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Braun Tassimo TA1200 Single-Serve Hot-Beverage System | 
 enlarge | Brand: Braun
Category: Kitchen
Buy New: $159.92
New (2) from $159.92
Rating:  58 reviews
Sales Rank: 9870
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 9.8
Dimensions (in): 13.8 x 16.5 x 11.6
MPN: TA1200
Model: TA1200
UPC: 069055837948
EAN: 0069055839560
ASIN: B000GH46FC
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Hot-beverage system brews drinks at the touch of a button in about a minute | | • | Patented T-Disc system with barcode technology; customizable strength settings | | • | Beverages pour directly from T-Disc into cup; no measuring, no fuss, and virtually no cleanup | | • | 50-ounce water reservoir; dishwasher-safe parts for quick cleanup | | • | Measures approximately 10 by 15 by 16 inches; 2-year limited warranty |
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Product Description
Tassimo is not just another coffee maker. It's a whole new way to prepare a variety of delicious hot drinks perfectly, in the comfort of your own home, and it's so simple. With the Tassimo machine and the Tassimo Discs (T-Discs) you can make the hot drink you want, when you want it - no fuss, no bother. The same machine that makes a real espresso and freshly brewed filter coffee from some of your favorite U.S. and European brands, also makes real milk-based latte and cappuccino, cafe crema, tea, hot chocolate - something for everyone. Each cup is freshly brewed to celebrate its true character and gives you the taste you love, every time.
50-ounce water reservoir; dishwasher-safe parts for quick cleanup.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 45 more reviews...
 Incredibly Versatile, Dependable Machine!!! November 12, 2005
MattM2G (Columbus, OH USA)
42 out of 42 found this review helpful
I have had my Tassimo for just over a month now (received it 10/4/05) and I am in love with it!!! I have all the different T-Discs now since I can get them online from many places. I got my last order of T-Discs from Gevalia online, including the European varieties. I can have Tea, Hot Chocolate as good as any I have ever had, Cappuccinos, Lattes, Espresso, Crema Coffee (better than the "fake crema" on the senseo), Bold coffee, mild coffee. Since my wife drinks tea and I drink coffee and coffee drinks, and our nieces love hot chocolate when they visit, the Tassimo is perfect.
Contrary to what the "uninformed" may say, this machine is very, very clean. There is a cleaning disc that needs to be run twice when you first get the machine, and then monthly. You do not have to run the cleaning disc after every Cappuccino and Latte. Also, almost all of the removeable parts are machine washable!!!
The beverage selection is still limited (no flavored coffees), but I have purchased some flavored syrups and can now make flavored Cappuccinos and lattes that rival any coffee shop for a fraction of the cost!!! This is REAL, high quality coffee too, unlike the flavia which uses some powdered yuk mixed with water. Right now they have Gevalia Coffee (regular, decaf, espresso,crema,)and Tea, Twinings Tea, Suchard Hot Chocolate, Kenco coffee, Carte Noir Coffee (Regular, Espresso, Crema). The Cappuccino and Latte are packed with Gevalia espresso, but from what I have read, it sounds like they will be releasing an entire line of Maxwell House Cafe collection varieties sometime in November. I am not sure about Maxwell house, but I really like the Gevalia products!!!
The T-Discs have premium ground coffee, Tea, liquid Suchard chocolate in them. The Tassimo machine reads a bar code that tell it how long to brew, the correct temperature and bar, and the machine does the rest.
There are a few things to get used to, like the steam and water runoff that is caught by the drip tray after every brew....and the Tassimo is louder than a regular drip machine, but not nearly as loud as a foamer on an espresso machine. The water container even has a filter, so that there is no transfer of some of the off flavors that tap water can give, since after all, coffee is 99% water.
The Cappuccinos and Lattes use real milk (ultra pasteurized and shelf stable), which make an exceptionally flavorful finished product.
I am confident that since this is made and backed by Kraft and Braun, that the coffee selections are going to increase significantly in the near future to offer more varieties and flavors, even though the selection currently available now is somewhat limited, it is of a very high quality.
Bottom line, this is an incredibly versatile, dependable machine that I love and will be using for a very long time. I love it so much that I have ordered several more machines to give as Christmas gifts. There is nothing else on the market that can do what this machine does - so many different beverages - such high quality - so fast and easy. Do yourself a favor and get a Tassimo!!
Best kitchen appliance I own! November 19, 2006
P. Chesek (Orlando, FL USA)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
Gotta have my coffee in the morning...had the fancy Krups double unit with coffee pot on one side and espresso/frother on the other. Trouble was A: I always make too much or too little coffee (dumping excess coffee $$$ down the drain), B: You must wait for it to brew (Grind beans, measure coffee, get filter, fill pot, pour water, brew...wait), C: the espresso/frother were such an inconvenience I rarely used it (and the frother clogged really easy).
Enter the Tassimo. I've had mine for about a year now and love it. No more wasted pots of coffee! You can start your day with your favorite coffee and move on to a latte or hot chocolate without wasting anything! I read reviews of other machines like the Senseo where people claim the coffee was weak/not hot. Not so with the Tass. You can select from a wide variety of coffees to suit your taste (mild-strong), they are the perfect temperature (goldilocks would be pleased), and best of all, you can let it "auto brew" or you can manually stop the brewing early for a stronger cup or extend the brewing to weaken it if you choose.
The cappucinos taste great and are as good as one you'd buy at the coffee house. You can't entertain a crowd with it though, as it takes about 1 min per beverage. My only other gripe is I'd wish they'd get Starbucks discs...sigh. My fave, but realize not for everyone. They keep adding more and more brands of discs/pods so I'm hopeful maybe one day...
Check the tassimo site as they run specials and promos on machines/discs and introductory offers...if you can't wait Bed Bath & Beyond carries them also so just use your coupons that they send practically every day in your mail.
I've had a for quite some time with no hint of problems..cleans up easy...really happy with it. My favorite kitchen appliance. Hope this helps!
Excellent machine - better than Senseo and Keurig September 14, 2007
LegallyBlonde (California)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I spent hours deciding between the Tassimo, Senseo, and Keurig.
The Keurig does have more options as far as coffee brands go, but it is primarily a coffee maker- it lacks the ability to use real milk and create heavy foam for high quality espresso drinks. The advantage of the Senseo, of course, is the price - it's half the cost but it doesn't use real milk, doesn't make espresso drinks, and lacks the coffee variety of the Keurig. Ultimately, I decided that in the long run the ability to make drinkable espresso drinks, as well as delicious coffee, on the Tassimo outweighed the greater number of disk options (in the Keurig) and the lower price (of the Senseo). Altogether, I am very pleased.
Regarding each type of drink on the Tassimo:
1. Coffee. We use this primarily as a coffeemaker. It brews within three minutes and the coffee comes out hot and strong. I order my t-disks from Tassimo Direct and the Gevalia coffee is excellent and reasonably priced. The Crema is especially good, and has a nice amount of froth on top. That said, stear clear of the Seattle's Best Henry's Blend. It is vile and tastes like old dishwater. I have not yet tried the other brands (I think Maxwell House and an Italian brand).
2. Espresso drinks. Again, wonderful. We have a high end traditional espresso maker, and a grinder, but I don't use it anymore because the capucciono and lattes from the Tassimo really do taste better. Now, I'm sure that is caused in part by my lack of skill on the more advanced machine, but since most of us are not skilled barristas, there is value to the ease. Also, it's very nice that I don't have to worry about having milk in the refrigerator. The Tassimo capuccino and latte sets come with milk t-disks that, apparently, last forever without refrigeration (and it tastes like milk, although I hate to think of the chemicals used to preserve the milk like this). My husband especially likes the cappuccinos.
3. Hot chocolate/mocha. The Suchard is definitely better than using a powdered mix or Nestle in hot milk. Throw in a milk t-disk for extra creamy, or do what I like to do and add a shot of espresso for a homemade mocha. Yummy. I am getting a little tired of Suchard, though, and I wish there were more options for hot chocolate.
4. Tea. The tea is good, but not a sufficient reason to get the machine. It's not signficantly easier to make it on here than it is to boil a kettle of water. Chai tea latte's, which the Tassimo does make, are an exception- they are fabulous.
5. General notes about Tassimo Direct: I've been happy with the service. I get a shipment every six weeks (you can vary that to suit your needs) and go online to change each order so that I get only the drinks I really need. I like to keep a stock of espresso, decaffeinated espresso, cappucino milk, latte milk, mild and traditional coffee, chai tea, and hot chocolate on hand in case I have guests who want a particular drink - I think I spent a total of $60 putting together this collection and, with it, I can make almost any drink. Going forward, I will just replenish the supplies as I use them up. Shipping is free for orders over $30, and the t-disks are cheaper this way than in the stores. And they are *great* about crediting your account if you don't like a particular t-disk. I called to complain about the Henry's Blend and they very pleasantly agreed to credit my account the value of the disks.
Good to the last drop.....Tassi-mojo November 23, 2007
D. Conwell (VA USA)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
??Have you ever gone somewhere with a friend to grab a cup of coffee, not in a star-big-bucks but just a diner, and been talking away and you stop and say 'wow, this is good coffee'...your friend agrees; you both look around and see that they grind/brew their coffee with some custom made machine. Well this is the same type of coffee you get out of the Tassimo when you brew any of the regular coffees. I expected OK coffee. A step up from my old carafe coffee, which was really only good if I ground the coffee myself and made coffee immediately; and then only the first 5 minutes is the coffee the right temp; after that the carafe is not hot enough. Well I was aiming too low. The Tassi-mojo is much better than I expected. The coffee is delightful to the last drop and we never have the half full cups around the house anymore!! The cappuccinos and lattes are absolutely divine and seem better than star-big-bucks!!! Maybe that's because I can make it with my eyes closed and in one of my own real mugs ..to me coffee tastes better in a mug than in styrofoam! My daughter and I love the ease of use; she drinks lattes but her favorite is an evening hot chocolate.
This is the ONLY one-serve machine that uses real milk, which to us was a must. No powdered milk is the same! The milk is only 2% but tastes as rich as cream and comes out super frothy hot without any of the mess with the steamer/frother! You can also make a hot chocolate (which is wonderful!!) and add a creamer pod to it and make it extra creamy...even better!!
We leave the Tassimo on all the time, it is always in the standby mode. Put a pod in and close the machine, the Tassimo automatically starts the 'heating' mode with a green light showing that; when the heating is finished in a few seconds, the light changes and the 'auto' light comes on, then you press the large single black button once. (Seems like they could design it so it switches right from heating to making coffee, but it doesn't). It makes the drink and then sputters a few seconds clearing out the last bit of cofee. Take the pod out immediately (or you'll forget) and handle it only by the tab (cuz it's hot!!!!) and toss it. Perfect drink everytime, with no taste from the last pod since each one brews only inside the pod itself.
OK for minimum cleanups: If you make a regular coffee, then rinse the 2 parts where the pod sits and put them back. Easy. If you made a drink with milk, then run the "cleaner pod" with an empty mug...the "cleaner pod" is just a plastic disk that we almost threw away when we opened the huge Tassimo box, it has a barcode on it and tells the Tassimo to boil water. We use the same disk to boil water for adding to oatmeal or teabags (if you don't use the Tassimo tea pods which are really not that much more convenient than a teabag :)
One nice thing about the Tassimo is that the coffee is always piping hot, very smooth, not at all bitter. The Seattles-best and gevalia pods are great, the maxwell house pods are also very smooth. EVen if we only bought this machine for the specialty drinks it would be worth every penny. We would never buy the multifunction coffee/espresso/frothing machine until they make one that cleans up all the pieces itself LOL. I don't even like cleaning up the old simple carafe and coffee filter full of grinds. Plus I always end up with a half pot of coffee to throw out. We're retiring the old coffee maker, it hasn't been used for over a year anyway. We've gotten into the habit of skipping coffee at home and buying it at a big-bucks close to work or out somewhere on weekends. At nearly $7 a day total for me alone, the habit adds up quickly.
Get your Tassimo, make your own gourmet coffee at home! Everyone wants to use the machine (so you won't have to worry about fixing anyone elses); it's sleek, super easy to fix, and NO MESS. You can even fix a decafe latte at nite in your slippers! We bought a couple of sprinkle/cocoa/nutmeg shakers for a little extra touch! (Today I'm going out to buy one of the $15 chrome pod holders to keep some on the counter:) And for a real indulgence, you can even make a cocoa latte or expresso (use one pod after another). We now have desert/coffee at home for a treat (instead of going out) and haven't been to a big-bucks since buying our Tassimo!
Get one before the Holidays and enjoy your own Christmas cheer by surprising your sweetheart with gourmet caffe latte in bed!!
Cheers~ God bless the troops (and all of their families)!!
Happy Holidays!
Superb May 17, 2006
Lev Raphael (Okemos, MI United States)
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
Okay, nothing beats my Chemex. I have the old automatic Chemex that isn't made any more (and Chemex thankfully will fix them if they're not working), and combined with coffee that's locally roasted (including a roast that was once the best coffee in town at a restaurant now gone), that to me is coffee heaven. However, the Tassimo is an excellent system that makes high-quality coffee that's very smooth and very European in style, not surprisingly. I've tried half a dozen different T-discs and they bring me back to my many trips to Europe. Western Europe, that is. If you like Turkish-style coffee, then try something else. Ditto if you go for Starbucks, which I find very harshly roasted. This machine is cute, doesn't take up much counter space, easily cleaned, easily operated, and fun to work. We gave our much more expensive Fancis! Francis! to one of the kids because we found it much less satisfying to operate. And it's nostalgic, because every time I come back from Europe I complain to my spouse, "Why is American coffee so awful?" Now I can relax, and smell the coffee. :-)
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