A portion capsule for producing a beverage includes a base element having a cavity in which a beverage raw material is provided and which is closed by a membrane fastened to the base element.

A portion capsule for producing a beverage includes a base element having a cavity in which a beverage raw material is provided and which is closed by a membrane fastened to the base element.

A portion capsule for producing a beverage includes a base element having a cavity in which a beverage raw material is provided and which is closed by a membrane fastened to the base element.

A capsule for infusion beverage by a dispensing machine has one or more upper sections containing liquid, one or more lower sections containing infusion mixture, and a spout placed into a base of the lower sections, the upper and lower section joined by a mechanical watertight connection or ultrasonic weld. A first and a second mechanical seal valve both with programmed breakage are respectively disposed on an upper side and a lower side of the upper sections. The lower sections are equipped with a diffuser filter placed on an upper side communicating with the upper sections, a diffuser filter placed on a lower side, and a lower mechanical seal valve with programmed breakage communicating with the spout. The lower mechanical seal valve has an opening threshold higher than an opening threshold of the second mechanical seal valve.

Container for a beverage or foodstuff preparation machine, the container for containing beverage or foodstuff material and comprising a code encoding preparation information, the code comprising a reference portion (80) and a data portion (78). The reference portion (80) comprises three reference units (86) defining a reference line (81), the three reference units (86) being arranged at the vertices of an isosceles reference triangle having a reference apex angle. The data portion comprises discrete positions (75) at locations determined relative to the reference line (81), each discrete position either comprises or does not comprise a data unit (82) to at least partially encode the preparation information, wherein the discrete positions (75) are arranged at vertices of a grid of isomorphic tessellating isosceles data triangles, the data triangles having a data apex angle different from the reference apex angle.

A portion capsule for producing a beverage includes a base element having a cavity in which a beverage raw material is provided and which is closed by a membrane fastened to the base element.

A portion capsule for producing a beverage includes a base element having a cavity in which a beverage raw material is provided and which is closed by a membrane fastened to the base element.

A capsule for the preparation of a beverage in a beverage preparation device having a flange partially made of paper and partially made of polymer so as to improve the inside tightness of the capsule, such as to prevent air enters inside the capsule via folds and creases, is disclosed. Methods of producing and using the capsule are also disclosed.

A beverage system for making a beverage that includes a single-serve capsule and a beverage machine. The capsule has a cavity containing a beverage material; a flange; a cover fastened to a top side of the flange; and an individualization identifier on a bottom side of the flange. The beverage machine includes: a capsule receptacle having a wall structure to receive the capsule; an optical sensor/detector positioned outside of the wall structure to direct a beam through a portion of the wall structure to read the identifier; a pump that supplies water into the portion capsule only after the identifier is read by the sensor/detector; a mandrel to pierce the cover in a region that is offset from the central axis; and a seal that seals against the cover in a region between a peripheral edge of the flange and the region of the cover pierced by the mandrel.

A single-serve packaging comprising a liquid-permeable filter material that surrounds a chamber in which an extraction material is arranged. The chamber is equipped with a movable closure device which can be moved from a closed position into a position that opens the chamber, wherein at least one marking (11) is provided on the movable closure device (84) in order to identify the single-serve packaging. A machine and a method for preparing a brewed beverage.