The GEA Niro coffee processing system features the latest development in extraction technique.
After granulation/milling of the coffee beans, the extraction process starts. GEA Niro supplies two types of extractors:
• The traditional continuous CONTEX™ is a non-pressurized extractor utilizing only the aroma fraction of the coffee beans and thereby a relative low yield, but an excellent extract for the high quality extract market like liquid coffee etc. The extraction time, however, is long.
• The importance of a short extraction time is fully incorporated in the IC batch operated multi-extraction perculator, manually operated as a continuous process, or in the fully automatic and most modern FIC™ Extractor. Both extractors are pressurized to obtain a high utilization of the coffee beans (high yield). With the FIC™ system water is introduced at two different stages to decrease the extraction time, and the resulting extracts fulfil whatever quality/yield requirement you may have.