Single-use filtering capsule for the creation of an alimentary infusion

An automatic coffee machine adapted for use with a filtering capsule, the filtering capsule comprising:

• a casing having a first base extremity on one side and a second base extremity on another side;
• a filtering sachet containing an aromatic essence positioned inside the casing, said sachet being perimetrally fixed to said casing in such a way as to separate the first and second base extremities of said casing,
• a first perforable closure element to allow access of water to said aromatic essence, said first closure element being attached to the casing to enclose the first base extremity of said casing,
• a second closure element for enclosing the second base extremity of said casing,
• a dissociable jointing member between said second closure element and said second base extremity of said casing for allowing the second closure element to be removed from the casing, the second closure element creating a sealed first condition of the capsule when covering the second base extremity where the second base extremity of the casing is sealed, and an open second condition when removed from the casing wherein an interior of the casing at the second base extremity is substantially entirely open to an exterior of the casing, and
• a gripping member attached to the second closure element for removing the second closure element from said second base extremity of said casing to place the capsule in the open second condition before positioning said capsule in an infusion apparatus,
• wherein the sachet is positioned in a collapsed condition inside said casing when the capsule is in the sealed first condition such that a base portion of said sachet rests on said second closure element, and when the capsule is in the open second condition, the sachet expands from the collapsed condition to extend externally of the casing to increase a usable filtering surface of the sachet in the open second condition.