Ahold Coffee Company B.v.

Laurentius Gerardus Meelker

Marlies Van Dullemen

Freerk Van Oudheusden

Erwin Bartelds

Jozef Henricus Pollmann

There is disclosed a capsule for the preparation of a beverage using an extractable and/or dissolvable product and a quantity of hot and/or pressurized liquid. The capsule comprises a circumferential wall having on one end a bottom adapted to allow entrance of the liquid, and on an opposite end a lid closing said end of the circumferential wall. The circumferential wall, bottom and lid enclosing an inner space containing the product. At least one of the lid and/or bottom comprises at least one first portion and at least one second portion separated by at least one slit and having different moving mechanics when under pressure. At least a layer of tearable material covers said slit.

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Zaandijk, Netherlands

Laurentius Gerardus Meelker