Coopdota

Coopdota turned to Bioflame to replace a manpower intensive, expensive and inefficient process of transforming husk into useful energy.

The Problems

How to cut out the burning of wood and forestry products and simply rely on husk for energy - the natural waste of coffee processing. The existing process was a manual operation - manpower intensive, expensive, inefficient, damaging to the coffee and damaging to the environment.

How to stop damaging the coffee through wildly fluctuating drying temperatures.

The Bioflame Solution

  • Replaced wood fuel with 100% waste coffee husk
  • Low maintenance - only half hour per week
  • Fully automatic - low operating manpower
  • Computer controlled to emulate real sun drying
  • Accurate to +/- 2oC for highest quality drying
  • Cleanburn technology - independently tested on site by Government Officials at 89.2% efficiency
  • No harmful emissions proven at same test
  • Refractory ceramics guaranteed for 5 years
  • PIN enabled for payment protection
  • Average real payback is less than two years
  • Five year data and track record

Roberto Mata, General Manager of Coopdota RL - winner of best National Estates Coffee

Prize at Sintercafe 04 for highest quality coffee.

Since converting to Bioflame equipment Roberto has:

  • Halved his production costs to $7 a bag
  • Improved quality at a premium of $20 a bag
  • Saved 7,000m3 of wood p.a.
  • Returned $82 a bag to his 700 member farmers last year (the world average was $18 - source World Bank)

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