Product reviewsBosch Tassimo Vivy TAS1202GB 2 Cups Coffee & Espresso Combo - Real Black

Tassimo Bosch

There are several of these type of coffee makers out there, but I chose the Tassimo system because of the availability of the coffee etc., and Bosch for the legendary quality.
I am not disappointed, it works well and every cup is like a fresh brew and worth the cost due to the quality of the drink.
The bar code dictates the amount of water used, a tiny amount for espresso, and a lot for a Hot Chocolate. I find that the standard is a bit too small, so flip the lid open at the end of the cycle, close, and press the button again to fill the cup, switching off when there is enough. The coffee seems to be strong enough to stand this.

The only problem I had was it wouldn't work out of the box, and the instructions are very vague being mostly graphical. It seems it wanted to run a cleaning cycle, something I only found out about on YouTube. Basically, fill it with water, switch it on with the blue cleaning disc in, and let it run - it takes about 45 minutes to complete and you will need a decent sized cup to take the water. After this cycle finished, it has been faultless and I now wouldn't do without it.

There are some Tassimo cartridge bargains on eBay, I bought some mixed varieties of teas, coffee, and hot chocolate. I am still working my way through them.

It has a small footprint, I just moved my kettle and slid it in, unlike a lot of kitchen gadgets, this one will be used.Read full review...

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Review

Makes good drinks but never makes the same size cup one after the other

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Makes a good drink

The Tassimo is a well known, tried and tested, Coffee maker that is versatile enough to make one or two other drinks. The water tank could do with being bigger but then maybe I should drink less coffee :-).

The drink pods (Containing the coffee or milk etc.) are not cheap but, compared to the high street coffee vendors the price per cup is lower and, if you shop around, you can get some pretty good deals on the pods.

Oh. My machine was a refurbished one I think. Not a lot to say about that really as it has worked every time and you couldn't tell it from a new one.Read full review...

Coffee Snob...Moi?

This is our second machine.

Just easier than jar, spoon, cup, sugar, kettle and milk(*)

This one now come with a filter system so why the wife insists filling it from the filter jug in the fridge.(Women Prime ministers next). It also has a small lamp which is useful.

Down side.

Unless you really really love Costa Americanos (available at leading supermarkets ....sometimes, you have to order in.

However this is actually cheaper even if you like Costa Amer....... I've liked the TAG yellow ones only to discover its a coffee you can drink before bed time, Intenso's various which should only be drunk before twelve noon (unless you are Italian). Wife likes the Chocolate Suchard, and the Breakfast Coffee.

ps Down Side 2

Bosch/Tassimo sense of humour. On the back of the box they used to give the Millilitre size of the coffee. Now they've put a picture of the relative cup that might do. (a) put both. (b) put it on the front in large type or even braille cos until I've had my first cup the eyes don't focus to good.

(*) Builders Nes.....fe coffee needs three sugars and milk.

pps machine is coming with me as part of the deivorce setltlement. Win win there I think.Read full review...

Good

This is a nice little compact Tassimo machine. It works as expected, my only criticism is the tiny water tank. You cannot make more than a couple of drinks with this machine before you have to refill it. But perhaps that is to be expected with a compact machine. Other than that, it produces excellent coffee, albeit a little slowly for what is supposed to be an instant machine.Read full review...

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bosch Tassimo

Although compact, this machine is perfect at doing its job, the descaling and cleaning disc provided takes care of the machine for you. All you need to do is choose from the many T disc drink options you prefer, top up the water container on the back and your ready to go. Great compact machine with the same quality drinks as the bigger drinks machines.Read full review...

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Easy to use features

Much improved to earlier models

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Waste of money.

Does not read the pod every time. In a box of 8 pods I wasted 3 because it would not read them.
The ones that do work... Be sure and buy XL or Grande coffee pods all the rest are 1/4 cups.

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Tassimo Coffee Mao

This is a second Tassimo machine, smaller than my original and destined for my holiday home. Delighted with it - like its neat size. Will now be able to indulge my coffee habit at home or away!

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Tassimo TAS1202GB

Very nice compact coffee maker. Doesn't take up a lot of room and makes a very nice Latte.

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First rate and love it

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