Reusable beverage cartridge

A reusable beverage cartridge for use in a beverage forming machine, comprising:

• a cartridge body having a bottom including a flat surface, a top, a sidewall extending between the bottom and the top, and an interior space, the bottom including an inlet opening and an outlet opening each arranged to respectively receive an inlet needle and an outlet needle of a beverage forming machine, the inlet opening arranged to receive an inflow of liquid from the inlet needle into the interior space and the outlet opening arranged to provide a beverage to the outlet needle, the top of the body having an access opening that provides access to the interior space;
• a filter basket defining a beverage material space in which to hold a beverage material used to form a beverage, the filter basket having a top opening through which the beverage material space is accessible, an inlet to receive liquid into the beverage material space, and a filter portion to allow flow of beverage out of the beverage material space, the filter basket being receivable into the interior space of the cartridge body through the access opening of the cartridge body;
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• a cover arranged to removably engage with the top of the cartridge body at the access opening to seal the access opening of the body closed, the cover being removable from the cartridge body to allow removal of the filter basket from the interior space.