Imagine having Traditional Kopitiam Coffee in a capsule at your convenience
Wish you could create customized coffee capsules for your Nespresso machine? Think your favourite vanilla matcha in a push of a button.
Now, this is made possible with Iris Group Singapore and their pledge to “capsule quality for you”
It all stems from one man’s mad obsession with coffee. According to ChannelNewsAsia, Mr Giorgio Vergano drinks 6 cups of espresso a day, plus another cup of ice coffee with milk during lunch. He observed that the emerging market for coffee capsules will increase in Asia due to improving convenience and accessibility. Together with his co-founder, Mr Ken Wong, they founded a coffee business that produces customised Nespresso-compatible capsules.
Iris Group Singapore is the only Nescafe/Dolce Gusto compatiable company that produces customised capsules for your different preferences.
What exactly is this “customised capsuling service”?
The empty capsules will be nicely lined onto a conveyer belt just like any other coffee capsuling service. The machines at Iris Group will then fill these capsules with the customised ingredients according to the clients and will be sealed with heat with the specific logos and packaging.
These capsules are then ready to be inserted into your Nespresso machines and there you’ll have the “special” beverage of choice for your cafe, brand or consumption.
Behind the Scenes
Iris Group truly offers a personalised experience. They utilise “State of the Art” production lines to prepare the capsules for different private labels. The specific mechanism they used to ensure consistency was OPEM, which is a market-leader in capsuling services.
To accommodate to the various markets, Iris Group provides halal certifications as well.
Iris Group is also environmentally conscious with their BPA-free certification. Throwing away these mini capsules for daily coffee consumption adds up significantly to the current dire state of the environment. With these compostable plastics used instead, Iris Group together with their partners will be doing their part to promote greener consumerism.
Existing Demand And Huge Potential In The Market
Iris Group currently works with different beverages companies in 6 Asian markets, as well as in Italy. Mr Vergano is no rookie to this business having worked in Italy as a seasoned coffee expert with big coffee brands like Luigi Lavazza and Punto Italia Espresso
Mr Vergano reflected that these interest mostly stemmed from amateur coffee businesses who are seeking to enter the mostly saturated and well-developed market. With the assistance of Iris Group and their technology, this will definitely kickstart these capsule beverages’ businesses.
Choosing Nescafe was no-brainer given the maturity of their presence in the market. Choosing Singapore as the headquarter was another no-brainer, given our status as a leading trade hub and reputation of high-quality assurance.
Iris group hopes to achieve a variety of capsules that are genuinely local, like an authentic Singaporean “kopi”. Now that’s something we have not seen in the market.
