Coffee capsules (Nespresso)
Cápsulas de café (Nespresso)
- Date
- 1976-1986 · confidence high
- Place
- Nestlé, Vevey, Switzerland
- Credited to
- Eric Favre (Nestlé, 1976 patent); launched in 1986
- People
- 👤 Eric Favre
- Field
- Tools
What it is
Domestic espresso coffee system using sealed single-serve capsules and a pressurised machine. It created a multi-billion-dollar market and a closed-consumable business model.
What it led to
- Premium coffee at home and the crisis of traditional cafés
- The razor-and-blades business model in household appliances
- The problem of aluminium waste and compostable capsules
Built on
- espresso machine
- aluminium packaging
Made possible
- compatible capsule machines
- tea and soup capsules