We take coffee seriously, but we don't take ourselves too seriously. At Samurai Shoelace, it's all about encapsulating the most special coffee experience - so that you can have a really good coffee anytime, anywhere, without unnecessary frills.
Only the best can be encapsulated. Our coffees are 100% certified specialty Arabica – quality that doesn't need to be explained.
Roasted in Budapest. A domestic business, with full attention and uncompromising quality.
We personally take care of every sip. We control the entire process: from sourcing green coffee, through roasting and encapsulation, to packaging.
A coffee experience that also leaves a good conscience. Our capsules are made of aluminum, so they can be recycled any number of times if handled properly.
We opened our first specialty coffee shop in Budapest in 2016. Within a short time, we became a defining point in the domestic coffee community, and in 2017 we won the Hungarian Barista and Filter Champion titles. Since then, we have been dealing with coffee every day – learning, tasting, experimenting. The idea came during the pandemic: if guests can't come to us, let's deliver the coffee to them. That's how Samurai Shoelace was born.
The entire production of Samurai Shoelace capsules is in our hands: from selecting green coffee, to roasting and grinding, to encapsulating and packaging, we carry out every process in our own factory in Budapest. This way, we can be sure that the end result meets the quality principles that we have been working towards for years. We do not strive for excesses - we simply want coffee to be a good moment, any day, anywhere.
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Balint and Marci
There are many types of coffee, from cheaper mass-produced coffees to the highest quality, specialty coffees grown on micro-lots. Coffees are classified according to an officially accepted point system, with coffees scoring more than 80 points falling into the specialty category. These represent a few percent of the world's total Arabica production, and we only fill our capsules with such coffees.
Of course, we do, as we roast the green coffee, and the capsules are made from freshly ground, roasted coffee beans. However, for perfect capsules, the coffee needs to be roasted completely differently (with a different profile) than for a "traditional" coffee machine, which is why we do not sell it in bean form, as what is good for capsules is not necessarily good for a coffee machine, and vice versa.
Our capsules contain only ground coffee. Since the entire process is in our hands, from purchasing green coffee to roasting and packaging the boxes, you can be sure that you are drinking what we drink!
No, since our capsules are suitable for all Nespresso Original machines, we can't deal with so many different machines. We know coffee, that's our primary focus. What we recommend: either buy the simplest Nespresso machine, or, if you really want to delve into the technology, a Morning Machine. We have both, and we test them on Nespresso machines during production to make sure everyone has the same experience.
No, we are a completely independent, small Hungarian business. Our relationship with Nespresso is that we use the system they developed. Our coffee capsules can be made on any Nespresso Original compatible machine. Click on the About Us menu for details!
In this respect, aluminium is like other raw materials: it can be environmentally friendly if it is collected selectively. Then it is 100% recyclable (in addition, our capsules are already made of 80% recycled aluminium). Aluminium can be remelted an unlimited number of times and used to make capsules again and again, making it one of the least burdensome solutions from an environmental point of view. At the same time, aluminium capsules are the only ones that provide a perfect seal, meaning that the coffee inside does not come into contact with oxygen and can therefore be stored for a very long time without any deterioration in quality.
Never throw it in the trash! Aluminum is a valuable, recyclable raw material. Place the coffee grounds from the capsules under your plants (flowering plants will love them), or compost them. Break apart the aluminum capsules (click on the "Environment" menu item!), then you can drop off the empty aluminum at any collection point, or throw it in a selective waste container!
No, only in coffee machines compatible with the Nespresso Original system.
By bank card payment, bank transfer in advance, or cash on delivery (even cash for couriers). If you choose bank transfer, the package will be handed over to the courier after the transfer has been received.
We will deliver your order to your home with GLS or MPL courier within Hungary, or you can request it at numerous parcel machines (Foxpost, PostaPont, etc.).
Within Hungary, Foxpost or PostaPont machines cost 990 HUF/package, home delivery with GLS costs 1980 HUF, with MPL costs 1990 HUF. We deliver all orders exceeding 20,000 HUF to Hungary free of charge!
We use specialty coffee, which comes from the top few percent of the world's Arabica crop. The purchase price of the coffee in our capsules costs more than what you can buy coffee capsules for in discount stores, and even then this coffee is not filled into capsules, canned, etc. We work exclusively with selected Arabica coffee from growing areas or farms, from selected crops, treating the coffee beans to the highest standards from processing to roasting to encapsulation. Click on the Syndicate menu and see how you can get a discount!
Yes, we deliver all orders exceeding 20,000 HUF to Hungarian addresses free of charge!
