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El Salvador
ACALEM

Cupping Notes:

cocoa, coconut, toast, light cinnamon, cherry, burnt molasses, astringent, adds tangy cherry acidty as cools

Lot ID:

CU_8246

200

bags

kg

 *Grainpro

69

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About the Land

About the Coffee

Mountain Range:

Varieties:

Morazan

Perquin

Process:

Washed

Elevation: 

Certifications:

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Fermentation and drying information:

Cherry is brought to a central mill at the offices of ACALEM. A new ECOPULPER (demucilage machine) was provided for by a local NGO and was installed prior to the 17/18 harvest. During the 18/19 harvest the mill was in full operation. It takes an average of 7 hours for coop members to transport their cherry from the farm yo the mill. Dry milling and sorting is done at a neighbouring cooperative.

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Farm Size  (hectares)

Area Planted w/ Coffee

Average Age of Trees

Yield per Hectare

Trees per Hectare

Amount of Shade

The farmers
The farm

Cooperative Association of coffee of the Sierra Lenca de Morazán (ACALEM) was Established on April 27, 2011 with producers from the municipalities of Perquin, San Fernando and Arambala. With 56 founding partners the cooperative was formed in response to the severe attack of leaf rust which completely ended the coffee varieties of Pacas and Bourbon for these coop member. The cooperative has an ecological wet mill with an aqua pulper as well as a roasting plant where coffee is processed and marketed under a local brand.

The cooperative members are developing techniques to deal with climate change. Including increased shade, water infiltration ditches and landscape terracing through thier farms in order to increase soil moisture and recharge the local watershed. They are also incorporating Bocachi tea in the sowing of their coffee trees and are working on the preparation of organic inputs such as biofertilizers, fungicides and insects, which the partners apply in their productive areas. They are no longer applying weed killers to control weeds, today it is done manually.

*May have been hastily translated. Pardon spelling or grammatical errors.

18/19 Harvest Report

in the Grower's words

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