Salvadorans wake up and smell the gourmet coffee

Reuters, 11.09.03, 3:11 PM ET

By Alberto Barrera

SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) - Some two centuries after El Salvador started producing fine arabica coffees, Salvadorans are starting to enjoy drinking the beverage and do their part to help local growers out of a global coffee slump.

Gourmet coffee is becoming available in supermarkets in this Central American country that has traditionally sent most of its best beans overseas, and Salvadorans are developing more sophisticated tastes.

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