A brief introduction to the history and culture of the origin and development of coffee beans on Mount Everest in El Salvador

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--

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

Coffee variety

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.

Charat Nango production area is famous for its outstanding performance in coe events this year. A few years ago, chalatenango was unknown, and some farmers in the area began to grow Pacamara in the 1990s. In 2006, a small farm in the region played in coe with pacamara and won the runner-up in the race with a fascinating flavor. In 2007, several farms in the area took part in the competition with pacamara. As a result, they won the first, third and fourth places, and became famous in the pacamara of chalatenango and ta. The producing area is located in the Altotepec Metagan mountain system in the north, which is the purple area at the top of the image above.

Flavor and quality of coffee

El Salvador is a producer of high-quality commercial Arabica beans and is known 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.