STiR coffee and tea magazine

12 STiR coffee and tea / Issue 3, 2017 (June/July) ENCOTECC Inc. USA +1 239 443 5074 Canada +1 514 800 2473 Europe +49 211 7311 5151 info@encotecc.com EQUIPMENT NEWS Eco Super Named SCA Product of the Year PFM DX fills 480 pouches per minute Pouch machines have either been capable of producing a variety of pouch formats at speeds limited to 50-100 pouches/minute, or if the requirement calls for faster speeds the machines are limited to a fixed format. The key to the machine's combination of very high speed and flexibility is the integration of the XTS (eXtended Transport System) produced by Beckhoff Automation. The DX enables groups of pouches to be buffered, tripling available filling time and maximising production speed. Intermittent motion is maintained with maximum format widths up to 240mm (9.45"). "Servo-everything" makes format changes a breeze," according to PRM packing expert Cristobal Jorge. The XTS transport is complemented by PFM's auto- mated format change in the pouch forming module. The DX can produce a wide variety of pouch styles: 3 or 4 side seal, stand-up and shaped pouches, the same machine can even be equipped with regular knives and full-shape dies which can be selected from the HMI. The usual pouch options are all available: zip, valves, tear notches, hang holes, inert gas etc. Learn more: info@pfm.it Alexa-Controlled Coffee Maker The Behmor connected brewer, the first smart brewer to be certified by the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA), now adds voice contol via Amazon Alexa. Using a smart device such as the Amazon Echo, consumers can ask Alexa questions from across the room. What's more, it can also used to operate Behmor's coffee makers. "Alexa, start brewing my coffee," is all it takes says founder and c.e.o. Joe Behm. The award-winning Behmor brewer allows users to configure craft-brewing parameters in seconds. It brews up to 8 cups at one time. And it's available Amazon for $199. Learn more: www.behmor.com PFM DX-series pouch machine Pinhalense Eco Super cherry pulper The Eco Super from Pinhalense, a pulper that features an unripe cherry separator that consumes no water, received the new product of the year citation at the Global Specialty Coffee Expo, Seattle. The Eco Super ofers twice the capacity of the Pinhalense machine that preceded it with a much smaller power requirement per unit of coffee processed. The new machine retained its unique features – the least physical damage to parchment and the least pulp mixed with parchment in the market and no parchment lost with the pulp. The unripe cherry separator is placed before (not after) the pulper, and only used to separate pulp and for repassing. This sequence equips the machine with the unique ability to separate cherries according to their degree of ripening, i.e., unripe, partially ripe, and ripe and to have a built-in repasser. Unripe and partially ripe cherries that are separated may and should be processed separately to obtain the highest quality available in each cherry fraction. Carlos Brando, director and partner of coffee consulting, marketing, and trading company P&A International Marketing pioneered the idea of presenting green coffee processing equipment in events that bring together coffee shops, retailers, industry, trade, and growers and was followed by competitors much later. Learn more: www.pinhalense.com.br/english Loring Signs China Distribution Deal Shanghai Fortunecaffe, Co. is the new exclusive distributor of Loring Smart Roast equipment in China and Hong Kong. The agreement announced is intended to enhance Loring's position in the increasingly popular Chinese specialty coffee industry. Shanghai Fortunecaffe also will provide support for Loring customers. "The China market represents an exciting opportunity for us," said Dennis Vogel, Loring's director of marketing and sales. "We expect that the growing interest in specialty coffee will translate into increased demand for precise and efficient coffee roasting machines. Shanghai Fortunecaffe has earned an excellent reputation in the specialty coffee industry. Working with them will enable us to deliver better value for our current and future customers in China."

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