Equipment

Cafitesse filter coffee brewing system – the cost efficient and sustainable way to serve good coffee at sea

JDE Peets equipped AURORA BOTNIA with the Cafitesse coffee system, uniquely sustainable and bio-safe, as a newbuilding

In the Business Lounge, Cafitesse makes coffee, black or white and cocoa.

Jacobs Douwe Egberts Peets (JDE Peets), the largest pure play coffee company in the world, services the AURORA BOTNIA with coffee from business lounge to crew mess. This vessel represents true forward thinking in the whole offshore industry. Consumers worldwide, but particularly in the Nordic area, are increasingly concerned about the human impact on Earth´s environment. Coming generations will in everyday life prefer consumption habits, including travel, that they know to be more sustainable.

“Navigare necesse est” was known thousands of years ago, even before coffee was discovered by humanity. Today, enjoying the aroma and taste of good coffee is part of seafaring. Regardless of if it is on the bridge in the middle of the night, or in a cruise liner gourmet restaurant, a cup of coffee feels like a part of good life.

One kilo of ground coffee produces about three kilos of wet grounds after brewing. Chief engineers know everything about coffee-fat clogged plumbing, not to mention disposing off large amounts of wet coffee grounds or stale coffee.

With the Cafitesse filter coffee system the wet grounds remain in the coffee factory, where they will convert into energy in the local power plant. The system produces a coffee cup in seconds, in unlimited number, but only on demand. Thus, precious coffee will not be wasted into sewers.

Additionally, Cafitesse produces coffee without contact with humans before it dispenses into cup. This makes the system uniquely biohazard-safe in crowded passenger environments.

Passengers and crew of AURORA BOTNIA enjoy good coffee aboard, always fresh and hot 24/7, brewed by Cafitesse offshore capable coffee dispensers. Our system is saving energy aboard, resources ashore and leaves nothing to waste, as the packaging is fully recyclable.

A vessel mid-life upgrade, or even annual yard overhaul, is a golden opportunity to put on-board coffee services and economics on track

Many vessels world-wide have expensive and resource wasting piston coffee brewers installed. These require cumbersome and expensive daily maintenance and produce massive volumes of coffee waste.

When a vessel changes owner or trading route it often goes through refurbishment and classification at a shipyard. This is an excellent opportunity to completely overhaul the coffee services into profitability and cost-efficiency, not to mention sustainability.

Old coffee brewing equipment are often energy wasting and work intensive on already stretched crews.

On almost every Åland hardworking short-sea ferry, Cafitesse is the chosen coffee system. Cafeteria staff want to concentrate on servicing passengers with good food and coffee around the clock. When cafeterias are closed, the brewers still serve with a swipe payment system for bank cards.

Similarly, on icebreaker tours in the Northern Baltic Sea, Cafitesse brewers serve the international, very demanding clientele with top quality flat whites, lattes or just jugs of black coffee. It is important for the customer that every cup is perfect and quickly served.

The Cafitesse coffee service immediately changes passenger perception of good coffee on board and increases service level. Customer satisfaction is further increased if sustainability, biohazard safety and recycling is visibly communicated.

More information: www.novacafi.fi