How 5 Grams of Coffee Become a Nespresso Capsule (Factory Process Explained)

From a hand-picked coffee cherry near the equator to three factories in Switzerland — this is how a Nespresso capsule is really made. We follow the whole chain: Eric Favre's 1976 patent and the 10 years Nestlé sat on it, the AAA coffee sourcing program, washing and drying the beans, 41 quality checks, roasting, the ultra-even grind, stamping aluminium cups, dosing, flushing out oxygen and heat-sealing the lid — then what happens inside the machine at up to 19 bar, how Vertuo reads a barcode, the patent battles, and where billions of used capsules end up. Sources: Nespresso production centres factsheet, Nestlé full-year results 2025, Nespresso recycling and AAA program pages, Rainforest Alliance, USDA FAS, Wikipedia (Nespresso, Eric Favre), House of Switzerland. CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 0:41 The engineer who stole a Roman secret 2:04 From cherry to green bean 3:39 Roasting and the grind 5:20 Making the capsule 6:18 Inside the machine and the patent wars 7:20 Where billions of capsules go 8:26 The whole journey Subscribe to Conveyor Kitchen for more food factory breakdowns. #Nespresso #HowItsMade #FoodFactory #Coffee #FactoryTour