The perfect blend: Iced tea product demands fast gentle blending, says Munson Machinery

摘要

While S&D Coffee of Concord, North Carolina produces upwards of 45.4 million kg of coffee annually, it also handles a respectable volume of tea. A family business since 1927, the company provides coffees, teas and juices to many restaurants, hotels, offices and vending system suppliers. Hot tea is actually co-packaged for the company, but iced tea product - not instant, but the type that involves fresh brewing - is blended in-house. S&D, in fact, supplies the iced tea product used at thousands of McDonald's restaurants, as well as providing for other restaurant chains. Over the last several years, S&D were producing 4.5 million kg of iced tea per year, requiring a three-shift operation.