01 — IDENTITYCURATED RECORD
El Salvador
The smallest coffee landscape in the Americas; birthplace of Pacas and Pacamara.1
CONTENTS02 – 09
OBSERVED RECORDwhat the pipeline has witnessed · 27 roasters tracked · updated daily
02 — OBSERVED REGIONS
OBSERVEDacross 5 current offerings from 4 of 10 tracked roasters · updated 2026-07-17
ACROSS 5 CURRENT OFFERINGS FROM 4 OF 10 TRACKED ROASTERS · UPDATED 17 JUL 2026
MARKS = OBSERVED REGIONS — POSITION ONLY, NO MAGNITUDE.
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every row matches a mark on the map
03 — FLAVOR RANGE
OBSERVEDacross 23 current offerings from 27 of 27 tracked roasters · updated 29 Sep 2026
showing 5 of 23 · 4 of 10 families · 11 placed notes
FAMILYNAMED NODESOFFERINGS
Fruity85 of 5
Berry4
Currant4
Melon· 1 placed here2
Watermelon1
Stone Fruit· 1 placed here2
Cherry1
Citrus Fruit1
Orange1
Grape1
Tropical Fruit1
Sweet12 of 5
Sweet Aromatics2
Caramel2
Floral11 of 5
Nutty / Cocoa11 of 5
Cocoa1
Milk Chocolate1
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.
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=5
WCFS RANGE MAP
the family register is briefly unavailable — the range map beside it is current
04 — OBSERVED VARIETIES
OBSERVEDacross 5 current offerings from 4 of 10 tracked roasters · updated 2026-07-17
05 — OBSERVED PROCESSES
OBSERVEDacross 5 current offerings from 4 of 10 tracked roasters · updated 2026-07-17
06 — LIVE OFFERINGS
OBSERVED · LIVEcurrent sightings — who is selling El Salvador right now
07 — HARVEST CALENDAR
CURATED RECORD08 — NARRATIVE
CURATED RECORDUnder 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
terraced rows under the Santa Ana volcano
FIG. 1terraced rows under the Santa Ana volcano
PHOTOGRAPH · SOURCE PENDING EDITORIAL
… narrative continues.
09 — REFERENCES
CURATED RECORD1.
Instituto Salvadoreño de Investigaciones del Café, Boletín estadístico del café (Santa Tecla: ISIC, 1998), 22–31.
↩ 01 IDENTITY3.
Augustine Sedgewick, Coffeeland: One Man’s Dark Empire and the Making of Our Coffee Drink (New York: Penguin Press, 2020), 3–19.
↩ 08 NARRATIVE