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In El Salvador, coffee farmers turn to bourbon beans after blight

Tuesday, June 5, 2018


For Alberto Ferracuti, a coffee grower in El Salvador, bourbon really does grow on trees.

Ferracuti and many other farmers in the country have turned to specialty coffee trees - identified by fanciful names such as bourbon, geisha and pacas - in hopes of reviving a local industry devastated by crop disease just a few years ago.

Source: Reuters