Review: Braun Tassimo TA 1400 Hot Beverage System.
The Tassimo Hot Beverage System offers a few interesting differences when compared to the Keurig or coffee pod brewers.
It still makes you one cup of coffee at a time, with no fuss or cleanup.
And the T-Discs it uses are a little like K-Cups. But if a K-Cup looks like a big version of a coffee creamer cup, a T-Disc looks a bit like a sealed single serving of butter. In other words, it’s like a K-Cup but shallower.
Beyond that, there are some significant differences.
It’s called a “hot beverage system” rather than a coffee maker because Tassimo has put a lot of emphasis on making a wider variety of beverages.
Yes, you can make one cup of coffee at a time. But you can also make espresso, lattes, cappuccinos, teas and hot chocolate.
Best if all, you can make those nice milky lattes and cappuccinos without having to worry about using a frothing wand.
With the Tassimo you place the T-Disc in the disc holder, but also have the option to add a second disc containing milk. The milk is pasteurized and doesn’t need to be refrigerated.
This means you can use your Tassimo not only you make your morning coffee, but you can also use it to make a very passable cappuccino as well. With just the one machine.
If you’re asking yourself how the Tassimo knows how to set the water temperature and quantity just right for different beverages, it uses a barcode system.
Each T-Disc has a barcode printed on its lid. The Tassimo reads the barcode and adjust the water temperature and quantity accordingly.
Basically, the Tassimo is more than just a single serve coffee maker. It has taken “single serve” beyond that.
You can use it to make a variety of different hot beverages, with all the simplicity of one-cup brewing.
However, there is one thing to understand about the Tassimo and its T-Discs.
This system ONLY uses T-Discs and you can buy the T-Discs ONLY through Tassimo.
In other words, check out the beverages and coffee blends available to you before committing to buy the machine itself.
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T-Disc one cup coffee maker
The Tassimo Hot Beverage System
