Product development
Co.ind is a very high specialized group where the production process is managed with sophisticated electronic systems. The
principle phases of Co.ind coffee production are: control, roasting, blending, grinding, packaging.
Co.ind rigorous control process begins at the
moment of cultivation in the countries of origin, where Co.ind experts
carefully select the best raw coffee and verify its adherence to
pre-established standards. Upon arrival in Italy, the coffee is subjected to
further controls at the company’s in-house laboratory, where specific taste
tests and chemical and physical analyses are performed. To guarantee
consistency in aroma and flavour, Co.ind uses a sophisticated “basket” system
classifying each batch of green coffee with homogeneous organoleptic
characteristics.
Then the roasting process is extremely delicate.
In order to extract the best organoleptic characteristics from coffee beans,
they must be heated to extremely high temperatures ranging (from 200 to 240
degrees centigrade), and they must be uniformly roasted without being burned.
Sophisticated electronic equipment enables continuous monitoring of this
process, which is carried out following the specified roasting
"curve" defined for the coffee.
Just after
the coffee has been cleaned up from the last impurities starts the blending and just after, for ground and
pod coffee products, the grinding. Co.ind
coffee is processed with state-of-the-art roller grinders to ensure the best
quality, and the consistency of the output is controlled with a granulometer, a
modern instrument that utilises laser technology.
The last phase is the packaging process: the coffee is left
to rest inside special silos and packaged only when the right level of
maturation has been reached. Proper packaging is important for ensuring that
the coffee flavour and aroma are not altered. The coffee is packaged in vacuum
packed bags and is available in 250g bags for ground coffee, 500g and 1 Kg bags for whole beans and
single-serving paper for pods. Before it reaches the market, Co.ind coffee is
left to
mature two weeks into the warehouse: before it reaches the
market it must be approved by an expert
panel of tasters.
These steps provide the
most reliable quality guarantee for obtaining an extraordinary cup of espresso
for each customer and more than six thousands tons of green coffee roasted every year are
the guarantee of Co.ind quality.