the pursuit of large grain Arabica species and inherits the good characters of the parent plant. Pacas, which has Bourbon lineage, is a native variety of El Salvador and inherits the excellent flavor of the ancient species of bourbon. It was first discovered in 1949. Maragogype is a variety of Typica that first appeared in Brazil. Because of its large bean body, it is known as "elephant bean" elephantbean.

Coffee variety: Pacamara Pacamara

Variety becomes famous

Pacamara is another example of making a name for itself through COE events. In the 90s of the 20th century, some farmers in the Chalatenango producing area of South Song in Charat, El Salvador began to grow Pracamara. In 2006, a farm in this producing area took part in the competition with Pacamara and got the second place. In 2007, a number of farms in the same production area took part in the competition with Pacamara and won the first, third and fourth places. The brilliant record made Pacamara win attention.

Coffee variety: Pacamara Pacamara

Variety producing area

It was first cultivated by El Salvador and is still the main producing area in El Salvador. In addition, there are also many plants in Central and American countries, such as Nicaragua.

Variety flavor

Keywords: chocolate chocolate, high alcohol bigbody, balanced balance.

El Salvador 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. 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.

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.

Salvadoran coffee is graded according to the altitude of planting, with the highest grade being SHG:

More than SHG:StrictlyHighGrown-1200 meters

More than HG:HighGrown-900 meters

More than CS:CentralStandard-600 meters

El Salvador Finca Ataisi Washed Pacamara

Country: El Salvador

Grade: SHG

Production area: Izalco area, Sonsonate province

Planting height: 1800 meters

Picking season: January

Treatment: washing and fermentation, sun drying

Variety: Pakamara

Manor: Finca Ataisi

Flavor: nut chocolate, passion fruit, cream, strawberry