01 — IDENTITYCURATED RECORD

El Salvador

The smallest coffee landscape in the Americas; birthplace of Pacas and Pacamara.1

HARVESTNovember – March
ELEVATION500 – 2,100 m
BRED HEREPacas (1949) · Pacamara (1958)
PORTAcajutla
VITALS — CURATED
OBSERVED RECORDwhat the pipeline has witnessed · 27 roasters tracked · updated daily

02 — OBSERVED REGIONS

OBSERVED
across 5 current offerings from 4 of 10 tracked roasters · updated 2026-07-17
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ACROSS 5 CURRENT OFFERINGS FROM 4 OF 10 TRACKED ROASTERS · UPDATED 17 JUL 2026
MARKS = OBSERVED REGIONS — POSITION ONLY, NO MAGNITUDE.
Santa AnaApaneca–Ilamatepec range×2
ChalatenangoAlotepec–Metapán range×1
UsulutánTecapa–Chinameca range×1
Ahuachapánno region recorded×1
every row matches a mark on the map

03 — FLAVOR RANGE

OBSERVED
across 23 current offerings from 27 of 27 tracked roasters · updated 28 Sep 2026
PROCESS4 bases
5 BASES IN THE VOCABULARY · 4 OBSERVED IN THIS CUT
MODIFIER1 modifier
1 OF 1 MODIFIERS YIELD OFFERINGS HERE
REGION5 regions
VARIETY8 varieties
6 of 10 families · 36 placed notes
FAMILYNAMED NODESOFFERINGS
Fruity1822 of 23
Citrus Fruit10
Mandarin3
Orange3
Tangerine2
Lemon1
Lemonade1
Stone Fruit· 1 placed here9
Cherry4
Peach4
Plum1
Berry6
Currant5
Mulberry1
Grape· 3 placed here4
Champagne Grape / Concord Grape1
Tropical Fruit· 2 placed here3
Mango1
Melon· 1 placed here2
Watermelon1
Apple1
Sweet712 of 23
Sweet Aromatics· 3 placed here9
Caramel3
Praline2
Chocolate1
Molasses1
Vanilla2
Brown Sugar1
Nutty / Cocoa610 of 23
Cocoa· 2 placed here9
Milk Chocolate4
Dark Chocolate3
Nutty· 2 placed here5
Pecan2
Almond1
Floral34 of 23
Floral Aromatics3
Rose2
Honeysuckle1
Sour / Ferment11 of 23
Alcohol/Fermented1
Winey1
Champagne1
Spices11 of 23
Brown Spice1
Ginger1
GROUP COUNTS ARE OFFERINGS MENTIONING ANY NOTE IN THE GROUP — SETS OVERLAP, SO CHILDREN DO NOT SUM TO THEIR PARENT.
A NOTE RESOLVES TO THE DEEPEST NODE IT JUSTIFIES; “PLACED HERE” IS AN INTERIOR NODE STATED IN ITS OWN RIGHT, NOT A ROLL-UP.
n=23
WCFS RANGE MAP

04 — OBSERVED VARIETIES

OBSERVED
across 5 current offerings from 4 of 10 tracked roasters · updated 2026-07-17

05 — OBSERVED PROCESSES

OBSERVED
across 5 current offerings from 4 of 10 tracked roasters · updated 2026-07-17
Washed●●●3Honey●1Natural●1
one dot = one current offering

07 — HARVEST CALENDAR

CURATED RECORD
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MAIN CROP NOVEMBER–MARCH — THE WINDOW WRAPS THE YEAR BOUNDARY2

08 — NARRATIVE

CURATED RECORD

Under the Apaneca–Ilamatepec ridge, a country smaller than most growing regions planted itself edge to edge in shade coffee — and answered with two of the trade’s defining mutations.3

photograph —
terraced rows under the Santa Ana volcano
FIG. 1terraced rows under the Santa Ana volcano
PHOTOGRAPH · SOURCE PENDING EDITORIAL

… narrative continues.

09 — REFERENCES

CURATED RECORD
1.

Instituto Salvadoreño de Investigaciones del Café, Boletín estadístico del café (Santa Tecla: ISIC, 1998), 22–31.

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2.

Consejo Salvadoreño del Café, Calendario de cosecha 2025/26 (Santa Ana: CSC, 2025).

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3.

Augustine Sedgewick, Coffeeland: One Man’s Dark Empire and the Making of Our Coffee Drink (New York: Penguin Press, 2020), 3–19.

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