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www.flavourtech.com Instant Ready-to-dRInk & Co f f e e s that TasTe like the Real Thing the IntegRated extRaCtIon system Naturally Coffee processing facilities in Central America use a combi- nation of machinery for both wet and dry milling. To do this, beans are placed in cements tanks, commonly three feet deep. Enzymes naturally ferment in the water and break down the mucilage. This ferment-and-wash process re- quires time and large amounts of water. After washing, the beans are dried. This can be done out- doors under the sun or within drying machines if speed is im- portant or when rains persist. Removing pulp and mucilage While dry gravity separators are used to shake and vibrate the good cherries from the bad, wet processing remains a popular process despite the need for water. Brazilian equipment manufacturer Pinhalense has developed its LSC mechanical siphon to sort the ripe from the over-ripe. The LSC uses far less water than conventional siphon tanks and speeds the sorting of over-ripe floaters, commonly used in Brazil where naturals are central to both exports and local con- sumption. The LSC siphon recycles the little water it uses and con- tinuously discharges stones and other impurities without hu- man labor. Removing these elements is critical to avoid damage to the pulper and mucilage removal machine farther down the processing line. The LSC siphon can be combined with other Pinhalense machines or operate alone. Pinhalense is completing field tests on a new ECO SUPER D pulper that requires no water. The ECO SUPER D, to become available for exports in the second quarter of 2017, handles four tons of cherries per hour per module. Here's how it works. As the cherries flow through the ma- chine, adjustable size screens discard the unripe cherries at the same time they separate the pulp and skin from parchment with no damage to it. The pulp and skin are then discharged and re- turned to the plantation as compost. The remaining parchment move on to fermentation, the mucilage remover or a combina- tion of both.