Georgia starts producing eco friendly coffee capsules

A new coffee enterprise that will be opened in October 2017 under state program ‘Produce in Georgia’. Photo: Coffee Capsules/flickr.com.
Agenda.ge, 12 Apr 2017 - 11:36, Tbilisi,Georgia

The taste of Georgian coffee will soon be available in coffee mugs all around the country and beyond.

Local company Kapsulo will start producing high quality and ecologically clean coffee capsules at a new coffee enterprise that will be opened in October 2017 under state program ‘Produce in Georgia’.

The total cost of the project is 22 million GEL (about $9.19m/€8.65m*).

The company plans to export coffee to Azerbaijan, Armenia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan in about two years.

A leading European company that supplies brands such as Nespresso and Starbucks, XYZ, will provide the coffee beans to Kapsulo company in Georgia.

* Currency conversions reflect National Bank of Georgia values as of today.