Gulfood 2011 products: The Marco Filtro Shuttle bulk filter coffee brewer

MARCO Beverages/La Marquise International Hall 1 Stand F1 - 4

27 February - 2 March 2011 - Dubai World Trade Center

FILTRO SHUTTLE BULK COFFEE BREWER - NOW WITH ADVANCED FEATURES

Leading European manufacturer of filter coffee brewers and water boilers, Marco Beverage Systems, will feature its products on the La Marquise stand [F1-4 in Hall 1]. Centre of attention will be Marco’s best-selling Filtro Shuttle bulk filter coffee brewer, which has been improved with a host of new features.

FILTRO SHUTTLE
Launched to great acclaim three years ago, the Filtro Shuttle is a 6-litre coffee brewer with a mobile urn, which may be removed for use at remote locations It is a compact bulk brewer – less than 300mm in width - that brews filter coffee at the touch of a button. It is designed and manufactured to meet the European Coffee Brewing Centre’s standards and to deliver coffee in line with the SCAE’s Gold Cup certification standard. Being insulated, the urn will keep coffee hot with minimal deterioration for up to two hours. It is ideal for venues with a medium to high volume requirement for coffee, such as hotels and restaurants, where coffee needs to be prepared in advance and for self-service applications, such as conference centres, workplace meeting rooms and staff restaurants.

UPGRADED SPECIFICATION
Now its specification has been improved for 2010 with programmable brew batch sizes, pre-infusion and pulse brewing for improved extraction control. There are now three fully programmable batch sizes, up to the full urn capacity of six litres. This means that caterers can choose for themselves how much to brew. Such flexibility is a boon and will result in less coffee wastage when smaller quantities are called for.

The Filtro Shuttle is also equipped with a pre-infusion feature and pulse brewing. This allows different brews for different coffees to be defined without engineer input, allowing tighter control of brewing parameters, with  improved extraction the continued goal. The water spray head has also been modified to optimise the spray pattern, ensuring improved coverage across the brew bed, irrespective of brew volume. Additionally, the basket lock time has been extended to cover drip time. That means the basket can only be removed when the brew is complete. This saves messy drips and avoids the danger of scalding. The Filtro Shuttle can be used with pre-portioned coffee sachets or is suitable for grind-on-demand systems.

Speaking about the improvements, Marco’s UK Sales Director, Chris York, said: “Our R&D department has been at work on the Filtro Shuttle, and that has resulted in a myriad of useful features to improve brew performance and usability. The new Shuttle is now a versatile mid-volume bulk coffee brewer with a performance that delivers Gold Cup quality time and time again.”