What's Up El Salvador

The big challenge in home-brewing beer in El Salvador is getting the supplies you need in order to do it well. Both my husband and I are adaptable and enjoy making things, which is good. Most of what you need to brew beer can be pieced together from items you can find at a hardware [...]

Because I am in love with good coffee and watching it take over in El Salvador, I asked a couple of people who work hard to promote it to answer a few questions. El Salvador won the World Barista Championship, but on the other hand, some people say the coffee culture here is just getting [...]

5 double-fudge-brownie shout out points to the first person to get the title. Last night I was hungry, and I didn´t know what to do. The fact that I don´t have a schedule can turn a day into soup and my creativity with it. I sometimes think that my mind relies on the challenges presented [...]

This weekend I had the opportunity to visit Tacuba, a pretty town in the Department of Ahuachapan. The weather was rainy, and for me that was fine. I find rain relaxing. In El Salvador, rain breaks up the humid warmth pleasantly. Tacuba is in the mountains and it is not very hot, but I´m convinced [...]

Coffee In El Salvador is quickly becoming world famous. Living as an expat woman in El Salvador sure is getting tastier! A few weeks ago a small coffee cafe opened in Santa Tecla. The name Cafe Caracol literally means ” Snail coffee” or “coffee peaberry” but really means ´Slow Coffee´as in Slow Food and ‘small [...]

Our first week here I stayed at the Hotel Alicante in Nuevo Cuscatlan while my husband Andy was in Apaneca judging the Cup of Excellence. Emme and I stayed In San Salvador and completed the arrangements to rent the house we currently live in, and then headed for the mountains to join my husband toward [...]

There is not a standard mail service in El Salvador like we are used to in the US. (it exists but is not omnipresent) You can send and receive via UPS, DHL or FED EX but there is no typical mail service. In this digital world, that doesn´t have to be that big of an [...]