Bosch Tassimo TAS2001

This machine will make you a cup of espresso, cappuccino, latte, hot chocolate, tea or even more hot beverages at a push of a button. The Tassimo system includes special T-DISCs (capsules) with barcodes, which are read by the machine to set the correct water temperature, pressure and brew time for each drink. One of the cool things about the T-DISCs is that they come in known flavors such as Milka chocolate, Starbucks coffee or Twinings tea. For the milk based flavor, you will have to combine two T-DISCs (for example, a chocolate capsule, and a milk capsule).

You can adjust the height of the cup stand for small espressos or tall lattes, and also manually set the strength of the drink. I really like this machine because it is very competitive price wise, and you get to pick from a large set of flavors for your drink, and not only coffee. It is also easy to find the T-DISCs from major Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, Morrsions, Somerfield and Boots stores, or you can find them online at the Tassimo online store as well.

I wouldn’t say this is the machine for someone who is looking for an espresso only machine, but if you want to prepare different drinks, and you are on a tight budget, this is definitely a good option to consider.

Technical Specification

• Barcode system ensures perfect drink every time
• Manual adjustment of drink strength possible
• Dimensions (mm): H273mm x W204mm x D334mm
• Flow heater technology means virtually no heat up time and minimal waiting between drinks
• Easy to use interface with one button
• Height adjustable cup stand for different size cups
• 2 litre removable easy-fill water tank
• Automtic de-scaling function
• Highly energy efficient due to flow heater
• On-off switch on front of appliances
• Dishwasher safe parts
• Storage compartment for service T-DISC and quick instruction manual
• Cable storage at back of appliances

Check out price comparisons and user reviews for the Bosch Tassimo TAS4011GB Multi-Beverage Machine.

Here is a video by Bosch on the machine..

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Jura Booth

First I had to look at the monsters, the Z5 and Jura Impressa J5. You can see the Jura Impressa Z5 in action here, right after the steamed milk was poured to the cup, the espresso dose flows to the cup without having to move it.

Jura Impressa Z5

The Jura Impressa J5 surprised me with it’s amazing design. I really love the white color on this machine. This is the machine that won the red dot design award in the category of product design in 2007, competing against 2,548 products from 43 countries. That says something…

Jura Impressa J5

The other bean to cup machine that surprised me was the was the Jura ENA5. Jura brought 3 ENA5 machines in red, green and silver colors. That was enough to keep me staring at them for a while You can see the AutoCappuccino device on the right side of the machines. The plastic hose goes into the milk carton, and then gets sucked in to the frothing device, so you don’t have to do it yourself.

Jura ENA5

Jura ENA5

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It isn’t hard to guess what “Bean to Cup” or automatic coffee machines are meant to give us. You supply the coffee beans of your choice (instead of ground coffee in capsules or any other form) and put them in a special compartment in the coffee machine, then let the machine take care of all the necessary phases:

• Grinding the coffee beans
• Measuring the correct dose of coffee grounds for our desired drink
• Pressing the coffee grounds
• Automatically setting the dose for an espresso, long or double espresso
• Brewing a delicious aromatic coffee drink
• In some machines, frothing the milk if needed

So at the push of a button of a bean to cup coffee machine, it will grind the coffee on demand for each cup, brew the coffee into the cup and dispose of the used coffee grounds into a disposal unit. There are many coffee machine companies that produce bean to cup machines in different levels. Other features of automatic machines include the self-cleaning mechanisms to minimize the hassle on your part.

The best company for automatic coffee machines is considered to be Jura but you can find great machines from Gaggia, Saeco and other producers as well.

Jura Z5

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