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Real chocolate
At the heart of CocoaPod by 80Noir® is the thing that matters most. Chocolate.
CocoaPod® by 80Noir®
Your chocolate ritual. Reimagined.
Real chocolate. Pod convenience. One beautifully simple chocolate ritual.
CocoaPod by 80Noir® is being developed to bring the depth and indulgence of 80Noir Ultra® chocolate into a convenient pod experience for Nespresso Original-compatible machines.
Not available quite yet. But something rather delicious is taking shape.
No payment. No commitment. Just chocolate, experiments, breakthroughs and first access.
Machine format:
CocoaPod by 80Noir® is being developed for machines compatible with the Nespresso Original capsule format.
It is not intended for Vertuo-format machines. Final compatibility remains subject to technical validation.
80Noir Ultra®
Building Europe’s leading luxury functional chocolate ecosystem.
CocoaPod by 80Noir® is one important part of a much bigger idea: reimagining how premium chocolate fits into modern life.
Premium chocolate
Daily ritual
Functional wellbeing
CocoaPod®
Hospitality
Sustainable innovation
It started with a question.
Why should convenient hot chocolate mean compromising on chocolate?
Hot chocolate can be extraordinary. Deep. Smooth. Comforting. Luxurious.
Can we make a genuinely delicious real-chocolate ritual work beautifully from one little pod?
That’s CocoaPod by 80Noir®.
Meet CocoaPod®
One little pod. A lot of chocolate thinking.
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Dark & balanced
Rich enough to feel unmistakably grown-up. Balanced enough that you’ll want another tomorrow.
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Beautifully simple
Being developed for machines compatible with the Nespresso Original capsule format.
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Made for the moment
A beautiful chocolate ritual without turning making it into a project. Pod in. Chocolate out. Pause.
First things first
Before we make more, we want to make one beautifully.
We’re exploring where CocoaPod by 80Noir® might go in the future. Different cacao profiles. Different strengths. Different moments. But right now?
The depth.
The chocolate intensity.
The smoothness.
The balance.
The finish.
“Oh. That’s proper chocolate.”
Our current focus: Dark · Deep · Balanced · Smooth
Functional wellbeing. Luxurious chocolate.
Chocolate that fits into your life.
RISE
Morning. Chocolate. A few quiet minutes before everything begins.
FOCUS
Desk. Notebook. CocoaPod®. Back to it.
MOVE
Before movement or afterwards, when you finally stop.
RESET
The five-minute afternoon ritual that belongs entirely to you.
RECOVER
After training, hiking, skiing or simply a long day.
REST
Lights down. Phone away. Chocolate on.
AWAY
A hotel room. A familiar machine. Something more interesting than another coffee.
INDULGE
Because sometimes the reason is simply excellent chocolate.
Then we started questioning the pod.
What if we could rethink what surrounds the chocolate too?
We didn’t want sustainability to become something 80Noir Ultra® thought about after CocoaPod by 80Noir® was finished. So we’re investigating it while we build it.
Alongside the commercial CocoaPod by 80Noir® pathway, research is underway into what a next generation of pod materials could look like — including commercially available sustainable capsule formats, compostable and bio-based material pathways, barrier performance, food-contact suitability, heat and pressure, manufacturing feasibility and cacao-derived possibilities where genuinely credible.
Could chocolate’s future somehow come back to where it started?
The question we’re exploring
A more circular future?
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Cacao pod
Where chocolate begins
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Cacao
The ingredient
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Chocolate
The ritual
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CocoaPod by 80Noir®
The new format
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Material research
Could the pod itself evolve?
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Back to the beginning?
Could what surrounds the chocolate become part of a more circular story?
A note on sustainability
CocoaPod by 80Noir® is not currently being presented as compostable and no final next-generation material has been selected. 80Noir Ultra® is researching technically and commercially credible sustainable material pathways alongside product development. We’ll share what we learn — including when something doesn’t work.
Behind the lab door
You normally meet a product when all the messy bits are over.
We thought you might like to see them.
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How do you get enough chocolate into something so small?
Tiny pods create rather big questions.
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When is dark deliciously dark?
We’re chasing depth without losing balance.
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Chocolate isn’t coffee.
Heat, pressure, flow and real chocolate make for fascinating experiments.
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Making one is one thing.
Making the same beautiful cup consistently is where engineering enters the story.
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Then you have to make thousands.
We’re thinking about manufacturing while developing — not after.
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And then there’s the pod itself.
We’re exploring whether what’s around the chocolate can eventually become as considered as what’s inside it.
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What happens when CocoaPod by 80Noir® leaves the lab?
Selected real-world hospitality environments will become an important validation stage once technical development is sufficiently advanced.
Some experiments succeed. Some send us straight back to the drawing board. We’ll show you both.
The CocoaPod by 80Noir® community
This is where you come in.
Joining the CocoaPod by 80Noir® waitlist means becoming part of the group we’re building CocoaPod by 80Noir® for. From time to time we’ll ask you something. Never a 47-question survey.
Vote
Taste
Test
Tell us
See prototypes
Follow development
Hear results
Access early releases
CocoaPod by 80Noir® waitlist
The first cup is getting closer.
CocoaPod by 80Noir® isn’t for sale yet. And that’s deliberate.
We want to get the chocolate, the experience and the way we make it right before we ask you to buy it.
But you can be here while we build it.
Development journey
So... when can I actually have one?
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01 — The idea
Could real chocolate work in pod format?
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02 — Early development
Promising early development work.
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Formulation + engineering
Getting the chocolate, extraction and experience right.
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Refine + test
Technical testing, tasting and iteration.
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Manufacturing
Making sure CocoaPod by 80Noir® can be made properly and consistently.
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Real-world pilots
Taking CocoaPod by 80Noir® beyond the development environment.
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Price + early access
Waitlist members hear first.
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Pre-order
Only once product, manufacturing, fulfilment and delivery assumptions are credible.
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Your first CocoaPod by 80Noir®
You asked. We tested.
This part changes as CocoaPod by 80Noir® develops.
In development
Current obsession
How do we create enough depth of chocolate from one little pod?
CocoaPod by 80Noir® for hospitality
Imagine finding this beside the coffee machine.
CocoaPod by 80Noir® is being developed with hospitality very much in mind.
FAQ
A few things you might be wondering.
What is CocoaPod by 80Noir®?
CocoaPod by 80Noir® is a pod-format chocolate experience currently being developed by 80Noir Ultra®.
Can I buy CocoaPod by 80Noir® now?
Not yet. Joining the waitlist means you can follow the journey and hear about early access when appropriate.
Which machines will it work with?
CocoaPod by 80Noir® is being developed for machines compatible with the Nespresso Original capsule format.
It is not intended for Vertuo-format machines.
Is it real chocolate?
Real chocolate is at the heart of what we’re developing.
How dark will it be?
We’re not announcing a cacao percentage yet. Our current focus is dark, deep, balanced and smooth.
Is the pod compostable?
No final next-generation material has yet been selected and CocoaPod by 80Noir® is not currently being presented as compostable.
Does joining the waitlist cost anything?
No. Joining is free and does not commit you to purchasing CocoaPod by 80Noir®.
Can I become a taster?
Selected people may be invited to future tasting or product-testing opportunities.
When will pre-orders open?
Only when CocoaPod by 80Noir® is sufficiently validated and the manufacturing and delivery pathway is credible.
Can hotels register interest?
Yes. Hotels and other hospitality businesses can use the dedicated hospitality-interest form above.
CocoaPod by 80Noir®
We’re building the hot chocolate we always wished existed.
And we’d rather build it with the people who want to drink it.
See you behind the lab door.
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