Nespresso has partnered with Swedish cycling start-up Vélosophy to create 1,000 bicycles in the same shade as their popular 'Arpeggio' coffee pods
After two years in development, RE:CYCLE, a stylish urban bicycle made from discarded Nespresso pods, is ready to roll. And it only takes 300 espressos to make one.
Developed by Swedish start-up Vélosophy in collaboration with Nespresso, the limited edition model retails for €1,290 ($1,446). It showcases the creative possibilities for the afterlife for the billions of single-use coffee pods discarded around the world every year.
What is otherwise looked at as waste is given new life as a bike. It’s a beautiful way to sustain our earth’s resources and just one of the ways to put life in motion. The result is called RE:CYCLE – a ride that’s a perfect marriage of sustainability and design. An instant icon of circular economy design. Recycling upcycled.
RE:CYCLE’s got all the finishing touches you’d expect from a bycle – and then some surprise additions made by Vélosophy. The striking purple frame is inspired by arpeggio, one of the favourite Nespresso coffees, while the bell is modelled on the iconic shape of the capsule.
Jean-Marc Duvoisin, CEO of Nespresso, said that through their collaboration with Vélosophy, they are illustrating to coffee lovers the potential of recycling their coffee capsules.
We have teamed up with TerraCycle to enable a premium solution to recycling, ensuring a responsible option for a second life for used capsules. TerraCycle is a multi-award winning company that provides a zero-waste solution for all recyclable coffee pods. All packaging, capsules and lids can be fully recycled.
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The Nespresso compatible coffee capsule from Pressogno convinced a Jury of Restaurateur and Coffee Connoisseur. Nespresso and Lidl fared the worst.
Coffee in a capsule has become a common household good in our kitchen and offices since Nespresso replaced their Head of Marketing in 1988. Nespresso's initial attempt to wipe out all clones with law suits has now evolved to almost any Retailer offering one or more of the many compatible Coffee Capsule brands.
The Newspaper "Der Landbote" wanted to find out once and for all which Nespresso compatible Capsule Coffee was the best in their opinion and invited Coffee Experts to join their panel. Each Juror was served one Espresso after the other without identifying the product.
The results of the tasting:
Good:
"Espresso Medium" from Pressogno achieved the highest score. The jury's verdict for the surprise winner: "A balanced Espresso."
Average:
Espresso Bar "Italia Supremo" from Aldi
La Mocca Caffè "Espresso Forte" from Coop
Cafe Royal "Espresso" from Migros
Below standard:
Bonga "Red Mountain from Rägeboge Biolade
"Arpeggio" from Nespresso
Bellarom "Classico Espresso" from Lidl
The Coffee Experts at work:
Céline Hauri (Sahara-Bar), Eva Kirchheim (<Landbote>), Kari Fatzer (Cappuccino), Bruno Müller (Royal Pacific Coffee), Lara Stoll (Promi), Sam Meier (Kafisatz)
Pressogno a surprise Winner
Already after the first Espresso it became apparent, that the Jurors were very critical. Céline Hauri, Manager of the Sahara Bar and being one of the heaviest coffee drinker at the table, was quick to pull out the lowest score and wrote "criminal". Lara Stoll, another Juror, wanted to extend the voting to allow negative points.
The overall results shows that neither of the 9 Coffees was awarded a "very good" (5 Points) nor a "good" (4 Points); the best coffee achieved a "good" with 2.8 Points, the 3 worst coffees even missed out on a score of "bad", having achieved less than 2 points.
The low scores are the results of very high expectations, as the coffee experts compared to coffees from coffee shops. Coffee roaster Bruno Müller critisises that "Home coffee machines often burn coffee, with intention. The producers assume that coffee drinkers won't be pre-heating the cups".
The suprise winner as awarded by the jury was Espresso Medium from Pressogno, which in Australia is available online and from SPAR outlets. There are 3 products sharing second spot were the Aldi Coffee, the Coop product and the Migros capsules, which was the most expensive product.
From the discount retailers, Aldi offered the cheapest Nespresso compatible capsules and the Bellarom pods from Lidl received the lowest scores from 5 of the 6 jurors. Clearly below average ranged the expensive Arpeggio from the market leader Nespresso. The jury liked to look of the product but found the taste too bitter.
Tipp: The independent Consumer magazine K-Tipp also tested which coffee capsules work best with Nespresso coffee machines and Pressogno achieved a perfect score of 100%.
Keurig Green Mountain Taken Private in $13.9 Billion Deal
Biggest coffee deal in the world expected to add to JAB’s coffee holdings
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Keurig, known for its single-serve coffee cups and machines, has struggled over the past year, in part because of the rollout of its next-generation hot brewers.PHOTO: DANIEL ACKER/BLOOMBERG NEWS
JAB Holding Co. said it is buying Keurig Green Mountain Inc. for $13.9 billion in the biggest coffee deal on record, adding the U.S. pioneer of single-serve pods to the European investment firm’s global coffee empire.
Closely held JAB agreed to pay a 78% premium for Keurig’s shares, which have fallen sharply over the past year amid troubled product launches and other challenges. That represents the second-highest premium paid this year among deals valued over $1 billion, according to Dealogic, which also said the deal is the biggest acquisition in the packaged-coffee or cafe sectors.
JAB’s purchase offers new life to Keurig as its struggles with declining sales, and renders profitable the stake held by Coca-Cola Co., its largest shareholder, which found its stake nearly $1 billion underwater as of Friday.
The acquisition, announced Monday, is a major doubling down on coffee for JAB, which manages the money of one of Germany’s wealthiest families, the Reimanns. The investment firm, which also owns other assets including luxury brands Bally and Jimmy Choo PLC and beauty-products maker Coty Inc., is betting that adding Keurig’s technology and its reach in the U.S. to its current holdings can make it a stronger rival to competitors including Nestlé SA, the world’s largest packaged-coffee company. Keurig has a roughly 20% share of the packaged-coffee market in the U.S., according to Euromonitor International Inc.—although it shares some of its revenue with brands likeStarbucks Corp. whose coffee it packages into its K-Cups. Stifel Capital Markets estimated that adding Keurig would increase JAB’s share of the $80 billion global market for packaged coffee to mid-to-high-teens percentage, compared with a mid-20s percentage for Nestlé. Buying Keurig could help JAB further its mission to become “the Bud(weiser) of the coffee space,” said Susquehanna Financial Group analyst Pablo Zuanic.
JAB said little about its plans beyond a statement in which Chairman Bart Becht said the deal “represents a major step forward in the creation of our global coffee platform.”
He said Keurig is “a fantastic company that uniquely brings together premium coffee brands” and its single-serve technology for machines and pods. Keurig will operate as an independent entity after the deal, he said.
The acquisition follows a string of other coffee-related deals for JAB. It bought U.S.-based chains Caribou Coffee Co. and Peet’s Coffee & Tea in 2012, then last year acquired the parent company of Einstein Bros. Bagels. This year JAB acquired two upscale, niche players in the U.S., Stumptown Coffee Roasters and Intelligentsia Coffee Inc.
Analysts said JAB could see opportunity to expand Keurig’s brewers to Europe, where it doesn’t yet compete with pod-based brewers like Nestlé’s Nespresso.
Euromonitor beverage analyst Virginia Lee said taking Keurig private also will let it “make adjustments to its marketing and product development strategy away from the scrutiny of the investment community.”
Other aspects of JAB’s strategy are less clear, such as how it plans to leverage its added scale to gain better purchasing price or any other synergies.
Mark Astrachan, an analyst at Stifel, said the deal could pose a risk to connections Keurig has within the industry such as its deal with Starbucks to make K-Cup pods. Starbucks is a direct competitor with companies that JAB owns.
The deal values Keurig at $92 a share, compared with its Friday close of $51.70. Keurig’s stock had fallen 67% as of Friday from its all-time closing high of $157.10 in November 2014.
The acquisition hurt investors who had bet on Keurig’s poor performance continuing by borrowing its shares to sell short.
Among them was David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital Inc., which said in October that its Keurig position had been one of its top moneymakers this year.
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Greenlight still had a small short position in Keurig as of Monday, according to a person familiar with the matter. Other investors benefited from the deal, including Ricky Sandler’s $6.5 billion Eminence Capital LLC, which said a week ago that it had amassed a 7.2% stake in Keurig.
Keurigs’s coffee pods and single-serve machines redefined the U.S. market, but by last year, sales were stagnating and private-label makers of coffee pods were a competitive threat. Keurig’s revenue in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 26 fell 4% to $4.52 billion, while profit slid 16% to $498 million.
Chief Executive Brian Kelley, a former Coke executive, bet on a new brewing system called Keurig 2.0 launched last year that brews different-sized pots and specialty drinks. Sales of the new machines have disappointed, Keurig has said.
Mr. Kelley also pushed the development of a machine, dubbed Kold, that makes carbonated beverages in the kitchen and competes with SodaStream International Ltd. That enticed Coke to build a 17.4% stake in Keurig, and on Kold’s launch in late September began selling pods for the machine from Coke brands.
Coke said it paid roughly $91 a share for its Keurig investment. The acquisition by JAB would enable Coke to reap a $25 million gain.
Cashing out gives Coke more funds to make other acquisitions or return cash to shareholders. But it also represents an unwinding of one of Coke’s biggest bets in recent years. Coke Chief Executive Muhtar Kent called the Kold machine, a “real game-changing” innovation when Coke announced its 10-year Keurig partnership in February 2014.
Since then, many analysts have cooled on Kold, saying it is too bulky and expensive. Brian Holland, an analyst at Consumer Edge Research, said Keurig let expectations get too high for Kold. Building up that business is going to take years, “and the investor scrutiny that this company faces was going to make it difficult for them to keep their eye on that long-term strategy.”
Mr. Kent said Monday that Coke will continue its collaboration with JAB on single-serve, pod-based machines like Kold.
—Mike Esterl, Anne Steele, Juliet Chung and David Benoit contributed to this article.
*Simply contact us if you are unsure about the compatibility of your machine.
*Excludes professional machines, Siemens machines, built-in models (Miele), Breville Umilk with integrated Aerocino and automatic piercing, brewing & ejection of capsules and the very old capsule-holder machines.
Has the compatibility been tested?
Yes. K-Tipp, a leading European consumer magazine performed a test with 12 Nespresso coffee machines and 8 Coffee Capsule brands.
Capsules from these brands fit into all machines and are 100% compatible with the machines tested:
Do the new Nespresso® machines destroy your capsules?
No. The technical modifications that Nespresso® machines have undergone in 2013 in no way impact the functionality of our Pressogno capsules. In a test done by a large European Consumer Magazine Pressogno achieved a score of 100%.
Our capsules are guaranteed 100% compatible with all the latest Nespresso® machines.
Guaranteed 100% Nespresso® machine compatible
Will my Nespresso® machine warranty be lost if I use Pressogno capsules?
No, the manufacturer can not refuse to provide services while your machine is still under warranty.
Tipp: If your Nespresso machine stopped working and is out of warranty, Nespresso offers a repair service for $75. This includes pick-up, repair, delivery and even a loan machine while your machine is being repaired!
Can your Nespresso® Compatible Capsules be recycled and are they safe to use?
We can confirm that our Capsules are absolutely safe to use and can be recycled.
BPA free plastic
100% recyclable Polypropylene with high melting point
Non-toxic
90% of all Nespresso compatible capsules use Polypropylene
Our capsules come with an Aluminium lid
Maintenance tips for producing the perfect Espresso
The quality of your Pressogno coffee depends on the machine used and how it is maintained. Here are some tips:
After each use of your machine, it is recommended to run water (without a capsule in the machine) for around 6 seconds in order to avoid the deposit of the coffee ground within the flow system. For automatic machines, just press the "espresso button".
To maintain the optimum temperature and quality of your espresso, descale your machine regularly. There is special cleaning equipment that has been especially designed for the Nespresso® machines and its components. It is not recommended to use vinegar, as it may damage your machine.
As the quality of water is essential for a good espresso, we also advise that you refill the water tank on a daily basis.
Please consult the manual that came with your machine for specific maintenance and troubleshooting tips.
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Descaling your Nespresso machine is necessary from time to time to remove hard water deposits and impurities. We recommend coffee machine descaling at least once a year
Descaling can be done in six easy steps and should take about 20 minutes.
Follow these steps:
Prepare your machine
Turn on your machine
Eject any capsule, empty the capsule container and the drip tray
Put in 1 liter of warm fresh water (4 cups) in the water container.
Mix in a sachet of descaling solution.
Place a container than can hold up to one liter of water under the coffee outlet.
Descale Mode
Pixie, Essenza, Citiz and Inissia – simultaneously press on two buttons for three seconds until the lights will start to flash quickly; this indicates the machine is in descale mode
U – simultaneously press all three buttons for three seconds.until the lights will start to flash quickly; this indicates the machine is in descale mode
Lattisima – put in the descaling nozzle, press the cappuccino button.
Descaling your machine
Press the Lungo button and wait until the flow has finished
Fill the water tank with the used solution
Press the Lungo button and let all the descaling solution flow through the machine again
Rinse
Empty and rinse out the water container.
Refill it with fresh water.
Press the Lungo button to empty the container of its content.
Empty and rinse out the drip tray.
Exit the Descaling Mode
Pixie, Essenza, Citiz and Inissia – press the two buttons simultaneously for three seconds. The lights will flash for 25 seconds during the preheating mode.
U – press and hold three buttons simultaneously for three seconds.
Latissima – take out the descaling nozzle.
Your machine is now ready!
Note:
Be sure to use caution on countertops as this acid formula can have a similar effect as that of lemon juice.
What Product should I buy?
You can buy the original Nespresso descale product, but there are also good alternatives such as Dezcal or Cleancaf.
For more detail, please watch the following demo videos from Nespresso:
