Introduction of boutique coffee beans in El Salvador coffee flavor and taste producing area

The flag of El Salvador was launched in 1822, rescinded in 1865, restored in 1912, and 1972

National flag of El Salvador

National flag of El Salvador

The Constitution of # was officially established as the national flag. The national flag is rectangular, with a ratio of length to width of 335 to 189. From top to bottom, the flag is connected by three parallel equal horizontal rectangles of blue, white and blue, and the central part of the white part is painted with the national emblem. Because El Salvador used to be a member of the former Central American Federation, its national flag is the same color as the original Central American Federal Flag. Blue symbolizes blue sky and sea, while white symbolizes peace. The national emblem of El Salvador was launched on September 15, 1912.

National emblem of El Salvador

National emblem of El Salvador

The national emblem is an equilateral triangle whose three yellow lines represent equality, truth and justice respectively. Five volcanoes rise between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, symbolizing the five countries in Central America. The "pole of freedom" and the red "cap of freedom" stand high on the top of the mountain, emitting the light of freedom and liberation. In the golden light, September 15, 1821 is the day of El Salvador's independence, and the rainbow in the sky overflows with joy and hope. Five Central American federal flags revolve around the national emblem, expressing El Salvador's desire to reorganize the federation. At the bottom is a yellow ribbon with "God, Unity, Freedom" written in Spanish, green laurel branches and leaves around the periphery of the triangle, making the national emblem round, and the outermost golden Spanish with the country's name "Central American Salvadoran Republic".

A brief History of Coffee production

In 1742, coffee was introduced to El Salvador from the Caribbean (1740).

In the mid-19th century, El Salvador's original export pillar Indigo (one of the dyes) received a gradual decline in the development of synthetic dyes in Europe, and coffee gradually became the main export product under the guidance of the government.

In 1856, the first 693 bags of coffee beans were shipped to Europe. Europe was El Salvador's chief coffee customer until World War II, which was replaced by the United States after World War II.

In the 1970s, El Salvador produced a record 350000 bags of coffee. With the intensification of the civil war, the coffee industry was in turmoil.

Coffee production in El Salvador was once affected by domestic political instability. In 1992, the parties signed a peace agreement and the civil war was suspended. The coffee industry began to recover.

Present situation of coffee production

"natural and man-made disasters" and "ill-fated" are the most appropriate words to describe the challenges facing the coffee industry in El Salvador. Despite the haze of war, El Salvador's coffee production still faces challenges from time to time, including: 1998, hurricanes; 2001, earthquakes; 2002, volcanic eruptions; 2012, leaf rust.

Despite the challenges, El Salvador maintained a high level of coffee production, according to ICO International Coffee Organization, from 2008 to 2012, total coffee production in El Salvador remained at the Top15 level among ICO member countries. In 2013, affected by the leaf rust disaster, 70% of domestic farms were infected, and the output dropped sharply by about 40%, falling to 16.

El Salvador 08-13 Total coffee production and ranking (unit: 000 bags, each bag 60kg)

In the early 1990s, guerrilla warfare greatly damaged the country's national economy, reducing coffee production from 3.5 million bags in the early 1970s to 2.5 million bags in 1990-1991. The eastern part of the country was most affected by guerrilla warfare, and many farmers and workers were forced to leave the manor. The shortage of funds has led to a sharp drop in coffee production, from 1200 kg per hectare in the past to less than 900kg per hectare today.

In addition, the government imposed an additional 15% tariff on exported coffee in 1986, that is, an additional 15% in addition to the existing 30% tax. Taxes, together with unfavorable exchange rates, have greatly reduced the export of coffee and the quality of coffee.

The government finally realized the great role of coffee in the national economy, such as solving employment, earning foreign exchange and developing agricultural production, so it privatized some coffee export industries in 1990, hoping to increase the income rate of coffee in the export market.

Today, this coffee accounts for 40% of the country's exports. The best quality coffee is exported from January to March, and 35% of the extra hard beans are exported to El Salvador coffee from Germany, along with Mexico and Guatemala, as producers of Asa and Merdo, and are competing with other countries for the top one or two places in China and the United States. The highlands of origin are large coffee beans of all sizes, which are fragrant and mild in taste. Like Guatemala and Costa Rica, coffee in El Salvador is graded according to altitude. The higher the altitude, the better the coffee. It is divided into three grades according to elevation: SHB (strictlyhighgrown) = highlands, HEC (highgrowncentral) = mid-highlands, and CS (centralstandard) = lowlands. The best brand is Pipil, which is what the Aztec-Mayan (Aztec-Mayan) called coffee, which has been recognized by the American Organic Certification Society (OrganicCertifiedlnstituteofAmerica).