Nespresso

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Nestlé Nespresso S.A.

Trade name	Nespresso
Company type	Société anonyme
Founded	1986; 38 years ago (1986)
Headquarters	Vevey, Switzerland
Number of locations	700+[1] (2020)
Areas served	Worldwide
Key people	Guillaume Le Cunff (CEO)[2]
Products	Coffee capsules/pods, coffee machines
Number of employees	13,500[3] (2017)
Parent	Nestlé S.A.
Website	nespresso.com

Nestlé Nespresso S.A., trading as Nespresso, is an operating unit of the Nestlé Group, based in Vevey, Switzerland.^[4] Nespresso machines brew espresso and coffee from coffee capsules (or pods in machines for home or professional use^[5]), a type of pre-apportioned single-use container, or reusable capsules (pods), of ground coffee beans, sometimes with added flavorings. Once inserted into a machine, the capsules are pierced and processed. Water is then forced against a heating element at high pressure meaning that only the quantity for a single cup is warmed.^[6] By 2011 Nespresso had annual sales in excess of 3 billion Swiss francs. The word Nespresso is a portmanteau of "Nestlé" and "Espresso", a common mechanic used across other Nestlé brands (Nescafé, BabyNes, Nesquik).

All Nespresso coffee is roasted, ground and encapsulated in one of three factories in Switzerland (Avenches, Orbe, and Romont),^[7] but the company sells its system of machines and capsules worldwide, as well as the VertuoLine system in North America and certain other countries.