A thin sheet of sealed coffee grounds comprises a plurality of filter
packs, a rigid substrate sheet, a flexible barrier sheet sealed to the
substrate sheet via a plurality of ring-shaped seals to form a plurality
of chambers to contain the plurality of filter packs, a plurality of cut
lines outside the plurality of seals for isolating the chambers from one
another, and a plurality of grippable tabs for dispensing the filter
packs from the thin sheet. The grippable tabs are adapted to allow a user
to dispense a filter pack at a time from the thin sheet by simply pulling
a grippable tab to open a chamber and release the filter pack therein.
The substrate sheet has a smooth top surface in one aspect of the
invention and a plurality of cylindrical cavities sealed by the flexible
barrier sheet via the ring-shaped seals in another aspect of the
invention. In a further aspect of the invention the plurality of filter
packs in the thin sheet is replaced by a plurality of portions of loose
coffee grounds.