Masks being sold in Ataco, El Salvador. — Photos: Andreas Drouve/dpa
Hector Aguirre can’t imagine his life without coffee. Now 28, he’s been drinking it since he was two years old. “Here we give babies bottles with coffee, not with milk, ” he says.
And it’s now how Aguirre earns his money at El Carmen Estate in the highlands of El Salvador on the edge of his hometown, Ataco. He’s showing visitors to the hotel and coffee resort the warehouses, machines and assembly lines where the beans are processed. Women sit, fully concentrated on separating the good beans from the bad ones under neon lights. Aguirre then reveals the result: top-quality coffee.
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Gallery: El Salvador in photos
Masks being sold in Ataco, El Salvador. — Photos: Andreas Drouve/dpa
Coffee, ruins and sleeping giants in El Salvador
Suchitoto lies in the heart of El Salvador. — Central America Tourism Agency/dpa
Coffee, ruins and sleeping giants in El Salvador
Walk among the ruins in the archaeological park El Tazumal.
Coffee, ruins and sleeping giants in El Salvador
Art workshop in Ataco: The village has its own charm – and is slowly discovering tourism.
Coffee, ruins and sleeping giants in El Salvador
The crater lake of the volcano Santa Ana shines in an enchanting green.
Coffee, ruins and sleeping giants in El Salvador
Colonial architecture in Suchitoto. The city offers tourists some beautiful photo motives. — Central America Tourism Agency/dpa
Coffee, ruins and sleeping giants in El Salvador
