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Salvadoran Pacamara coffee beans classified according to altitude

Published: 2024-11-17 Author: World Gafei
Last Updated: 2024/11/17, Salvadoran coffee is classified according to the height of cultivation, the highest grade is SHG: Strictly High Grown-1200 meters above; HG: High Grown-900 meters above; CS: Central Standard-600 meters above. Salvadoran coffee is a Central American specialty, light, aromatic, pure and slightly acidic. With Guatemala and Colombia

Salvadoran coffee is graded according to the altitude of planting, with the highest grade being SHG:

More than SHG:Strictly High Grown-1200 meters

More than HG:High Grown-900 meters

Above CS:Central Standard-600 meters.

Coffee from El Salvador is a specialty of Central America, where it is light, fragrant, pure and slightly sour. Like Guatemala and Costa Rica, coffee in El Salvador is graded according to altitude, and the higher the altitude, the better the coffee. The best brand is Pipil, which is what the Azbec-Mayan (AztecMayan) called coffee, which has been approved by the American Organic Certification Society (Organic Certified Institute of America). Another rare coffee is Pacamara, which is a hybrid of Pacas and Maragogype.

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 agriculture, so it privatized part of the coffee export industry in 1990, hoping to increase the income rate of coffee in the export market.

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