El Salvador boutique coffee bean flavor and taste the characteristics of the manor producing area introduce the Santa Ana volcano area

Central American countries generally distinguish quality grades by altitude, such as Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras and other countries. Similarly, El Salvador is graded by altitude. At high altitudes, due to the cold climate and slow coffee growth, the density of raw beans will be higher, the hardness will be stronger, the unique acidity of Arabica will be better, and of course the better the quality will be. Therefore, the higher the altitude of coffee growth, the better the flavor, on the contrary, the lower the altitude, the higher the temperature, the faster the growth rate, the lower density, the lower hardness and the worse quality of raw beans.

El Salvador's coffee accounts for 40% of the country's exports, and it is usually picked in November, December and January-March of the following year. The export of raw beans lasts almost all year round. Coffee is produced in seven of the country's 14 provinces, with the largest number in the northwestern provinces of chalatenango and santa ana. El Salvador produces 100% Arabica coffee, 68% of which is bourbon, which usually grows at an altitude of 1062 Mel 1972 meters. On the other hand, El Salvador has a unique mountain, river and plateau, which provides a suitable environment for the growth of bourbon coffee. At the same time, El Salvador's suitable temperature, abundant precipitation and fertile soil are also indispensable natural conditions for breeding high-quality coffee beans. Like other typical island beans, Salvadoran coffee has the same flavor characteristics as well-balanced, soft and fine coffee varieties.

The civil war caused chaos and affected economic development, but ironically allowed the ancient coffee to be preserved, and the situation was so chaotic that coffee producers in El Salvador failed to catch up with the renewal of coffee varieties in Central and South America.

El Salvador produces 100% Arabica coffee, of which 68% is Bourbon, Coffea arabica var. Bourbon), 29% Pacas, other varieties including Pacamara,Caturra, etc.

The Pacas variety, first discovered in El Salvador in 1949, is a natural hybrid between bourbon and Catura.

The variety Pacamara, which was artificially bred by pacas and maragogipe (or maragogype), was first bred in 1958 (1954). Pacamara species is a rare artificial breeding of excellent varieties, blue is better than blue, perfectly inheriting the advantages of the mother plant, both the excellent taste of pacas species, raw bean granules also inherited the large size of malagogipe. The Pacamara species is thought to be the result of the pursuit of large Arabica species.

Coffee planting

Most of them are planted by small farmers. Grading of farmers in El Salvador: (1 htct= 105mu = 10000 square meters)

Small farmers, small producer, area less than 7.0hect

Medium-sized peasant household, medium producer, area between 7. 0-70hect

Large farmers, large producer, the area is larger than 70hect.

Farmers use traditional planting methods, with almost 100% shade planting.

Coffee harvest

Pick by hand.

The harvest season lasts from October to March. The peak occurs from November to February.

Coffee treatment

Washing treatment, sun drying