E-commerce brings Salvadoran coffee, Chinese consumers closer amid pandemic (Xinhua) 11:10, December 30, 2020 SAN SALVADOR, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- At Christmas time, coffee pickers at El Salvador's mountaintop coffee plantations are busy filling baskets with the bright red berries used to produce the Central American country's famed gourmet brew. This December's harvest is of particular significance, for it could prompt the first online sales of gourmet coffee to Chinese consumers, as part of an e-commerce strategy he promoted throughout the year, said coffee consultant and businessman Hugo Hernandez. During the COVID-19 lockdown, Hernandez worked to connect Salvadoran producers with Chinese e-commerce companies to scale up trade between the two markets.