Introduction to the description of taste and flavor of El Salvador Himalayan coffee

In the early 1990s, guerrilla warfare greatly disrupted 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 their estates. The shortage of funds has caused coffee production to plummet, from 1200 kilograms per hectare in the past to less than 900 kilograms per hectare today.

In addition, in 1986 the Government imposed an additional 15 per cent duty on coffee exports, i.e. 15 per cent on top of the existing 30 per cent tax. Taxes, combined with unfavourable exchange rates, severely reduced coffee exports and, with them, quality.

The government finally realized the huge role of coffee in the national economy, such as employment, foreign exchange and agricultural production, so in 1990, it privatized part of the coffee export industry, hoping to increase the yield 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. El Salvador coffee is tied with Mexico and Guatemala as the producer countries of Asa and Meldo, and is competing with other countries for the top one or two in Central America. Highland origin, for the size of large coffee beans, fragrant taste mild. As in Guatemala and Costa Rica, coffee in El Salvador is graded according to altitude, with the higher the altitude, the better the coffee. There are three grades according to altitude: SHB (strictly high grown)= high ground, HEC (high grown central) CS (central standard)= lowland; the best brand is Pipil, the Aztec-Mayan name for coffee, which has been approved by the Organic Certified lnstitut eof America

El Salvador is tied with Mexico and Guatemala as the producer of Asa and Meldo, and is competing with other countries for the top one or two places in Central America. Highland origin, for the size of large coffee beans, fragrant taste mild. As in Guatemala and Costa Rica, coffee in El Salvador is graded according to altitude, with the higher the altitude, the better the coffee. There are three grades according to altitude: SHB= high, HEC= medium high, CS= low.

El Salvador's unique superior variety, Pacamara, is a hybrid of Pacas-an abrupt variant of the Bourbon species found in El Salvador, with the giant bean Maragogype-an abrupt variant of the Tibica species found in Brazil.

The interesting thing about Christmas Farm coffee is that it is refined in secret, using mineral rich hot spring water to process green coffee beans. This farm is located in fertile volcanic soil and has abundant natural hot spring water, so all of this natural hot spring water is used when processing raw beans; there are many farms in the world that grow coffee, but this method is still rare.