How Does El Salvador Pacas Coffee Taste? Characteristics of El Salvador Pacas Coffee

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Arabica Coffee Variety: Pacas

Pacas belongs to the Bourbon family and is a natural genetic mutation of Bourbon. It was first discovered and selected in El Salvador around 1949. The most significant morphological difference from Bourbon is its shorter plant height, clustered fruit formation, and high yield. However, its flavor performance is much superior to its relative, Caturra, which is nicknamed "Dwarf Bourbon." For this reason, it is often used as a basis for breeding, with the most famous case being the hybrid offspring of Pacas and Maragogype - Pacamara.

El Salvador's active volcanic activity brings mineral-rich volcanic ash to the country. The soil composition, primarily consisting of volcanic ash, contains more minerals but less organic matter. Therefore, to maintain soil fertility and compensate for the lack of organic matter, Salvadoran farmers use processed coffee pulp residue or organic matter under coffee trees as fertilizer to supplement the deficient organic matter in the soil, enabling coffee trees to produce more harmoniously flavored coffee beans.

El Salvador's most meaningful innovation is introducing organic agriculture to the world, producing over 150,000 tons of organic coffee annually. Salvadoran coffee has five major producing regions (Apaneca, Central Belt, Chichontepec, Tecapa & Cacahuatique Mountain Range), mostly distributed in high-altitude mountain slopes or plateau areas above 1,200 meters covered with volcanic ash. November to April of the following year is the coffee harvest and collection season.

Since coffee thrives in mild climates, Salvadoran coffee trees are mostly grown under tall, shade-providing trees (shade grown coffee) to avoid excessive temperatures and direct sunlight exposure that could affect coffee bean quality.

The coffee beans produced belong to the Arabica species, primarily planted with Pacas and Bourbon varieties. They are large beans with sweet flavor and excellent taste profiles.

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