A capsule for producing a beverage in an automatic beverage production device is provided that includes a cup-shaped body defined by a lateral wall and a bottom wall with a beverage outflow opening closed by a sealing film, and a filter member provided with a perforation member and extending transversely so as to ideally divide the cup-shaped body into an upper part containing the substance to be brewed, and a lower part containing a chamber for collecting the beverage. The bottom wall comprises an annular portion extending transversely to the capsule axis to define a stable support base for the capsule when the latter is arranged in a corresponding percolation seat of the automatic beverage production device. The lower part comprises a geometric discontinuity area shaped and/or sized so as to result, when the capsule is externally axially compressed, in the lower part of the cup-shaped body deforming substantially at the geometric discontinuity area, and in the perforation member resultingly displacing through the sealing film.