El Salvador Carlos Lemus - Pacamara - Honey

Origin: El Salvador Region: Chalatenango Producer/Farm: Carlos Lemus, Finca Peña Redonda Variety: Pacamara  Altitude:  1500-1550 Meters Above Sea Level Processing: Honey Process Flavor Notes: Pomegranate + Toffee Apple  El Salvador is a special country in the specialty coffee world. Coffee was introduced here in the mid-1700s, but much like other Central American countries, it wasn’t until the collapse of the indigo markets in the 1800’s that the country really pushed to invest and nurture coffee production for export. Coffee production became a progressively bigger component of El Salvadors’ GDP until the 1970s, when the country went into a civil war. During the war, many coffee farms were abandoned and left overgrown until the country had some resolution in the ‘90’s. With the shake up of land ownership after the war and the introduction of the Cup of Excellence competition in 2003, the country started to take a fresh new approach to coffee, focusing on special varieties and