T-Discs
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Coffee pod
Coffee pods are pre-packaged ground coffee beans in their own filter. In certain non-English speaking countries, such as Germany and The Netherlands, the word "pad" is used instead of "pod", for semantic reasons....
designed by Tassimo
Tassimo
The Tassimo Hot Beverage System is a consumer coffee machine that prepares one-cup servings of espresso, regular coffee, tea, hot chocolate, and various other coffee drinks, notably those including milk such as latte or cappuccino....
for use in the Tassimo single cup pod makers
Coffee pod
Coffee pods are pre-packaged ground coffee beans in their own filter. In certain non-English speaking countries, such as Germany and The Netherlands, the word "pad" is used instead of "pod", for semantic reasons....
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Technology
A bar code on top of each T-Disc instructs the machine to use the proper brewing settings. It will then change the water temperature, the amount of water, and the brew time and strength. This allows the Tassimo pod maker to brew a variety of hot drinks: filtered style coffee, cappuccino, short espresso, tea, and hot chocolate.Tassimo T-Discs are currently offered under brands such as Gevalia
Gevalia
Gevalia is the largest coffee roastery in Scandinavia. In North America, the company sells coffee and teas directly to consumers via home delivery. Customers order from a customer servicenter and a website that was relaunched in August 2009...
, Maxwell House
Maxwell House
Maxwell House is a brand of coffee manufactured by a like-named division of Kraft Foods. Introduced in 1892, it is named in honor of the Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. For many years until the late 1980s it was the largest-selling coffee in the U.S. and is currently second behind...
, Mastro Lorenzo, Nabob
Nabob (coffee)
Nabob is a brand of coffee produced by Kraft Foods and sold in Canada. The Nabob Coffee Company originated in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1896, was the food manufacturing arm of Kelly Douglas Limited, house brand for Super-Valu Stores, and was purchased by Jacobs Suchard in 1976, and...
, Carte Noire, Kenco
Kenco
Kenco is a brand of instant coffee, and roast & ground coffee distributed by Kraft Foods in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Originally known as the Kenya Coffee Company, they started distributing coffee to Britain in 1923...
, Jacobs
Jacobs
Jacobs may refer to:PeoplePlaces*Jacobs, Louisville, Kentucky, USA*Jacobs, Wisconsin, USA*St. Jacobs, Ontario, CanadaEducation*Jacobs School of Music, in Indiana University, Indiana, USA*Jacobs University Bremen, in GermanyOther uses...
, Suchard
Philippe Suchard
Philippe Suchard was a Swiss chocolatier and industrialist.-Biography:Suchard was born in 1797 in Boudry. According to the memoirs of his sister Rosalie, he became aware of the potentialities of chocolate manufacturing as an industry at the very early age of about twelve...
and Twinings
Twinings
Twinings is a marketer of tea based in Andover, Hampshire, England.- History :The founder of Twinings, Thomas Twining, opened the first known tea room, at 216 Strand, London, in 1706, which is still operating today. The firm's logo, created in 1787, is one of the world's oldest in continuous use...
. These brands from all over the world allow the consumer to choose from a selection of blends, flavors and types of hot drinks. These drinks are made quickly in around one minute, with little clean up required - however intermittent descaling may be needed when the water used has a degree of hardness.
Tassimo machines
Tassimo machines were developed by Kraft Foods Inc. Originally made by Saeco International Group S.p.A.Saeco
Saeco is an Italian manufacturer of espresso machines and other electrical goods, head quartered near Bologna.-History:The company was founded by Sergio Zappella and Arthur Schmed in 1981....
and distributed by Braun
Braun (company)
' , formerly Braun AG, is a German consumer products company based in Kronberg, Germany.From 1984 until 2005, Braun was a wholly owned subsidiary of The Gillette Company, which had purchased a controlling interest in the company in 1967...
. New versions are now being manufactured by Bosch
Robert Bosch GmbH
Robert Bosch GmbH is a multinational engineering and electronics company headquartered in Gerlingen, near Stuttgart, Germany. It is the world's largest supplier of automotive components...
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As of April 2011, Tassimo had three models that use the T-Discs (Tassimo coffee pod
Coffee pod
Coffee pods are pre-packaged ground coffee beans in their own filter. In certain non-English speaking countries, such as Germany and The Netherlands, the word "pad" is used instead of "pod", for semantic reasons....
), the Intermediate, the Suprema (which comes with Red or Silver highlights) and the Premium which comes in 'Twilight Titanium'.
All of these machines brew a drink from the Tassimo T-Discs in under one minute, and can brew subsequent drinks immediately. All use 'One-Touch' brew controls, and are programmable for an individual's taste preferences. All machines have similar features, however the Intermediate and Suprema models are not suitable for use above altitudes of 6,500 feet.
See also
- Coffee serviceCoffee serviceCoffee service is a catch-all term for services related to the delivery of coffee to employees of a business at low or no cost to them. Providing coffee to employees is popular among employers since employees will likely not leave the workplace to purchase coffee, subsequently reducing lost work...
- Coffee PodCoffee podCoffee pods are pre-packaged ground coffee beans in their own filter. In certain non-English speaking countries, such as Germany and The Netherlands, the word "pad" is used instead of "pod", for semantic reasons....
- Easy Serving Espresso PodEasy Serving Espresso PodAn Easy Serving Espresso Pod, or E.S.E. pod, is a small packed coffee disk with a paper filter covering.Each pod contains seven grams of coffee compressed into a food safe filter package. A double serving contains 14 grams of coffee. Pods are typically 44-45mm size for E.S.E...
- K-Cup
- Flavia Beverage Systems
- Singles capsulesSingles capsulesThe Kraft Singles Capsule was developed by a UK industrial design company to enable freshly brewed high quality coffee and tea to be delivered rapidly. It employs an integral filterbed and a sealed inlet and outlet...
- CaffitalyCaffitalyThe Caffitaly System is a capsule system for making espresso and other coffee drinks in home espresso machines...
- LavazzaLavazzaLuigi Lavazza S.p.A. is an Italian manufacturer of coffee products. Founded in Turin in 1895 by Luigi Lavazza, it was initially run from a small grocery store at Via San Tommaso 10. The business of Lavazza S.p.A. is currently administered by the third and fourth generation of the Lavazza family.-...
- NespressoNespressoNespresso is the brand name of Nestlé Nespresso S.A., an operating unit of the Nestlé Group based in Lausanne, Switzerland. Nespresso machines brew espresso from special capsules containing ground coffee.- History :...
- SaecoSaecoSaeco is an Italian manufacturer of espresso machines and other electrical goods, head quartered near Bologna.-History:The company was founded by Sergio Zappella and Arthur Schmed in 1981....
- SenseoSenseoSenseo is a registered trademark for a coffee brewing system from Dutch companies Philips and Douwe Egberts, a subsidiary of Sara Lee Corporation...