About Tassimo
Tassimo is a single-serve hot beverage system developed by Bosch and Kraft (now Jacobs Douwe Egberts), offering coffee, espresso, tea, hot chocolate, and milk-based drinks through proprietary T-Disc pods read by a barcode that automatically sets brew parameters. Popular in Europe and Canada, Tassimo offers a distinctive approach to pod coffee by calibrating brew time, water volume, and temperature to each specific beverage recipe encoded in the T-Disc barcode.
The Tassimo beverage lineup spans coffee from Gevalia, Maxwell House, Starbucks, and Jacobs brands; L'OR espresso capsules; Twinings and Tazo tea; and Baileys and Milka-branded hot chocolate drinks—all available in T-Disc format for the Tassimo machine. The barcode-based system allows premium latte and cappuccino drinks that require two T-Discs (coffee + milk) to be prepared with automatic recipe-specific parameters.
Tassimo's US market presence is more limited than Nespresso and Keurig, with fewer retail locations carrying machines and pods. Online ordering through Amazon and the Tassimo website provides the most reliable access to the T-Disc pod variety. Comparing the per-cup cost of Tassimo T-Discs against Nespresso, Keurig K-Cup, and other pod systems helps evaluate the ongoing cost of whichever single-serve coffee format you choose.
Quick Savings Tips
- T-Disc multi-packs on Amazon typically offer 10–20% lower per-disc pricing than single-variety purchases
- Variety samplers allow trying multiple beverage types before committing to larger quantity purchases
- Tassimo machine descaling every 2–3 months significantly extends machine life and maintains beverage quality
- Compare per-cup cost against Nespresso and Keurig K-Cups for equivalent beverage types
- US retail availability for T-Discs is limited—online ordering is more reliable for variety and consistent availability