Every Bean, Inspected. Every Bag, Exactly What You Intended.

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You decide what makes the cut

Pearl Mini scans every bean and rejects only what's truly defective, and only what you tell it to reject.
Most roasters reject 1–2% depending on the coffee, not 20%.

You keep more good coffee and remove what would have slipped through.

Color options

Speed

250 kg/h roasted, 500 kg/h green. Built for roasters running 15–70kg machines — with room to grow.

Precision

Calibrated at your roastery, not a factory floor. That's why most SOVDA roasters reject 1–2% of their coffee, not 20%.

Designed for Roasters

You set the threshold. Pearl Mini executes it — consistently, across every batch.

1–2%

Typical reject rate, not 20%. Two high-speed cameras inspect every bean, and you decide what stays.

Scalable Speed

Start at your current volume. The machine won't hold you back when you scale.

Buy Riskier Lots with Confidence

Buy the coffees other roasters have to pass on — naturals, experimentals, riskier lots. Pearl Mini has your back.

FEATURES & BENEFITS

Beyond Quakers

Burnt beans, patio stones too light for your destoner, quakers — Pearl Mini catches what density-based sorting can't.

Simple or Full Control — Your Choice

Intelligent Mode builds recipes for you automatically. Or take manual control and set exactly what stays and what goes.

Two Cameras, Every Bean

Two high-speed cameras, 500+ inspections per second. Every bean, every side, every time.

Specs

Dimensions

Downloads

Core specs

Sorting Rate

250kg/hr (roasted); 500kg/hr (green)

Intake hopper size

110L (~40kg/88lbs)

Construction

Food safe materials, including stainless steel, and aluminum

Utility requirements

Power (North America)

120v, 60Hz, single phase (transformer is supplied to boost to 220v)

Power (global)

220, 50/60Hz, single phase

Compressed air

Minimum 170 L/min. at 0.5MPa (6 CFM at 72.5 psi), dried and filtered

Sorting and Packing Line Drawing (PDF)

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Sorting Line Drawing (PDF)

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Sorting Line Drawing (DXF)

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The Full Sorting Line

Add a SOVDA Destoner Lift and your coffee is destoned and sorted in one flow — stones removed by density, defects removed by sight. Your customer gets exactly the coffee you intended.

See the SOVDA Lift and Destoner →

Delivery, installation, training

Delivery

Shipped direct to your roastery. CIF, DAP, or DDP depending on your region — we'll help you pick the right option.

Assembly and commissioning

Follow the installation guide, submit the setup checklist, and book our team. We'll calibrate your Pearl Mini to your preferences and dial in accuracy before you sort your first batch.

Training

We'll walk you through recipe building, Intelligent Mode, manual tuning, and long-term maintenance.

GALLERY

Optimist Coffee, Germany

Black and White, United States

Cycle Roasters, Germany

Curate Coffee Collective, United States

Your Pearl Mini questions, answered

Does the Pearl Mini Color Sorter replace a Destoner?

No. The Pearl Mini is optical — it catches visual defects like quakers, burnt beans, and light patio stones. A density-based destoner catches heavy stones. They work best together, which is why SOVDA offers the Destoner Lift as a paired setup.

What does the Pearl Mini do?

The Pearl Mini is an optical color sorter for specialty coffee roasteries. It scans every bean with two high-speed cameras and uses air jets to eject defects — quakers, burnt beans, insect and water damage, and light stones — from either green or roasted coffee, so what ends up in the bag is only what you chose to keep.

How fast is the Pearl Mini?

The Pearl Mini is built to grow with you. It sorts up to 250 kg/hr (~550 lb/hr) and keeps pace with roasters up to 70 kg, so it's a buy-once machine: you won't have to replace your color sorter as your roastery scales.

What defects can the Pearl Mini remove?

The Pearl Mini Color Sorter removes visual defects that density sorting misses: quakers, burnt beans, patio stones too light for a destoner, and — on green coffee — insect damage, water damage, and common defects like sours and blacks. Because it sorts by sight (color and shape) rather than weight, it catches defects a destoner physically can't.

What power and utilities does the Pearl Mini need?

In North America, it runs on a standard 120 V, 60 Hz single-phase outlet (a transformer is supplied to boost to 220 V); the global version runs on 220 V, 50/60 Hz single-phase.

It also uses compressed air to eject defects, so you'll need a dedicated workshop compressor with a dryer and filter — at least 170 L/min at 0.5 MPa (about 6 CFM). A small shop unit won't keep up. We'll confirm sizing for your setup during site prep.

Which roasters use the Pearl Mini?

Roasteries running the Pearl Mini include Tim Wendelboe, Onyx, DAK, Black & White, Koppi, Optimist Coffee, Cycle Roasters, Coffee Collective, SEY, Philocoffea, Alchemist, Blue Bottle, and Verve.

How much does a Pearl Mini Coffee Color Sorter cost?

Most roasteries invest $35,000–$55,000 for a complete sorting solution, depending on configuration and whether you add a Destoner Lift. That includes on-site calibration, training, and specialty-grade support — not just a machine.

Cheaper import sorters are built for commodity throughput, not specialty quality. The Pearl Mini is dialed in to your coffee and rejects only what you ask it to reject — typically 1–2%, not 20% — so it pays for itself in the good coffee you stop throwing away.

See our detailed pricing or talk to our team about your setup.

Every Bean, Inspected. Every Bag, Exactly What You Intended.

You decide what makes the cut

Speed

Precision

Designed for Roasters

1–2%

Scalable Speed

Buy Riskier Lots with Confidence

Beyond Quakers

Simple or Full Control — Your Choice

Two Cameras, Every Bean

Specs

Dimensions

Downloads

The Full Sorting Line

Delivery

Assembly and commissioning

Training

Ready to join the world’s best?

Your Pearl Mini questions, answered

Talk to our sales team.