"Capsules made by other vendors for Nespresso machines have been available throughout Europe since 2014. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-04-17/nestle-s-nespresso-pledges-to-lift-obstacles-to-french-knockoffsA number of companies have now targeted the US as well: http://kitchenboy.net/blog/nespresso-compatible-coffee-pods-us-expanding/ So the big story here is...Kickstarter?"