Namibian Hardwood Charcoal

TREE SPECIES OF CHARCOAL PRODUCTS

1.  Acacia Melifera Charcoal (black thorn)

Acacia Melifera charcoal burns for a minimum of 3 hours with no sparking, no bad odour, contains no dust, ash or uncarbonized wood pieces and leaves white ash. Is used mainly for Shisha/Hookah and Barbeques.

2.  Acacia Tortillis /Tortilla Charcoal (umbrella thorn)

Acacia Tortillis charcoal burns for a minimum of 4 hours with no sparking, no bad odour, contains no dust, ash or uncarbonized wood pieces and leaves white ash. Is used mainly in restaurants, steak houses, pizzerias and domestic barbecues.

3.  Acacia Reficiens (red thorn)

Acacia Reficiens charcoal burns for a minimum of 3 hours with no sparking, no bad odour, contains no dust, ash or uncarbonized wood pieces and leaves white ash. Is used mainly in restaurants, steak houses, pizzerias and domestic barbecues.

4.  Mopane Charcoal (Colospermum)

Mopane charcoal burns for a minimum of 5 hours with no bad odour, contains no dust, ash or uncarbonized wood pieces and leaves white ash. Is used by the Turkish and Greek markets for professional use.

These are fine grained hardwoods with a very high density. Oak and maple timber typically weigh 500kg per metre where these woods weigh in the vicinity of 1,000kg per cubic metre.

PACKAGING

RESTAURANT grade is offered in printed triple-layered kraft paper bags or in printed laminated polypropylene bags with 10kg, 12kg or 15kg. The pieces are 40mm+ (we manage around 20,000kg in a 40ft HC container)

CONSUMER grade is offered in kraft paper bags with 5kg. The pieces are 20-39mm (we manage around 21,000kg in a 40ft HC container)

BULK packed charcoal is offered in 1 ton bags or 30-35kg used polypropylene bags. The pieces are 20mm+ (we manage around 21,000 in a 40ft HC container)