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„For El Salvador's 2004 Cup® event, a total of 403 Arabica samples were submitted by coffee growers from around the country by the April 2 deadline. From April 12-16, a jury of 14 national coffee experts tasted (or "cupped") the coffees and selected 153 of the nation's finest green beans to advance to this second stage of the competition. Following this week's "cuppings," on Friday, May 14 the 20 member international jury will select the "best of the best" green beans to receive the coveted "Cup of Excellence®" award. These winning coffees will be offered for sale to international roasters during a special Internet auction on June 22.“
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Tea & Coffee 06/00 - World News
„Initially, Mexico had opposed the idea, and among the Central Americans only El Salvador had expressed support. The seven countries, which account for about 30% of world Arabica production, were swung round by Jorge Cardenas, Colombia's coffee chief, and will meet again in Mexico this month to work out a detailed proposal.“
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„These coffees were selected in the aid of the Cup of the Excellence, an event that is made for the first time in El Salvador and that has had good results in other countries of Central America, like Nicaragua and Guatemala. A total of 22 international and representing tasters of buying companies of coffee was in charge to describe products as the Salvadoran property. The experts assured that the best coffee El Salvador is in Santa Ana Three property of this department took to the presidential prize?Taza of the Excellence, by to have surpassed the 90 points in the qualification of the judges. The producers Everest, Alvarez Prunera and Compañi'a and Francisco Arturo Alvarez santanecas of Kilimanjaro, Malacara Rocks received the recognitions to produce the best Salvadoran coffees in the property Lot To and Malacara Lot C.“
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„The global coffee crisis that began with the demise of the International Coffee Agreement regulating the supply of coffee, hit Salvadoran coffee farmers hard. Coffee prices fell, often below the costs of production. Many cooperatives could no longer make payments on their debts and in many cases, the banks foreclosed.“
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Fair Trade: A Taste of Justice - Fair Trade Coffee Project - Lutheran World Relief
„"We used to live in houses made of corn husks," says Don Miguel Sifontes, president of a coffee cooperative that sells to Equal Exchange in El Salvador. "Now we have better work, better schools, homes of adobe, and a greater brotherhood of decision-makers."“
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El Salvador- Coffee and Biodiversity
„A core group of experts meeting in Washington arrived at this conclusion during a recent evaluation of the outcomes achieved by " The Coffee an Biodiversity" project in El Salvador. The 3 year-project that will close in December is being implemented by the Coffee Research Foundation (PROCAFE) and Salva Natura, a local NGO, associated with the Rain Forest Alliance, an institution that certifies the production of environmentally friendly. It is sponsoredby the World Bank and the Global Environmental Facility (GEF), In the present scenario of record decline in coffee prices, shade grown coffee represents a new option for coffee growers. According to project coordinator, Inés Maria Ortiz, "We have been able to create a platform for differentiating El Salvador's coffee, in such a way that we hope that the success achieved by the producers will encourage the development of a national policy in this area".“
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