| Gourmet coffee is grown on medium to high-altitude mountainsides, under the shade of taller trees that provide the idea combination of sun and shadow to grow large, dark-red "grapes." Cooperative members at Las Colinas - located in the northwest department of Sonsonate near the border with Guatemala - tend the coffee plants year-round - clearing brush underneath and around the spindly bushes, applying organic fertilizer and natural methods for controlling harmful pests and pruning. |
