Chen said he would drink more coffee from now on and aggressively promote El Salvadoran coffee.
Chen revealed that he spent US$10,000 to purchase 900kg of quality El Salvadoran coffee, turning down a 50 percent discount offered by the supplier.
Taiwan is a small country but its coffee consumption is three-quarters that of China, he said.
"China buys Costa Rican coffee, but Taiwan buys El Salvadoran coffee," he said. "We are confident that El Salvadoran coffee will beat Costa Rican coffee because it is simply better."
Costa Rica switched diplomatic recognition to China in June.
Chen, alluding to China's UN representative pounding on the table to express his displeasure when Saca spoke in favor of Taiwan's UN application in 2004 and 2005, added he was thinking of shooting a commercial featuring him and Saca, who would pound on the table to protest against the poor quality of Costa Rican coffee.
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