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Specialty Coffee February 28, 2025

The ICO sets a monthly record: coffee at $3.54 and the specialty gap

The ICO Composite Indicator Price averaged 354.32 US cents per pound in February 2025, a historic monthly high. Trade coverage cites it as $3.54/lb. Drought in Brazil and Vietnam tightened the market; the Salvadoran cup is paid separately.

History and Culture; Specialty Coffee February 15, 2025

Ethiopia, cradle of arabica: the genetics now taking root in El Salvador

The ICO’s March 2025 CMR records rising Ethiopian exports on a good harvest. Sucafina estimates half a million extra bags. Gesha and Sudan Rume, born in that geography, are now grown on the Salvadoran volcano.

Specialty Coffee February 6, 2025

Three shops in Kyoto, one origin: Coyote Coffee bets everything on El Salvador

Yusuke Kadokawa, trained in a JICA program on Salvadoran coffee, dedicates his Kyoto branches exclusively to the national bean. Including a shop in the country’s indigo blue.

Cultivation and Processing February 1, 2025

When the harvest falls, the argument for quality rises

Acafesal estimated a drop of up to 35% in 2024-2025, after lost flowerings and a long rainy season. In a specialty origin, fewer quintals can mean more attention to every lot.

Specialty Coffee January 31, 2025

The map of the cup: who bought Salvadoran coffee in 2024

The Central Reserve Bank closed 2024 with 137.1 million dollars in coffee exports. The United States led; Belgium, Italy, Saudi Arabia, and Japan completed a map that speaks of palates, not only of tons.

Specialty Coffee; Cultivation and Processing January 15, 2025

Chlorogenic acids: the polyphenol family that weighs most in the cup

Chlorogenic acids are the most abundant polyphenol family in coffee. A Nutrition Research Reviews paper found no clear acute cognitive benefit in randomised trials; lasting intake may be another story. Light roast keeps more CGA; highland Salvadoran coffee supplies the clean cup where that shows.

Cultivation and Processing December 15, 2024

More than 400 millimeters in a day: the cherry that never reached the mill

The USDA’s 2025 report documented downpours of more than 400 mm in under 24 hours in December. Understanding that blow is understanding why a cherry at peak ripeness is the treasure of Salvadoran coffee.

Technology and Innovation; Specialty Coffee December 1, 2024

Four lenses for one cup: SCA’s CVA replaces the 2004 cupping form

In late 2024 the Specialty Coffee Association formalized the Coffee Value Assessment: four lenses — physical, descriptive, affective and extrinsic — that replace the 2004 cupping form and seek a shared language between producer and buyer.

Specialty Coffee October 31, 2024

Don Justo reaches Seoul: 18,975 kilos of Salvadoran green coffee in Korea

With support from the Embassy in Seoul, Café de Don Justo exported 18,975 kg of green coffee to South Korea. The lot carries the Tecapa-Chinameca denomination of origin and a chocolate profile with citrus acidity; the FTA had already lifted Salvadoran beans in that market.