Introduction to Las Delicias Farm in El Salvador - What is El Salvador's Coffee Production?

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El Salvador: A Nation of Exceptional Coffee

El Salvador is one of the smaller countries in Central America with a very dense population. Its coffee is characterized by excellent balance. Today, this coffee accounts for 40% of the country's total exports. The highest quality coffee is exported from January to March, with 35% of the strictly hard beans going to Germany.

In the early 1990s, guerrilla warfare severely damaged the national economy, causing coffee production to decline 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 the guerrilla warfare, forcing many farmers and workers to abandon their plantations. Capital shortages led to a significant drop in coffee production, from 1,200 kilograms per hectare in the past to less than 900 kilograms per hectare today.

Additionally, in 1986, the government imposed an additional 15% tariff on coffee exports, on top of the existing 30% tax. Combined with unfavorable exchange rates, these taxes caused an extreme reduction in coffee exports, with a corresponding decline in quality. The government finally recognized coffee's significant role in the national economy—such as providing employment, earning foreign exchange, and developing agriculture—so in 1990, it partially privatized the coffee export industry, hoping to increase coffee's profitability in the export market.

Coffee from the Cuscacbapa region of El Salvador is a Central American specialty, characterized by its light body, aromatic quality, purity, and slight acidity. Like Guatemala and Costa Rica, El Salvador's coffee is graded according to altitude—the higher the altitude, the better the coffee. The best brand is Pipil, which is the Aztec-Mayan name for coffee, and it has obtained certification from the Organic Certified Institute of America.

Las Delicias Farm

Owner/Co-op Members: CAFINO SA de CV

Region: Apaneca - Ilamatepec Mountain Range

Altitude: 1,600-1,900 meters above sea level

Climate: Humid - Tropical

Temperature Range: 8-21°C

Soil: Volcanic

Rainfall: 4,000 mm annually

Farm Story

The Las Delicias state farm is located in the Ilamatepeq mountains of Canton Palo de Campana, producing some of El Salvador's finest coffee. It is also one of the most important coffee-growing regions in El Salvador.

The Cup of Excellence comes from growing areas where PACAMARA and other batches of SL-28 are cultivated using natural processes, dried on African beds for 28 days. For the first three days, we add small amounts of water every two hours to slow down the sugar transfer process to the beans. After 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM on the third day, the beds are covered daily.

The farm operates year-round according to "protocols" that define all work to be completed on the farm, depending on the plantation's strategic planning. For example, we define work sequentially, use pruning methods, perform coffee pruning, schedule windbreak pruning periods defined as a 5-year restoration method, apply fertilization formulas based on soil analysis, implement cleaning strategies, and manage all farm-related projects, among other activities.

These defined protocols allow us to maintain tracking documentation of farm development, which provides us with traceability support.

The results of our harvesting methods give us the opportunity to process our coffee with an excellent start. We believe that the most important role in this process is played by the harvesters.

As part of our social responsibility, we are promoting a "Happy People" program based on well-being, encouraging our team to find joy in their daily work. What we do is look for smiles everywhere. We believe that happy people work better and can achieve productivity.

As a family, we regularly conduct farm assessments. The farm is supervised weekly with strict planning to manage the defined post-harvest period. We view our collaborators as part of the team, with everyone aware of the defined goals and objectives.

Established: In the early 1950s, composed of coffee and cypress trees.

Ownership: CAFINO SA de CV.

Winner of the Cup of Excellence in 2003, 2015, 2016, and 2017.

Since the 1950s, due to climatic conditions, this farm has been growing coffee. Our sister company, CAFESCAL, has been commercializing coffee from this farm for the past few years. The opportunity to purchase the farm arose in September 2014. Therefore, understanding the quality of coffee produced by the farm, we decided to create a sister company, which we did. It is now integrated into the CAFESCAL group that operates the farm and its processes.

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