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.
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
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.
Giveaway #34: Win a Bosch Tassimo Coffee Machine RRP £123
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I’m not a big coffee drinker either but the kids love a hot chocolate after school – this would be perfect!
Fantastic Giveaway for a coffee lover like ME!!!!
@VictoriaJayne23
Wahey, we’re in business!
I don’t like coffee I’m a hot chocolate drinker 🙂
I like my coffee strong, no sugar, a bit of milk and hot hot hot!
What a fab prize, love latte x
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.
absolute coffee drinker, count me in 🙂
I love Latte so would love one of these x
GIVE ME
Milky with a bit of chocolate or as strong as it gets. Depends on my mood. Fab giveaway!
Strong but milky for me
hot and strong
Normally black with a bit of sugar, but sometimes with a spoonful of hot chocolate in it and some cream on top!
We like a good coffee on the weekends,thanks for the chance.
I like my coffee with frothy milk and sugar!
This would be ideal for my kids who make an almighty mess making copious cups of hot chocolate!
My absolute favourite coffee is a cinnamon latte… yummmmy!
Looks good – count me in!
I’m a big, big coffee drinker! This would be fab 🙂
with lots of milk and hazelnut syrup 🙂
With Amaretto and good amount of cream
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)!
after a meal, strong and small
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.
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.
With irish cream 😉
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.
With milk (and a biccy please!)
I like my coffee strong with Cointreau and cream…
strong – love coffee!
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.
I don’t lol
But my partner the coffee fiend likes it with 5 sugars and nearly a full pint of milk??!!!!omg!!!
lol
….and I would be the bestest girlfriend ever!!!!
Been wanting one of these ,like,forever!!!
lolz.
xx
Great prize
great prize for a coffee fan like myself
How do I like my Coffee? Strong, black, with two sweeteners, and, preferably a shot of Bailey’s.
i like my coffee quite strong but milky with 1 sugar :o)
I had a play with my friend’s Tassimo the other day – so much fun!
Strong and creamy
Strong, dark, and in a china cup and saucer
like my men, HOT, STRONG & SWEET
I prefer my coffee strong and black, no sugar
The only way I like it is in Cake! Hubby however can’t function without it
I like my coffee strong and black!
Love a Latte with two sugars.
I’m more of a hot chocolate drinker but when I do it has to be mily were as hubby prefers his nearly black!
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.
Nice machine. I like my coffee with a shot of Southern Comfort in it to sweeten it up a little.
I love these types of machines. Im a huge coffee drinker and instant coffee is a no no for me.
A lovely milky latte or if feeling extravagant with vanilla syrup and topped with whipped cream 🙂
Thank you
Like I like my dresses; short and black.
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!
I love a frothy latte but not so milky that it doesn’t taste like coffee.
sweet and strong 🙂
with lots and lots of milk 🙂
I love my Coffee white and full of flavour.
I love lattes.
My favourite coffee treat is cappuccino !!!
I like my coffee sweet and milky 🙂 or with cream
That machine certainly looks attractive! Bosch is one of my favourite brands too, a very good alternative to the really expensiv coffee machines.
Hot and smooth
White no sugar please.
i love latte. medium and sweet just perfect xx
It has to be a mocha for me… especially on the days I can’t decide between a coffee or a hot chocolate!
Cappuccino definitely with a sprinkle of yummy chocolate on the top, lush.
I like my coffee strong & sweet! not too milky..
Strong and neat to keep me awake, sweet and milky to comfort, and a gallon of it first thing to get me going!
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.
Hope Maison Cupcake doesn’t mind me answering, but it looks like a TG Green Cornishware mug to me:
http://www.tggreen.co.uk/gift-service
aren’t they gorgeous!
Certainly is! I’ve had them 15 years now.
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!
no sugar, with milk
I don’t I prefer Hot Chocolate… Mr Boo is the coffee drinker
@littleboo_21
milky
Milk, no sugar, fairly strong
Milky with gingerbread syrup (oh and some cream – did I say I’m a pig?)
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
I like espresso – nice and strong!
I like strong coffee with juat a splash of milk.
Strong coffee every time!
I LIKE MINE AS IT COMES! IM NOT FUZZY BUT I DO LOVE THE SMELL OF FRESH COFFEE
Fresh and strong
Reasonable strong and a dash of milk.
Milky xx
Strong and black – no sugar!
I adore a Mocha Frappacino in the summer but now it’s cold wet and damp a cappacino for me – great giveaway!!
I Like it with milk!
With chocolate as a Mocha! Mmmmm!
milk and two sugars
Milky sweet coffee! Mmmmmm
Milk and sugar
My dads frothy coffee, milky with 2 brown sugars in it and chocolate sprinkled on the top
Latte Definitely.
I love a mice milky creamy hot chocolate!
i like my coffee strong with a little milk and two brown sugars
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!
I like my coffe very weak.
Hot, black and bitter. (no analogies please)
black 1/2 a sugar
Black & strong
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!
black with 1 sugar…or creamy with 2 when I feel like indulging!
I like my coffee strong and frequent!
The Stronger the better
So strong and black that you could stand your spoon up in it!
What an awesome competition, would love to win a coffee machine, it would make the mornings bearable lol
Cappacino no sugar – lovely.
Black, no sugar, just pure coffee and lots of it!
I like it black with 2 sugars.And slightly cold(I’m weird..i know) 🙂
Quite strong with milk – no sugar
BLACK
Strong and in regular supply!
I’d love to win this! Just milk in my coffee, no sugars! As for hot chocolate? Mmmmmm!
IT WOULD COME IN HANDY FOR CHRISTMAS
Strong, Black, No sugar 🙂
milk,no sugar
I like my coffee black, strong and in large quantities!
Wow – Hot Choc sounds great!!
I love cappuccino sprinkled with chocolate
I LIKE MINE MILKY WITH ONE SUGAR
love this machine, would love to win it
with milk and two sugars
I like my coffee with hot milk but much prefer the hot chocolate 🙂
Milky with lots and lots and lots of sugar. And cream if possible. Anything else that adds calories is normally more than welcome too.
I like my coffee milky with no sugar
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!
lots of milk!
Strong and black with one sweetener!
Very very milky…with chocolate shavings!
hot,milky,with a touch of cinnamon on top….aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh
what a brill prize hope i have a chance xxx
milk and splenda.
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
White with 2 sugars
cream and sugar
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.
Milk and 1 sugar
White, one sugar
I love my coffee in the morning, strong and black with no sugar.
easy to make really…even my husband can get it right ;).
Milky, no sugar
White with 2 sweetners
Milk with two sugars
Milk no sugar
white 1 sugar and not to strong.
Strong and slightly sweet coffee is awesome!
milky one sugar
with plenty of milk and sugar.
Frothy! With chocolate powder sprinkles 🙂
White, sweet and strong
just milk, lots of it though.
Strong with cream oh and a wee nip of drambuie added always works for me
Ideally not tasting like coffee! With extra shots of vanilla, caramel etc, and whipped cream on top 🙂
Decaff, since I’m not allowed a lot of caffeine! I love decaff mochas.
I don’t like coffee but I’d never turn down a yummy hot chocolate
@caro_mad
Stong with milk
hot chocolate with marshmallows and cream for me !!
I love a strong espresso in the morning and a creamy Latte after lunch
With a dash of milk but strong
Milky with lots of froth and chocolate bits on the top
white with one sugar
I like my coffee very black with no milk and no sugar
@Dorothee77
I think your blog is cool! love the giveaway of the coffee maker!
STRONG! and hot…
Hot with milk
I like a latte topped with cream and chocolate flakes 🙂
Strong, not too milky and no sugar!
A double espresso
Milky with lots of froth and chocolate bits on the top
Not too strong and with quite a lot of milk!
I started drinking black coffee after visiting Paris for my belated honeymoon.
Black, no milk no sugar
Not at all. But I love hot choc 🙂
As a cappuccino with lots of sugar 🙂
lovely
I could do with a hot chocolate right now, it’s freeezing!
Very milky, very sugary. Nom.
Latte with a shot of Hazelnut
Strong! Coffee in the mug first followed by milk and finally boiling water. x
2 spoonfulls with a hint of milk & nice a warm, no lukewarm coffee’s please!
One sugar with plenty of milk
Very strong to get me through the day!
I love hot, thick frothy cappuccino or a strong espresso
i love a nice coffee with coffee cream to make it nice and smooth
Medium strong with loads of milk
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
i like a rich but mellow coffee … with cream on top of course
With frothed milk
Love a latte with a pastry
i like weak and milky coffee
I like latte so milky x
Decaffinated every time – the other makes me ill but I love tea, hot chocolate also so this could be a winner for me.
Made with milk and frothed up, just like my Granny used to make
I like my coffee… made for me!
yummy
A latte, would be great to have this coffee machine
Two spoons of coffee with milk. 🙂
I’d never turn down a yummy hot chocolate
White with 2 sugars
White with 2 sugars.
How do I like my coffee? Disguised as Suchards Hot Chocolate (since Suchards chocolate easter eggs have disappeared)
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!!
Black no sugar
strong wh milk no sugar
Ooh my perfect coffee is medium strength with a generous slug of Bailey’s and a blob of whipped cream. And I wonder why I’m not size zero!
Sweet and creamy.
a tiny bit of milk and one spoon of sugar
strong but yet milky 😀
White – no sugar
milky 🙂
Love it!!
Strong and milky.
rich and nutty with frothy milk!
Decaff, with milk and sugar. My other half however, LOVES his coffee, mainly the posh ones!
Black no sugar, lovely
strong and sweet!
I like Lattes best, with a shot of flavoured syrup
with hot milk
Weak and milky 🙂
As It comes
I love my coffee nice and milky. My favourite though is a gingerbread latte. mmm
Nice and strong with a big glug of milk
@daisyangel1
Strong with just milk. I take the milder version now, though, as I am breastfeeding.
I love my coffee milky and sweet, and frothy on top with choc sprinkled on is a bonus too! Lol x
White coffee with sugar
As a BREWED awakening, in the morning!
milky
White milky coffee and sugar
milky – latte is my fav 🙂
White milky coffee and one sugar
Strong with milk and two sweeteners
Black, Strong, no sugar so you can taste the coffee properly
Nice and milky, 2 sugars 🙂
Strong, with a little milk
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!
as sweet as possible, yummmmyyyyyy!
Two spoons of coffee and milk. 🙂
strong filter coffee with hot milk! half and half. In a big latte mug. No sugar. YUM!
Fab prize
my fave coffee is caramel vanilla latte
steaming hot and on the kitchen table