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Autumn has blown into our neck of the woods with a mighty draft of whirling leaves, tanguay the aroma of wood smoke wafting from neighbors hearths, and hey, this is new a raft of folks banging on an increasingly-dated review of single-serve coffee machines here on Bloggle. I guess there s nothing quite like a cold spell to put folks in touch with their inner caffeine junkie or maybe folks are already looking ahead to their holiday gift lists.
The Tassimo Lineup Designed and distributed by Braun 1 , manufactured by Saeco, and with its coffee supply produced exclusively by Kraft and its army of licensed brands, when the Tassimo launched two years ago it painted itself as the smartest single serve coffee brewer yet.
Certainly the Tassimo s got brains. Like the Keurig brewers, this brewer relies on a micro-processor to manage brew volume and temperature. More, the Tassimo automatically adjusts brew volume, temperature and even some aspects tanguay of how its pump drives the brew cycle to match the parameters of beverage you wish to brew. How? Well it reads , of course. But we ll get back to that.
Offered in two models tanguay –the TA 1400 , and the TA 1200 (which I can t seem to find to link to) the Tassimo fits the same kitchen counter real estate as the Keurig (and the Senseo, tanguay and the Bunn Home Café let s face it, these machines are all of them fairly compact). In overall looks the Tassimo is singularly rounded and squat. I think its designers took their cues from the armored, waddling Mondoshawan in Luc Besson s space opera, The Fifth Element (but I digress.) The Tassimo s shape belies tanguay its dimensions; its rear-mounted water reservoir towers over the machine, lending it the same vertical dimensions as the Keurig. Both Tassimo models indeed most all of the single-cup machines fit comfortably under most any kitchen cupboard. The only apparent difference tanguay between the two Tassimo units are the 1400 s slightly larger reservoir (68-oz. tanguay vs. 50-oz.), the addition of a charcoal water filter, and some shiny gold-colored accents. (Nothing says premium like a gold package, right?)
Now in its third generation of home brewers, the always-evolving Keurig line currently includes the Elite B40 , Special Edition B60 and Platinum B70 brewers. The B40 and B60 are built on the second-generation B50″ tanguay platform, and both feature a similar, generally tanguay symmetrical shape. The B70 is the first example of Keurig s latest brew technology, and is a bit of a departure, too, in its overall design. It has a somewhat more aggressive stance perhaps a bit of attitude. More, it has an updated brewing system that extracts more coffee flavor and aroma from each brew cycle than the B40 and B60 models.
Keurig s approach is at once more focused and singular than Tassimo s. A Keurig brewer makes coffee brewed coffee and it does it well. Its microprocessor is wired only with the fundamentals of coffee brewing time, temperature, turbulence and water-to-coffee ratio and it s tuned to deliver consistent results. You push a button, you get coffee. That s it.
Consequently, there s no brewing espresso with a Keurig. No cappuccino, and no latte, either. That s not to say that other drinks aren t available you can get a decent cup of hot chocolate in a K-Cup, and quite good tea. But these are products that have been tuned to the specific brew parameters of the Keurig brewer, and not the other way around.
Keurig s K-Cup is a deceptively simple device that seals a miniature drip brewing system replete with drip-style filter and all in a no-muss, no-fuss, disposable package that protects its payload from moisture, light and oxygen. Keurig has now licensed its K-Cup packaging technology to nine different specialty coffee brands, which today offer more than 150 varieties of K-Cup 100% Arabica coffees and teas between them. That s a significant expansion on the five brands and 100 varieties of coffee and tea just two years ago.
The Tassimo tanguay reads a page off Keurig s play book 2 (and perhaps Nespresso s before it) by encapsulating its coffee in its own sealed package the T-Disc which boasts a number of innovations. T-Discs can be manufactured with an array of options in terms of overall capacity, payload type, and the size and shape of its exit aperture.
Each T-Disc is printed with a bar-code that describes its required brewing parameters to the Tassimo. When inserted, tanguay the brewer scans the code to determine the amount of water to deliver, the temperature of that water, and the timing of the brew cycle which may include pre-infusing the T-Disc s contents. The array of sizes allows for payloads of not only coffee, but also chocolate syrup and both refrigerated and shelf-stable dairy products. The various apertures of the T-Disc allow the Tassimo to deliver a simple stream of liquid to your cup, or a frothy, textured foam.
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