In 2005, we completed an extensive factory expansion increasing our single shift capacity to 10 million pounds of green beans processed per year. The volume equates to 3 million eight-ounce cups per day. The second, completely independent, production line was designed with a keen sense of energy, efficiency and environmental conscience with 80% recycling of water and 80% recapture of energy use. As an example, the water from the plant’s reverse osmosis system is used in a wet scrubber that provides pollution control for the two new coffee roasters. 100% of the extracted coffee grind waste is de-watered and recycled through composting or biomass energy. This is fully the same 10 million pounds per year of incoming green coffee. In addition, Central Maine Power awarded a grant to the company for its use of energy-efficient motors and VFD motor controls.

The new production line consists of (2) computer controlled Diedrich Coffee Roasters; (2) water cooled coffee grinders with a capacity of 2,500 lbs/hour each; an X Café patented and proprietary coffee extractor with a batch capacity of 12,500 lbs (1/3 tractor trailer load per batch); a 130 GPM water purification reverse osmosis system that purifies 100% of the incoming water from Sebago Lake with 60,000 gallons on-site storage; and a fully computerized fail-safe control computer to monitor the entire facility. In addition, X Café has installed (6) green bean silos which each hold 60,000 lbs of green beans. The system weighs and meters these green beans for delivery to either one of the coffee roasters on demand through a touch pad controlled by our highly trained coffee roastmasters.

Since 1999, X Café has grown rapidly. Future plans include a West Coast satellite facility and licensed extraction facilities in other countries. X Café’s business model is similar to the decaffeination industry. We have developed a technology that can be reproduced by license in select locations around the world for the processing of fresh roasted coffee into concentrated extract.