El Salvador Mercedes Manor Coffee Flavor description Grinding degree Variety characteristics introduction to producing areas

Flavor and quality of coffee

El Salvador is a producer of high-quality commercial Arabica beans and is famous for its strict and effective quality control.

Since 2003, he has joined the COE competition.

With excellent ancient coffee, successfully entered the boutique coffee market.

Coffee flavor is related to the microclimate of the producing area. On the whole, Salvadoran coffee inherits the mild quality of Central American coffee. It is soft, slightly sour and has beautiful sweetness, so it is suitable for blending.

Boutique Salvadoran coffee can also be impressive, including some pacamara varieties, which show active acidity, layered and deep taste, and a long finish.

Coffee organization

UCAFES:Organization of coffee producity cooperatives of el salvador, accounting for 25% of the total output

UCRAPROBEX:Organization of Land Reform Coffee Producing & Processing Cooperatives, including small farmers without land before the land reform, accounted for 10% of the total output.

ABECAFE:Association of millers and Coffee Exporters, including 99 processing plants and most exporters

The Association of Coffee Producers of El Salvador represents all coffee producers.

The above four coffee organizations, plus four national research institutes, constitute a coffee policy-making body--

Salvadoran Coffee Association Consejo Salvadoreno del cafe (salvador coffee concil), which is involved in coffee promotion, data collection and international cooperation

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 Germany.