Carte Noire Classique N°5 Senseo-compatible soft pods — Pack of 60

Yes. Carte Noire soft pods are large-format filter paper pods, the format used by soft pod machines such as Senseo (Philips): Senseo Original and Original Plus, Select, Switch, Maestro, Viva Café, Quadrante and Latte Duo, as well as other coffee machines using the same soft pod format.

Place them in the pod holder for 1 cup (one pod) or 2 cups (two pods). They are not compatible with capsule machines (Nespresso, Dolce Gusto, Tassimo, Lavazza, Delta Q, illy Iperespresso) or the 44 mm ESE portafilters of espresso machines: soft pods are much wider and are not tamped for high-pressure brewing.

Two filter paper formats that are not interchangeable:

• Soft pod (this product) — a large filter paper disc containing 7 g of untamped ground coffee, for low-pressure machines such as Senseo. The result: a long coffee topped with a fine layer of foam.
• ESE pod (Easy Serving Espresso) — a small 44 mm pod containing tamped coffee, for the portafilter of a high-pressure espresso machine. The result: a short espresso with crema.

If you have a Senseo or a soft pod coffee machine, this is the product you need. For an espresso machine with an ESE portafilter, see our ESE pods.

Classique N°5 is the mildest of the three and the only one made with 100% Arabica: a balanced coffee with fruity and chocolate notes. For more body, Corsé N°7, with notes of dark chocolate and dried fruit, and Espresso Intense N°8, the strongest, with cocoa and spice notes, both blend Arabica and Robusta.

All three are prepared in the same way, in the same machine: compare them on the Carte Noire soft pods page.

Place one pod in the pod holder for 1 cup, rounded side down, close the machine and press the button for 1 cup: you will get a long coffee topped with a fine layer of foam. For a mug or two cups, put two pods in the pod holder for 2 cups and press the button for 2 cups.

Each pod can only be used once: remove it after each coffee. A pack of 60 therefore makes 60 cups or 30 mugs.

The pod is made of filter paper and ground coffee, with no aluminium or plastic shell. Carte Noire states that it is industrially compostable, certified by TÜV Austria to the EN 13432 standard: it must not go in garden compost or be discarded in the natural environment. Check with your local council whether it collects this waste, for example with food and garden waste.

Once opened, reseal the pack tightly and store it in a dry place away from heat: filter paper does not protect coffee from air as a sealed capsule does.

Carte Noire is a French brand created in 1978 by René Monnier, who had already founded Grand'Mère coffee, with an idea that was new at the time: premium pure Arabica coffee sold in supermarkets, in a flexible pack with a valve. It became part of Jacobs Suchard in 1982, then Kraft and Mondelēz, before being acquired in February 2016 by the Italian group Lavazza.

The coffee for its soft pods is roasted and packed in France, at the long-established Lavérune factory (Hérault), and the pods have been Rainforest Alliance certified since 2023. The brand also sells coffee beans, ground coffee, instant coffee and Nespresso-compatible capsules.