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First let me say that I am not the coffee drinker in our house; my husband is.

However when the offer to try out a Bosch Tassimo came my way, I was tempted by the range of branded drinks discs you could easily pop into it.

Coffee obviously, with Kenco and Carte Noire varieties being the widely available best sellers but also hot chocolate from Suchard, Cadbury or Milka (yummy mauve packaged chocolate with cows on it), normal tea and herbal teas (each by Twinings).

After a play with it you can see my verdict of it’s good and bad points below.

If you still like the look of it, you can enter a givewaway win a Bosch Tassimo machine here today.

Tassimo

Pros and cons of Bosch Tassimo coffee machine

Pros:

Doesn’t take up much space – about the same as a toaster.

Easily to refill with water – makes 5 cups before needing to be topped up.

Drinks ready in under a minute – you’ll use your kettle less.

Less bother than getting an Espresso Coffee Maker out and fiddling about with espresso powder. Shove a disc in, have cup ready underneath and press button, that’s about it.

Fun selection of hot drinks – buy one of these Tassimo disc holders and pretend you live in an Ibis hotel

Lower price compared to other coffee machines

Entertainment value

Easy to clean

Cons:

No ritual; my husband quite likes fiddling about with espresso powder in our traditional silver coffee maker.

Mixed results with taste of drinks; some taste like they came from a vending machine (which to all intents and purposes they do)

Cost per drink – 20-25p depending where you buy discs. More than instant coffee or powder a perculator but hugely cheaper than Starbucks.

No steamer nozzle – though you need to spend more on other brands to get this feature

Non recyclable cartridges – quite a lot of plastic

Bulky packages for 16 discs. You’d need a lot of room if you bought lots of types of drink – hence the beauty of said Tassimo disc holder

Tassimo

My last word on this is that Tassimo is a sleek, attractive looking gadget and at anything between £99 and £123 it’s a lower price than the majority of other coffee machines I’ve looked at – the one with George Clooney in the advert for instance. Were we bigger coffee drinkers looking to get a good value machine that would give us a quick drink in the mornings before heading out to work, this would be ideal.

It’s not retro cool or Italian, you’ll need to look to the comparatively priced dinky traditional looking De’Longhi Icona and or luxuriously £600 worth of Gaggia if that’s the style you’re after. The Tassimo is alternatively clean, functional, modern looking with pretty green lights that come on whilst in use.

The novelty of a machine in the kitchen to make drinks is a big hit with my four year old as you can see below! He’s very fond of the hot chocolate!

If you’d like to win a Tassimo machine, check out my giveaway below.

With thanks to Bosch Tassimo.

Tassimo

Giveaway #34: Win a Bosch Tassimo Coffee Machine RRP £123

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Comments

  1. I’m not a big coffee drinker either but the kids love a hot chocolate after school – this would be perfect!

  7. To be honest I am not a Coffee drinker but my partner is a big coffee drinker. I’m more of a Tea, milk no sugar person.

  14. Normally black with a bit of sugar, but sometimes with a spoonful of hot chocolate in it and some cream on top!

  23. I like my coffee iced with ice cream! I am the only one in my family who has coffee this way or bakes with it but does not drink it hot! My family drink coffee all day! (I love the smell though)!

  25. I love my coffee mid morning after I’ve cleaned up had a shower and just want to chill for half an hour on my pc, a lovely chocochino coffee mmmmmmmmm my idea of heaven chocolate and coffee.

  26. I’ve had a tassimo for a few years now and wouldn’t be without it. Can I just question a couple of your statements…. you don’t need a milk frother, cappuccino packs come with pods of coffee and seperate ones of milk. And used pods are recyclable with a company called terracycle.
    The suchard hot chocolate is the best!

    • A milk frother isn’t essential but in my opinion transforms an ordinary coffee into something more sophisticated. I haven’t tried cappucino packs but I did have milk chocolate ones which also required separate milk pods. I thought this was a faff and you might as well use a sachet of instant with water from the kettle. Good to know the pods are recyclable but a shame people have to make the extra effort to organise rather get it taken away by their council recycling collect (admittedly some councils being better than others what they take anyway). The reality is that a lot of people won’t bother whereas other coffee makers’ pods use less material that at least lets you recycle foil lids if not the entire thing.

  28. I am not a huge lover of coffee, my oh is though, & loves a strong hit of coffee, which I just can’t achieve with a cafetierre. I had thought of buying a machine, but really can’t justify the price – so to win one would be great.

  32. It all depends on the time of day. A strong black coffee in the morning sees me through to the evening, where there is nothing better than a creamy, sweet, chocolatey… ooh, you name it I love it. Mocha, cappuccino, latte, with caramel and vanilla and chocolate 🙂 I love my coffee.

  33. I don’t lol
    But my partner the coffee fiend likes it with 5 sugars and nearly a full pint of milk??!!!!omg!!!
    lol

  34. ….and I would be the bestest girlfriend ever!!!!
    Been wanting one of these ,like,forever!!!
    lolz.
    xx

  37. How do I like my Coffee? Strong, black, with two sweeteners, and, preferably a shot of Bailey’s.

  48. Less than a minute? So when Squeaky gets me out of bed before 6, I can have coffee before I can open both eyes? I like the sound of this! How I like my coffee, as long as it’s got milk & sugar in it, the rest is just details. Caffeine is all that matters.

  50. I love these types of machines. Im a huge coffee drinker and instant coffee is a no no for me.

  53. Love my Cappuccino. Why do shop servers always ask if you want chocolate on the top? If you don’t have chocolate, it’s not a Cappuccino, it’s a Latte!

  61. That machine certainly looks attractive! Bosch is one of my favourite brands too, a very good alternative to the really expensiv coffee machines.

  65. It has to be a mocha for me… especially on the days I can’t decide between a coffee or a hot chocolate!

  68. Strong and neat to keep me awake, sweet and milky to comfort, and a gallon of it first thing to get me going!

  69. I’m not entering (I have two coffee machines plus a stovetop pot already, no need to be greedy!) but I really want to know where you got your blue and white stripey mug. I love it! Would be very grateful if you could point me in the direction of a shop/website.

  70. My OH is the coffee drinker in our house too, but when I do have a coffee I like mine straight – black, no sugar, just straight caffeine into the system please!

  76. Cappuccino is my favourite. Hot, frothy but not all froth with sugar and chocolate on top. Need it to actually taste of coffee, some awful cappuccinos about

  85. I adore a Mocha Frappacino in the summer but now it’s cold wet and damp a cappacino for me – great giveaway!!

  95. I like it strong, with frother-up milk, a tsp of sugar. At the weekends, I’ll treat myself to topping it with whipped cream. Now I’m looking forward to the weekend!

  100. EXTRA HOT, milky and quite weak! Whenever I go to Starbucks, Costa, etc. I always ask for a Vente/Massimo/Grande/Large Extra Hot Latte with just one shot!

  105. What an awesome competition, would love to win a coffee machine, it would make the mornings bearable lol

  123. Milky with lots and lots and lots of sugar. And cream if possible. Anything else that adds calories is normally more than welcome too.

  125. I don’t like coffee but I am addicted to hot chocolate! I never knew Milka made hot chocolate…it is a firm favourite chocolate in our house!

  132. I don’t drink coffee very often, it’s usually when I’m abroad, which is when I have hot sweet strong expresso. At home I prefer hot chocolate and making it in a Tassimo would be a dream x

  135. Strong espresso with lots of sugar!
    We have an older version of Tassimo and it is fantastic. It’s great also if you go on holiday and buy discs there; we got a lovely Creme Brulee one from France a couple of months ago and it tasted divine.

  138. I love my coffee in the morning, strong and black with no sugar.
    easy to make really…even my husband can get it right ;).

  184. I would love one of these as instant coffee keeps me awake no matter what time of day i drink it, so can only drink coffee i’ve fussed about with which takes too much time, so this’d be so handy!!

    • Forgot to add, I like my coffee sweet and milky, preferably a latte with a caramel syrup shot

  190. Decaffinated every time – the other makes me ill but I love tea, hot chocolate also so this could be a winner for me.

  199. How do I like my coffee? Disguised as Suchards Hot Chocolate (since Suchards chocolate easter eggs have disappeared)

  200. Weak, lots of milk and 2 sugars if it’s instant coffee!! Or nice and strong with two sweetners and lots of milk if it’s real coffee!!

  222. I love my coffee milky and sweet, and frothy on top with choc sprinkled on is a bonus too! Lol x

  233. It depends on my mood, sometimes a pick me up expresso, sometimes a chilled latte and sometimes straight white – whatever way I have it though, I love it!

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