Lavazza makes major single-serve investment with Tablì system concept

Lavazza’s Tablì single-serve system will be launched in Italy in September 2025 | Photo credit: Lavazza Group

Lavazza has unveiled a new patented single-serve coffee system designed to eliminate waste generated by aluminium and plastic capsules. 
 

Marking a major new investment in the single-serve segment, the premium Italian coffee roaster revealed the new Tablì system during April’s Milan Design Week ahead of a planned launch in Italy in September 2025. The system uses ‘100% coffee tabs’, made from pressed ground coffee, a nd will primarily be sold for at-home coffee consumption. 
 

In a press release, Turin-based Lavazza said it has been developing the single-serve product since acquiring Italian start-up Caffemotive in January 2020 and has filed more than 15 patents to protect its research and development. 
 

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“In the year of our 130th anniversary we are ready to launch the innovative Tablì system, which allows us to introduce a new product category – the ‘tab’ made of 100% coffee – in a strategic segment such as single-serve,” said Antonio Baravalle, Group CEO, Lavazza. 
 

Lavazza said the single-serve segment represents a ‘strategic component’ of the global coffee market and cited 4% volume growth and 3% value growth for the segment last year. 
 

With its Tablì launch, Lavazza will be seeking to eradicate the perennial waste problem associated with the self-serve coffee industry. Research conducted by compostable capsule brand, Halo, in 2021 estimated that 29,000 single-use coffee capsules end up in landfill every minute, creating over 120,000 tonnes of waste each year. 
 

Lavazza, which also produces packaged whole bean, ground and capsule coffee for at-home customers, achieved 9% year-on-year revenue growth last year to reach a record €3.35bn ($3.67bn).