While the World Latte Art Championship turned heads at the recent World of Coffee San Diego trade show, many of the more than 17,000 people in attendance were focused on matters farther up the production cycle, in the roastery.
As Daily Coffee News continues its in-depth coverage of the show, we turn now to a range of products debuting at World of Coffee tackling issues such as green coffee sorting, analysis and quality control, through sample roasting and production roasting machinery, and into packing and filling. (Read all of DCN’s WOC San Diego Coverage).
DCN will have more information on many of these new products in upcoming individual reports:
Green Coffee
ProfilePrint Mini Beluga
ProfilePrint Baby Beluga. Daily Coffee News photo by Howard Bryman.
The Mini Beluga is the smallest, lightest analyzer yet from analytical tools and services provider ProfilePrint. Designed for use on farms, in warehouses and in roasteries, the portable device weighs less than 3 pounds, detects moisture and coordinates with the company’s AI platform to predict SCA scores, flavor profiles and more.
Demetria Aroma Molecular Sorter
Demetria Aroma. Daily Coffee News photo by Howard Bryman.
Coffee analysis company Demetria introduced the Aroma, an AI-powered molecular green coffee sorter. Built in partnership with industrial optical sorting machine maker 3U Vision, the Aroma applies Demetria’s near-infrared sensor and AI analytical technology to sort high volumes of green coffee not only by defects, but also by sensory attributes, caffeine content, moisture content and other characteristics.
Ecotact Trace IQ
EcoTact Trace IQ. Daily Coffee News photo by Nick Brown.
India-based hermetic food storage solutions company Ecotact launched the Ecotact Trace IQ, a device for real-time tracking and transmission of location, temperature, moisture and light data from inside green coffee shipping containers.
Roasting Machines
Sivetz SRM5E and SRM9E
Sivetz SRM5E. Daily Coffee News photo by Nick Brown.
Fluid-bed roaster maker Sivetz Roasting Machines centered its World of Coffee booth on two smaller-batch roasting machines new to the brand, the 5-kilogram-capacity SRM5E and 9-kilogram-capacity SRM9E. Both were designed and originally manufactured by Kansas-based Peachey Roasters. The companies unified under the Sivetz brand this year.
Roast Master FAB Series Roasters
Roast Master FAB. Daily Coffee News photo by Howard Bryman.
San Diego’s own Roast Master displayed its new fourth-generation FAB (Fluid Air Bed) roasters, which come in 300-gram, 1-kilogram, 2.5-kilogram and 6-kilogram capacities. Available now either for purchase or as no-cost loaners to cafes that enter into an exclusive green coffee supply arrangement, the new machines offer full automation of downloadable profiles and are compatible with Roast Master 110-volt electric afterburners.
Mill City Roasters M-Series Machines
Mill City M-Series. Daily Coffee News photo by Nick Brown.
Mill City Roasters showed off its new flagship M-Series machines, which launched earlier this year. As its first line of models fully fabricated in-house, the M-Series machines offer features that accommodate both hands-on control and automation for those who want or need it.
Stronghold S2 Roaster
Stronghold S2. Daily Coffee News photo by Howard Bryman.
After offering a sneak peek at the Specialty Coffee Expo in Houston last year, South Korean roaster maker Stronghold officially launched its compact, 300-gram-capacity S2 roaster, which applies heat and tracks stats using the same systems as its larger commercial equipment.
Ikawa Go
UK-based sample roaster maker Ikawa launched the Ikawa Go, a simplified edition of its 50-gram-capacity professional machine. The durable, aluminum-cased Ikawa Go offers back-to-back roasts built on Ikawa’s signature mechanical and digital platform at a more accessible price.
Coffee Is Home Roma-X
Roma-X. Daily Coffee News photo by Howard Bryman.
Newly rebranded parent company Coffee Is Home Intelligent Technology (formerly MagoMaga) brought its redesigned, third-generation home roaster, the Roma-X. In its new form factor, the Roma-X maintains the previous generation’s 300-gram capacity and fluid-bed heating system while adding 266 onboard roast profiles, wi-fi for sharing and downloading more profiles, full roast automation and a built-in smoke filter.
Production and Packing
Pinecone Redwood
Pinecone Redwood. Daily Coffee News photo by Howard Bryman.
Swiss coffee grinder company Pinecone used the booth of its U.S. distributor, GH Grinding & Brewing Solutions, to present the Redwood industrial grinder. Designed for use either as a standalone grinder or for continuous duty in packaging and capsule-making production lines, the machine’s 120-millimeter flat burrs can be started, stopped and adjusted remotely.
Sibarist Immersion Bags
Sibarist bags. Daily Coffee News photo by Howard Bryman.
High-end paper filter company Sibarist rolled out its first products aimed specifically at commercial coffee companies, including paper filter products for cold and hot immersion brewing. Made from specific formulations of Sibarist’s signature high-permeability paper technology, the cold brew bags are geared toward cafe use, while the single-serve immersion bags target roasting companies alongside services for grinding, loading and labeling.
ColdPerk Commissary 70
ColdPerk Commissary 70. Daily Coffee News photo by Howard Bryman.
Cold brew equipment maker ColdPerk rolled out the Commissary 70, a scaled-up version of its Cafe 2 brewer. Aimed at roasters, RTD beverage makers and other high-volume production settings, the Commissary 70 makes up to 28 gallons of espresso-strength concentrate from 70 pounds of ground coffee in about two hours.
Sovda Precision Fill Mini V2
Sovda Precision Fill Mini V2 at the SCA Best New Product Awards. Daily Coffee News photo by Howard Bryman.
Production roastery equipment maker Sovda won the Best New Product award in the Open Class category for its recently launched Precision Fill Mini V2 weigh-and-fill system, a compact tabletop machine designed to precisely load retail bags of coffee.
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