Advantages: Ease Of Use
Disadvantages: Cost of Products and disc

...The Tassimo is a easy to use system which sits comfortably in any kitchen area. The system can be easily be turned off by a switch to the rear saving the need to unplug the device each time after use and therefore saving that all important electric bill. Once on this system takes all of a few seconds to heat up the water needed. The lights to the right hand side as you look at it light up whilst heating once heated the lights advise you of this fact. To begin the heating system a Tassimo disk needs to be placed in the system. This is placed to the top. Once inserted the barcode reader in each system reads the barcode placed on each individual disc and produces that drink. If the water to the rear runs out during making a drink the lights to the side all light up and the machine comes to a hault until the reservour is refilled... Read review

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Advantages: Easy to use, no hassle, cleaning is simple, wide variety of beverages
Disadvantages: Cost of "T-Discs"

...No Hassle, Great Tasty Beverages, Easy to Clean! The Tassimo! Where would I be without this delightful asset. My entire family loves a good hot beverage, and I'm sure many other family's thoroughly enjoy their hot beverages too, either if it's during working, or leisure. Being a Caffeine Addict, I drink on average 5-6 cups of instant coffee per day, continuously drinking the same beverage day in and day out can becoming boring. Every household is most likely to endure the same beverage every day. However, when we decided to purchase "The Tassimo" after receiving a recommendation from a friend of the family, and then being enticed by a TV Advert we invested in the tassimo for £120 from Argos. This investment for the Kitchen/Household is well worth the money, and you'll never regret the investment. The Tassimo makes the perfect beverage... Read review

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Advantages: No cleaning, great tea and coffee, very quick.
Disadvantages: Chocolate is muck, expensive discs.

...As I sit here drinking my Tassimo English Breakfast Tea I cannot help but think how bizarre my world has become. Who would have thunk that my new gadget the Braun "Tassimo" could replace my kettle, teabags and assortment of instant coffees. Yet this is precisely what the Tassimo has done. Now the Tassimo is undoubtedly a smart piece of kit. My sleek black machine nestles comfortably in the corner of our teeny tiny kitchen and takes up surprisingly little space. Certainly no more than my toaster. Using my Tassimo is an absolutely joy as I simply plug it in, fill up the water reservoir and switch it on. Hey presto, I am ready to go. The Tassimo uses strange things called "T-Discs" which act as your filter and drink in one. They are funny little plastic pods which contain the beverage of your choice be that any one of the variety of coffee... Read review

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Advantages: Instant fresh coffee, tea, chocolate. Easy to use.
Disadvantages: Relatively small servings, T-discs are expensive

...I got my Tassimo as a Christmas present from my husband. I love fresh coffee but he's not keen so this seemed ideal. I have used it every day since I got it. I can get a freshly brewed cup of decent coffee in a couple of minutes, fantastic! There are different types of coffee as well as tea and hot chocolate, I tend to stick with Cappuccino, English Breakfast Tea and Cafe Crema. The only drawbacks I have found with this otherwise very handy little machine are that you don't get a lot - although it's easy to top your cup up manually - and the T-discs are a bit expensive. If you want ordinary coffee you get 20 discs for about £3.50, but with the Cappuccino you get 9 espresso discs and 9 milk discs making it about 40p a cup! I've just discovered on the Tassimo website that there are some new T-dsics being launched - Earl Grey, green... Read review

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Advantages: easy to use, easy to clean, good variety of flavours
Disadvantages: bit noisy

...Advantages: easy to use, easy to clean, lots of varieties of pods, good tasting, great brands Disadvantages: a bit noisy I was given this machine as a christmas present from my fiance and i have to say i love it!!! I had been looking at them for a while and really wanted one but i was a bit hesitant because of the price. Im so glad ive got it now because it is so easy to use, easy to clean and only takes a minute to make whatever kind of beverage you want. There is a great variety of pods for the tassimo such as hot chocolate, twinings tea, classic blend coffee, espresso coffee and many more. The pods are all great brand names. Usually supermarkets have great deals with the pods aswell. The only thing i wasnt very keen on with this machine was the noise but the fact that it makes a great, tea, coffee or hot chocolate means the noise... Read review

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Advantages: great tasting freshly brewed coffee
Disadvantages: the implications onthe environment!!

...Ive had my tassimo machine for around 3 months now and i am really impressed with it. It makes you a drink in about 30 seconds, and is very easy to use. You can make tea, coffee, espresso, and of course hot chocolate, which is what I make most!! You can make adjustments if you like you coffee a little bit weaker, as I do, there is a manual mode that allows you to adjust the volume of water to taste. I thourghly recommend this machine as the drinks taste great and it is easy to use. You also get to free packs of disks in the box. The only down side to this machine is the cost to the environment. The extent of packaging involved in making a single cupis really quite scary, I have limited myself to one or two cups a day. I know this is a little silly considering the cost of purchasing the machine etc., however I have been feeling a little... Read review

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Advantages: easy to use, good range of drinks now available
Disadvantages: pods expensive, lots of packaging

...I have had my tassimo for 18 months, and have used it almost every day (unlike my regular coffee machine, which took up so much space on the worktop that it got put away and it always seemed like too much hassle to get it out again for a single cup of coffee!!) and have been pleasantly surprised with the taste of the different pods that are now available. I am particularly fond of the latte, but must admit that the pods are quite expensive unless you are able to buy them when they are on offer at the supermarket. It is really easy to clean as it comes with an insert that you put in to auto-clean. The drip tray detaches, as does the water container, this only adds to its ease of use. My 9 year old neice is able to use it (still with supervision) without the worry of being scalded as the water comes out at a lower temperature than... Read review

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Advantages: good range of beverages
Disadvantages: but no tetley !

...I bought this for my partner as a christmas present. Shes a keen coffee drinker and sooooo fussy ! Usually if it isnt costa coffee she wont go near it. But happily this has fitted in nicely. The unit itself looks nice and isnt obtrusive in the ktchen. Some say its noisy, but compared to other kitchen applances it isnt, when you think about a hum of a dishwasher, the boiling of the kettle, rumble of the washing machine......you get the idea......its no worse. Its very easy to use and just as easy to clean. Its quck too, it takes seconds to make a cup of your favourite hot drink. I dont drink coffee, however my partner does and loves this machine, as i said shes fussy over her cappucino but her daily cup from the tassimo is part of routine now. As is my bedtime hot chocolate.....lovely. Support from kenco, twinings and suchards helps... Read review

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Advantages: Quick tasty drinks, easy to use.
Disadvantages: Leaks water without warning. Occasionally gets confused

...the drain cocked-up, because occasionally, and without warning, it will leak hot water onto the worktop - I wrote to Braun about this, but they did not bother to reply. The pods are quite pricey, and the quantity in a box has reduced, but they must be value for money, as we keep going back for more. We bought some pods on the web, and several milks had leaked, but replacements were quickly sent. Now we stick to supermarkets... ... and we keep using it !... Read review

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Advantages: easy to use
Disadvantages: drinks not hot enough, tricky to keep clean

...I do like my Tassimo - thats beyond a doubt. It makes perfectly acceptable coffee quickly and easily. It looks stylish in the kitchen. However, I have found that unless you add extra hot water to the drinks, which obviously weakens them, the drinks are at best luke warm and this includes the expresso pods. Also, the pods are expensive as has been previously commented upon. They are more widely available now which is a relief as at one point I did have problems getting hold of them. The machine requires frequent cleaning and I do find it rather tricky to clean all of the mechanism parts. I would recommend this machine to someone who is looking for an inexpensive coffee machine that makes decent, acceptable coffeee. However, if you love good coffee and are a bit of a coffee snob, steer clear and spend more on a machine.... Read review

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