Coffee on Demand

We bought a Braun Tassimo coffee machine last week. This is how it looks



and this is what the official site has to say about the machine -

With the TASSIMO machine and the TASSIMO Discs you can make the hot drink you want, when you want it. No fuss. No bother. It's truly amazing. The same machine that makes a real espresso and freshly brewed filter coffee from some of your favorite U.S. and European brands, also makes real milk-based latte & cappuccino, cafe crema, tea, hot chocolate - something for everyone. Each cup is freshly brewed to celebrate its true character and gives you the taste you love, every time. Tassimo lets you enjoy a cup of exactly what you want, right now. Simply insert your choice of T-DISC, select the right cup for your drink and press the button. In about a minute you'll savor an exquisite cup of coffee, tea or hot chocolate. You can brew your next delicious cup right away, knowing it will be as fresh and delightful as the one before it. No mess, no grounds and no waiting. Just pure pleasure, one cup at a time.

I was impressed by the size of the whole setup since it is very compact but to be very frank with you I was more impressed with the price. Though the new machine is available for I think around 130 bucks, a person in office( God bless him )was offering it for 35 and it was only half a year old. Since we really wanted to have a coffee machine but not spend too much on it we decided to go ahead with it.

On putting the contraption to test we found the whole thing very easy to use. A jar fitted to the machine was to be filled up with tap water and then we needed to put something known as a coffee disc which looks like this



into the top of the device and press the button to get the latte. That simple! The discs are usually sold in a package like this



and this is how our latte looked like in the end



Now we can offer a host of drinks to anyone visiting our house - Vodka, Wine - Red and White, Sekt, Gluwine, Rumm, Bailey's, Campari, Beer, Indian tea, Europent tea, South Indian filter coffee, Latte Macchiato, Cappucino, Konning, Cafe Crema - anyways I guess you get the picture. Pretty impressive eh? I am the designated coffee maker in the house and I really look forward to "brewing the passion".

So yes its simple, effective and impressive and the only drawback I can think of is the fact that each of these disc packs are at least 4-5 bucks and if one is a heavy coffee drinker one needs to get a packs every couple of days. However, considering we got the machine for 30 bucks and we, as of now, use it sparingly I think its a prudent spend!

So everybody is invited for a nice cup of coffee....