Introduction to the flavor and taste of El Salvador coffee beans boutique coffee beans in El Salvador coffee producing areas

El Salvador is the smallest, most densely populated and most industrialized country in Central America. The natural landscape is rich, and the volcanic topography is the biggest feature. there are three most famous volcanoes in the country: green hill < Cerro Verde >, Idozak < Izalco > and the Holy Tower. Anna < Santa Ana >. The most famous volcano, Yidsak, has the nickname "Pacific Lighthouse" because the flames emitted by early volcanoes have been used as a guide by sailors sailing in the Pacific, but they are now considered extinct volcanoes.

El Salvador is also part of the former Mayan empire, and there are still more than 300 Mayan relics to visit, especially those of San Andres.

[organic planting]:

The civil war in the 1980s made many coffee farmers in war zones unwilling to spend agricultural fertilizer on coffee plantations, resulting in the fact of "organic planting". After the war, coffee plantations with organic cultivation were set up with the assistance of the government, and many of them obtained the Eco-ok certification of the Rainforest Alliance (Rain forest-Alliance). At present, 2000 hectares of coffee plantations are organically certified, and another 2000 hectares are in the process of being certified (it takes three years from application to obtaining organic certification).

[planting profile]:

In the 19th century, coffee in El Salvador was an important cash crop, and the government legislated to collect taxes and encourage planting and export. although coffee farmers in El Salvador could not get technical or financial assistance, they were in the growth of production per hectare, it is quite excellent among many coffee-producing countries! The output value of coffee is like a locomotive, which contributes a lot to the basic transportation construction, the development of light industry and even the progress of mechanization.

The country has 10 per cent forest cover, of which more than 80 per cent is natural shaded woodland, which is ideal for the planting of coffee trees (shade grown coffee), which is very important for the Central American ecological corridor (Central American Biological Corridor). But in 1970, there was a serious coffee leaf rust spot (coffee leaf rust disease). In order to expose coffee trees to the sun, many shade trees were cut down! This has caused a lot of environmental damage! But the civil war also formed a turning point for the environment.