The Bluewater Spirit air purifier, a part of the Cafe Station 1 bundle. All pictures courtesy of Bluewater. 

Water purification tools firm Bluewater is hoping to make a splash within the espresso trade with the Bluewater Café Station 1, a purification and mineralization system particularly for specialty espresso outlets.

Revealed final month on the World of Espresso expo in Copenhagen, Denmark, the Café Station consists of the model’s Spirit air purifier, which applies the corporate’s proprietary SuperiorOsmosis Know-how to take away PFAS, micro plastics, poisonous metals and different contaminants to incoming water.

The Bluewater crew on the World of Espresso expo in Copehnagen.

A mineralizer part then provides calcium and magnesium in a 2:1 ratio utilizing the Sweden-based firm’s proprietary Liquid Rock mineral answer. This raises the TDS of the water to a stage benefitting espresso taste with out inflicting scaling in boilers, in response to the corporate.

“The distinctive Bluewater formulation is designed to be extremely dissolved in water,” Bluewater Product Advertising Supervisor Maximillian Lundin advised Each day Espresso Information following the launch.

A devoted app permits customers to regulate the TDS on the fly, right down to a drink-by-drink foundation, relying on drink quantity and the size of water traces. Customers can select one of many pre-programmed TDS ranges or make changes utilizing sliders on the app. Settings vary from reverse-osmosis water with a TDS of 4, as much as a most TDS of 300.

“That is the place we get into the play space for baristas and beverage makers,” stated Lundin. “It’s real-time changes so the change is instantaneous from one setting to a different. Throughout assessments, our collaboration companions at Standout Espresso have ready espressos and V60s back-to-back with completely different mineral dosing to exactly establish the setting that matches simply the qualities of the particular bean that they need to improve.”

The Spirit air purifier and the mineralizer that comprise the Cafe Station 1 bundle may also be offered individually. Bluewater leases the tools to prospects on a month-to-month subscription foundation whereas customers buy Liquid Rock replenishments.

Lundin stated a five-year rental contract usually begins within the vary of US$130-$150 per thirty days. A 1,000-milliliter refill of Liquid Rock, sufficient for about 500-700 liters of mineralized water relying on the dosing, sells for $99.

Lundin estimated that prices for a store promoting 200-300 items of espresso per day land at about 3-5 cents per cup. 

Bluewater Group was based in 2013 in Stockholm, the place it maintains its international headquarters. Providing a variety of water purification options for client and residential functions, the company additionally has places of work in the USA, the UK and South Africa. 

Merchandise based mostly on SuperiorOsmosis expertise are designed by a crew of Bluewater engineers beneath the course of founder and CEO Bengt Rittri. The mineralizer unit was collectively developed by Bluewater and the scientific analysis crew on the KTH Royal Institute of Know-how in Stockholm. The minerals used to create Liquid Rock are harvested from Swedish mountains, in response to the corporate.

“We can be prepared for the market launch of the Café Station later this 12 months,” Lundin stated. “Within the U.S., Bluewater Inc has been energetic for years offering the purifiers throughout the nation. It’s nice to have the ability to add the Café Station to the portfolio.”

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