[Electronics-talk] Tassimo brewers; was Keurig 2.0 accessibility

Thu Nov 12 20:54:11 UTC 2015

No, it does not use K-cups, it uses Tassimo's own equivalent with barcodes.  And no, it costs around $75, and they throw in a bunch of free coffee.  

Yes, it is a one button system.  The only variations in brewers I've noted was how big they were (which translated into how much water they held in their tank), and the color.  It could be they had a high end one which took a direct plumbing connection (I've seen this in many brands); that's usually expensive, but nothing I've ever paid any attention to.

They do sell a cleaning solution you put in the tank every so often (I'd guess every six months) to remove hard water build up.  There are no filters or other components I know of.

When you purchase a pack of late coffee for instance, you get 8 milk pods and 8 coffee pods.  To make your late you put in the milk pod first, and it heats it and froths it and puts it into the cup, and then you insert your coffee pod, and it adds the cup of coffee to it.
Same idea if you're make a chai late tea, or hot chocolate (or I forgot how much I liked their moca java, which uses a pod of hot chocolate and then an espresso pod to make one really great drink).

Chip Orange
Florida Public Service Commission
Computer Systems Analyst
850-413-6314

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Does it use k-cups as well Chip? From what I saw online it didn't look 
like it and looked like it cost around 999$s, but since you have one 
thoughyt I'd ask you. You can also just get one for about 30$s I think 
from Mr coffee we saw it at target or walmart, you just added water an 
hit brew and it takes off. I think it came with travel mugs too, but 
you could just any mug I am sure and if you still have or just like 
k-cups I think you can use them in there.
Original message:
> Hi,

> Actually, I'm wrong about them making all the same size; the bar code 
> on the pod tells it how much water to use.

> I've seen something like 4 ounce espresso up to (I believe) 12 ounce 
> American coffee.  The size isn't adjustable on the machine though, it's 
> coded in the barcodes of the pods.  The machine does allow you to push 
> the "start" button at the end of the brew to add some additional hot 
> water if you like a somewhat weaker drink.

> It also can be used for various hot teas, hot chocolates, and chai tea 
> late, etc.

> There's a special site for mail ordering the pods, or you can mail 
> order them from Amazon or Bed Bath and Beyond.  If you care about the 
> color of the brewing machine, they are generally black, but I believe 
> the Home Shopping Network sells a white Tassimo brewer (my wife cares 
> about the color).

> I can't tell you how much better I think it is over the k-cups, and yet 
> it's priced around $50 to $75 for the brewer, so it's not up in the 
> really high priced group.

> Chip

> Chip Orange
> Florida Public Service Commission
> Computer Systems Analyst
> 850-413-6314

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Danielle Ledet via Electronics-talk
> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 11:41 PM
> To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
> Cc: Danielle Ledet
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Tassimo brewers; was Keurig 2.0 accessibility

> What size drink do they make? I want to look into it. I am only
> familiar with Keurig so far.

> On 11/10/15, Chip Orange via Electronics-talk
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Thank you for passing this along.

>> I can whole heartedly recommend a competitor model from Tassimo.  It uses
>> barcodes on its pods for brewing instructions as well, but in addition, it
>> allows pods filled with uht milk, chocolate syrup (for hot chocolate), and
>> other liquids (so that you can brew a capachino without dealing with the
>> milk yourself).  It only has one button (to start), and as far as I know,
>> all of the various models of Tassimo brewers only make one size drink (they
>> just vary in their physical size, how much water their resivoirs will hold,
>> etc.).  I have been excessively please with it and the variety of drinks
>> available (I am enjoying pumpkin spice lates this fall).

>> Tassimo can be found at Bed Bath and Beyond and online, and their price for
>> pods is competitive with K-cups, and so is the price for their brewers.

>> Hth,

>> Chip

>> Chip Orange
>> Florida Public Service Commission
>> Computer Systems Analyst
>> 850-413-6314

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Jim Shaffer via Electronics-talk
>> Sent: Monday, November 09, 2015 12:02 PM
>> To: electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
>> Cc: Jim Shaffer
>> Subject: [Electronics-talk] Keurig 2.0 accessibility

>> We recently purchased a Keurig 2.0 model 200.  We subsequently returned it
>> to Walmart, and got an older Keurig model 40 they still had on the shelf.  I

>> was unable to use the unit, because you need to select a cup size using the

>> touch screen.  This would have been doable, except that if you, by tapping
>> the up button, exceed the maximum cup size of 10 oz, the selection wraps
>> around to 4 oz.

>> I'm sure that this has been discussed, but there are many Keurig messages in

>> the archives, and I didn't browse them all.  I heard on another list that
>> blind folks were using this unit successfully, and I wonder how?

>> I spoke with a manager at Keurig, and he told me that he'd heard of this
>> once before.  Honestly, I didn't get the feeling that Keurig is concerned
>> about this, or that they plan to do anything about it.
>> --
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