Method for making a capsule that is usable in a brewing machine and comprises a casing provided with a cavity and containing a filtering element made of non-woven material arranged for receiving an initial product for preparing a final product in said brewing machine, said method comprising: - making a filtering element comprising a central portion intended for containing said initial product and at least one gripping portion (62; 162; 61a); - inserting into said cavity said filtering element, said casing and/or said filtering element being arranged in such a manner that said at least one gripping portion (62; 162; 61a) protrudes from said casing, in particular extending outwards from a rim of said casing; - fixing said filtering element to said casing, in particular fixing to said rim; - filling said filtering element with a dose of said initial product; - applying and fixing a covering element (70; 75) to said casing, in particular to said rim, in such a manner as to close hermetically inside said cavity said filtering element and said initial product; - reinforcing said at least one gripping portion (62; 162; 61a) to enable a user grasping the latter to remove at least said filtering element from the casing after use, said reinforcing comprising: - providing in said covering element (70; 75) a cover portion (71; 75a) and superimposing and associating said cover portion (71; 75a) with said gripping portion (62; 61a) and/or - hot pressing said gripping portion (162; 61a) in such a manner as to press and compact fibres of at least one external surface layer of said non-woven material and reduce a thickness of said non-woven material by a percentage comprised between 30 and 50 %. - making a filtering element comprising a central portion intended for containing said initial product and at least one gripping portion (62; 162; 61a); - inserting into said cavity said filtering element, said casing and/or said filtering element being arranged in such a manner that said at least one gripping portion (62; 162; 61a) protrudes from said casing, in particular extending outwards from a rim of said casing; - fixing said filtering element to said casing, in particular fixing to said rim; - filling said filtering element with a dose of said initial product; - applying and fixing a covering element (70; 75) to said casing, in particular to said rim, in such a manner as to close hermetically inside said cavity said filtering element and said initial product; - reinforcing said at least one gripping portion (62; 162; 61a) to enable a user grasping the latter to remove at least said filtering element from the casing after use, said reinforcing comprising: - providing in said covering element (70; 75) a cover portion (71; 75a) and superimposing and associating said cover portion (71; 75a) with said gripping portion (62; 61a) and/or - hot pressing said gripping portion (162; 61a) in such a manner as to press and compact fibres of at least one external surface layer of said non-woven material and reduce a thickness of said non-woven material by a percentage comprised between 30 and 50 %. - providing in said covering element (70; 75) a cover portion (71; 75a) and superimposing and associating said cover portion (71; 75a) with said gripping portion (62; 61a) and/or - hot pressing said gripping portion (162; 61a) in such a manner as to press and compact fibres of at least one external surface layer of said non-woven material and reduce a thickness of said non-woven material by a percentage comprised between 30 and 50 %.