Coffee & Vine
A circular soil amendment for vineyards, made from spent coffee grounds and winery residues.
What are we selling?
A certifiable organic soil amendment made from composted spent coffee grounds and winery residues — not raw "coffee fertilizer," but a controlled, lab-analyzed product engineered for vineyard soil.
To whom?
Vineyards and wineries in Chile facing rising water stress and soil-management costs, concentrated in priority regions: Maule, O'Higgins, Metropolitana, Valparaíso and Coquimbo.
Why will they buy?
Because the value isn't the compost — it's measurable water savings and improved soil structure. If a vineyard saves $100 and the product costs $40, the business case is clear.
Three waste streams, one shared pressure on water
Coffee waste
Cafes generate spent grounds daily, with low value per kilo and no clear use.
Winery waste
Chile produces about 400,000 tons a year of grape pomace from wine and pisco.
Water pressure
Vineyards face growing water stress, so every liter saved has real value.
An organic amendment made from local waste
Coffee-Grape Soil Amendment
Spent coffee grounds and winery residues, composted and formulated as an organic amendment for vineyard soil.
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Collection
Coffee grounds from cafes + pruning residue and pomace from vineyards.
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Controlled composting
Blending, lab analysis and dosage control.
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Specialized amendment
Ready-to-sell, designed to retain moisture and add organic matter.
We do NOT sell raw "coffee fertilizer"
A poorly formulated mix can alter soil pH and nutrient availability.
We DO sell a certifiable organic amendment
Composting, lab analysis and controlled dosage, designed for vineyard soil.
How the circular flow works
Cafes
Hand over coffee grounds
Possible pickup feeCoffee & Vine
Collects, processes, blends
Controlled compostingVineyards
Buy the amendment
Primary revenueWineries
Circular-economy programs
Secondary revenueChile has both the raw material and the potential demand
of grape pomace estimated from Chile's wine and pisco industry
from producers and growers in the 2025 ODEPA survey
represented by that survey, a solid base to validate demand
Priority regions to launch local operations
The real benefit isn't the coffee
Coffee is just cheap raw material. The vineyard buys a solution to an agricultural problem with measurable value.
We don't sell compost
We sell soil improvement: organic matter and structure for the vine.
We don't sell waste
We sell potential water savings and greater drought resilience.
We don't sell promises
We sell measurable evidence: soil moisture and irrigation data.
Two revenue streams, one concentrated B2B customer
When is this really a business?
The vineyard doesn't buy compost. It buys water savings and soil improvement.
1 ha of vineyard
↓2,000,000 L
of water used per year
↓10% target reduction
(a validation goal, not a promise)
↓200,000 L
potentially saved per hectare/year
If the vineyard saves $100 and we charge $40, there is a business
If the vineyard saves $5 and we charge $40, there is no business
Priority #1: measure real savings before setting a price or promising results.
A 7-month plan to prove, measure and decide
Validation survey
Survey 30-50 vineyards on willingness to test and buy.
Sourcing setup
Partner with local cafes and one winery in a single zone.
Field pilot
Apply mixes to a small plot for one season vs. a control plot.
Data analysis
Compare treated vs. control and value the benefit per hectare.
Go / No-Go
Compare validated savings against product cost (economic viability rule).
Where this can fail, and how we prevent it
Coffee harming the soil
A poorly formulated mix can alter pH and nutrients.
Mitigation
Composting, lab analysis and controlled dosage. Never raw.
Transport too expensive
Distant cafes and vineyards can destroy the margin.
Mitigation
Local, concentrated operations in a single zone.
Promising unproven savings
No solid evidence yet of a specific % of irrigation saved.
Mitigation
Present savings as a hypothesis to validate, not a fact.
Can compost improve vineyard soil?
Is coffee+compost viable in Chile?
Is reduced irrigation proven yet?
Can we test and build a business?
We're not abandoning the idea. We're validating it.
Validation survey
Ask 30-50 vineyards if they would test it free or buy it if it works.
One-season pilot
A small plot with different mixes vs. a conventional control plot.
Objective measurement
Soil moisture, pH and irrigation use, before and after treatment.
Coffee & Vine turns an everyday waste stream into a measurable answer to Chilean viticulture's biggest problem: water.