Forest Black

Forest Black has an intensity of 6 on the manufacturer's scale and is intended for a Coffee (230 ml) cup size.

Forest Black is a Vertuo capsule and fits Vertuo machines only. Vertuo and Original capsules are physically different and are not interchangeable. The official store also sells a Original capsule under the name Forest Black. They are different products with the same name, so check which line a pack is for before buying: this page covers the Vertuo one.

Both words describe the same thing. The manufacturer calls them capsules, and English-language stores also say coffee pods; Forest Black is one sealed portion of ground coffee either way. This site says "capsule" throughout only for consistency — searching for "Forest Black pods" and "Forest Black capsules" will find the same coffee.

The published flavour notes for Forest Black are spicy, woody.

Storefronts list Forest Black at Coffee (230 ml).

On Vertuo machines with Coffee Creations the same capsule brews a shorter, stronger cup, intended as the base for iced and milk drinks. It is an extra mode, not the only one these machines have: a normal cup is still one press. On Vertuo Next, Pop, Pop+, Lattissima and Creatista you turn it on by pressing the coffee button twice — it blinks turquoise, the mode applies to that cup only, and the machine goes back to brewing normally afterwards; Vertuo Up has a dedicated Coffee Creations button, and there the mode stays on until the machine is switched off. The size steps down one place: an Espresso capsule brews as a Ristretto (25 ml), Double Espresso and Gran Lungo brew as an Espresso (40 ml), and a Mug capsule brews as a Double Espresso (80 ml). The machine refuses the mode for Ristretto, Cold Brew Style and Carafe capsules — the mode switches off again and the barcode size is brewed — and Nespresso does not recommend it for Alto or the Coffee+ range. In the rare case that the double press does nothing, try updating the machine’s firmware from the Nespresso app. Older Vertuo models, including Vertuo Plus, brew only the size written in the barcode.

We recorded Forest Black on sale between 2021 and 2023. Years without a record are shown as gaps; they mean our covered sources did not confirm a sale, not that absence in every country is proven.

The closest matches we hold are Mexico, Variations Banana Bread, SELECTION VINTAGE 2014, scored on cup size, flavour notes, intensity and the published sensory profile.

Forest Black is no longer sold in any market we track; it was last seen on 16 October 2025. Remaining stock sometimes appears on marketplace resellers.