SISTEMA MODULAR PARA EL BENEFICIO HÚMEDO DE CAFÉ SIN CONTAMINACIÓN DE LAS AGUAS

La presente invención se refiere a una máquina y un proceso para el lavado de café con degradación previa del mucílago por fermentación natural o por la adición de enzimas pectinolíticas, con la cual se controla el 100% de la contaminación de las aguas que se genera en el proceso de beneficio húmedo del café, reduciendo totalmente el impacto de las mieles al medio ambiente. The instant invention discloses a coffee washing machine wherein the coffee mucilage has previously been degraded by means of natural fermentation or by the addition of pectinolytic enzymes, wherein the degradation process minimizes the coffee's environmental impact together with the washing process. The method disclosed in the instant invention comprises: i) depulping coffee berries; ii) conveying coffee to a screening system in order to remove berries not depulped and the vast majority of the pulp; iii) conveying depulped berries to a tank, iv) storing the depulped berries in tanks allowing for mucilage degradation either through natural fermentation or by use of pectinolytic enzymes; v) conveying coffee from the fermentation tank towards the mechanical washer; vi) removing the degraded mucilage, allowing for washed coffee ready to initiate the drying phase.