System for preparing a predetermined quantity of beverage suitable for consumption using an extractable product, comprising: an exchangeable open capsule, and an apparatus comprising a receptacle for holding the exchangeable open capsule, and a fluid dispensing device for supplying an amount of a fluid, such as water, under pressure to the exchangeable capsule, wherein the exchangeable capsule comprises a circumferential wall, a bottom closing the circumferential wall at a first end, and a lid closing the circumferential wall at a second end opposite the bottom, wherein the wall, bottom and lid enclose an inner space comprising the extractable product, wherein the fluid dispensing device is arranged for supplying the fluid to the extractable product through the bottom for forming the beverage, wherein the receptacle comprises a support surface, and wherein the capsule is arranged to at least partly abut against the support surface for draining the prepared beverage from the capsule through the lid and through the support surface, wherein the lid comprises a flexible sheet-shaped perforate and/or porous material and the system comprises an outlet which, in use, is in fluid communication with the lid for draining the prepared beverage from the capsule and supplying the beverage to a container such as a cup, wherein the lid comprises an impermeable outer circumferential area and an exit area being enclosed by said impermeable outer circumferential area such that the prepared beverage is drained from the capsule through the exit area, and wherein the flexible sheet-shaped perforate and/or porous material is a flexible foil, such as a polymeric film, at least partly provided with a plurality of exit openings, and wherein the impermeable outer circumferential area extends from the circumferential wall radially inward, and wherein the flexible foil is a multilayer foil of PET-P and CPP. an exchangeable open capsule, and an apparatus comprising a receptacle for holding the exchangeable open capsule, and a fluid dispensing device for supplying an amount of a fluid, such as water, under pressure to the exchangeable capsule, wherein the exchangeable capsule comprises a circumferential wall, a bottom closing the circumferential wall at a first end, and a lid closing the circumferential wall at a second end opposite the bottom, wherein the wall, bottom and lid enclose an inner space comprising the extractable product, wherein the fluid dispensing device is arranged for supplying the fluid to the extractable product through the bottom for forming the beverage, wherein the receptacle comprises a support surface, and wherein the capsule is arranged to at least partly abut against the support surface for draining the prepared beverage from the capsule through the lid and through the support surface, wherein the lid comprises a flexible sheet-shaped perforate and/or porous material and the system comprises an outlet which, in use, is in fluid communication with the lid for draining the prepared beverage from the capsule and supplying the beverage to a container such as a cup, wherein the lid comprises an impermeable outer circumferential area and an exit area being enclosed by said impermeable outer circumferential area such that the prepared beverage is drained from the capsule through the exit area, and wherein the flexible sheet-shaped perforate and/or porous material is a flexible foil, such as a polymeric film, at least partly provided with a plurality of exit openings, and wherein the impermeable outer circumferential area extends from the circumferential wall radially inward, and wherein the flexible foil is a multilayer foil of PET-P and CPP.