NEW YORK -- On a sunny day in July, a delegation of Taiwanese trade officials was invited to visit the El Salvador Coffee Council for a taste test of a freshly brewed cup of the Central American country's choice beans.
Taiwan was already a willing buyer -- the sixth-largest importer of Salvadoran coffee beans in 2017, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture -- and the trip presented an opportunity to show off Taipei's warm relations with El Salvador, one of the self-governed island's few remaining allies.
