Braun Tassimo TA 1400 Hot Beverage System | 
 enlarge | Brand: Braun
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $169.99
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Rating:  476 reviews
Sales Rank: 1706
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 11.6
Dimensions (in): 13.8 x 16.5 x 11.6
MPN: TA1400
Model: Tassimo
UPC: 069055839560
EAN: 0069055839560
ASIN: B000A7W4YS
Release Date: October 6, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Works perfectly just has some slight wear to logo on front. Missing original box and manual, but includes manual printout from website.
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| Features:
| | Hot-beverage system brews drinks at the touch of a button in about a minute | | | Patented T-Disc system with barcode technology; customizable strength settings | | | Beverages pour directly from T-Disc into cup; no measuring, no fuss, and virtually no cleanup | | | Measures approximately 10 by 15 by 16 inches; 2-year limited warranty |
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Product Description
Braun Tassimo TA1400 Features:- Silver/black
- Adjustable cup stand accommodates various cup sizes
- Drink types include: coffee, tea, espresso, hot chocolate, cappuccinos, and lattes
- One-button operation
- Extra large removable 68-ounce water tank
- Bar code technology
- Uses exclusive T-Discs
- Easy to clean: most of the movable parts are dishwasher-safe
- Dimensions: 11.9 in High x 11.1 in Wide x 12.2 in Deep
- Weight: 7.5 lbs
- This machine is not suitable for use above altitudes of 6,500 feet
- UL Approved
- 2 Years Limited Warranty
- The Braun Tassimo 1400 combines advanced technology with readily available, pre-measured "pods" for the perfect cup of:Coffee, Espresso, Cappuccino, Latte, Hot Chocolate & Tea
Cup at a time:
This unique Tassimo machine produces one 11-oz. cup of delicious hot beverage at a time, brewing right into your mug. The entire process takes about a minute, and there is no wait time before brewing your next beverage. The large, removable water reservoir holds 68 ounces so there is no need to refill after every cup, and it includes a removable water filter for the freshest taste every time.
T-Discs:
It uses the exclusive Tassimo Discs, or T-Discs, to make espresso, filter coffee, cafT crema, tea, hot chocolate, and milk-based latte and cappuccino without the need for a complicated steam wand or frothing attachment. The T-Discs feature some of the world+s most celebrated brands, and each sealed T-Disc contains a precisely measured amount of coffee, tea, chocolate, or concentrated milk to consistently produce the best-tasting beverage. Included are one 18-serving package of Gevalia signature blend coffee and one 18-serving package of Twinings Earl Grey tea. Various other brands and flavors are sold separately.
Easy to use:
The adjustable cup pedestal allows you to brew into a demita
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| Customer Reviews: Read 471 more reviews...
 Manage your expectations and it's a world-beater November 15, 2005
David Mayer (Littleton, CO USA)
386 out of 419 found this review helpful
I tend to burst out laughing when I read reviews from people who expected this to put a Starbucks franchise on their kitchen counter. No, it doesn't get close. But for the price, and the convenience, it's the next best thing. The machine makes good-quality hot chocolate, coffee drinks, and tea, needs next to no cleanup (who ARE these people that think the thing needs extensive breakdown and cleaning?) and, best of all, can switch easily from one to another without completely disassembling the device, scrubbing filters, etc. It's not going to put your favorite local coffee shop out of business, but for serving a crowd at brunch with diverse beverage preferences or just getting a few lattes together in the evening without having to clean up and scrub a thousand pieces of metal and plastic afterward, it's a terrific buy. Strongly recommended if you've got your head screwed on straight.
Excellent machine and very versitile! November 19, 2005
N. Sbrocco
39 out of 40 found this review helpful
Ok, bear with me. I have read all the reviews on Tassimo, Keurig and Flavia until I was so confused I could not see straight. I have a coffe maker, tea kettle and espresso/cappuccino machine. So, I went to Linens N Things and bought a Keurig after talking to a store clerk. Thought the coffee sounded better than Tassimo (I grew up and love European coffee-mud). Got it home to realize, oops, it did not make cappuccino or espresso. Bad for me. Didn't make tea or hot chocolate either. Went back and spoke with the store manager who knew alot more than the clerk. I was convinced and purchased the Tassimo. For a person who loves strong coffee, it does the trick. I have on order the european java's and cannot wait to get them. Here are some reply's that I have for the poor ratings some people gave the machine.
1. Cleaning is easy.If you have ever owned a cappuccino machine you know about pain in the butt cleaning. Everything comes apart and all you do is rinse the pieces under water after use. Most pieces are diswasher safe too.
2. Coffee can be made strong if you read the instructions. I was told by the manager to hit the button when the strength was where I wanted it and she was right. The Gevalia signature was great without a bitter taste. I did the same with the cappuccino. Got a great coffee. And, oh the Suchard's hot chocolate, yum!!!
3. Here is another interesting point. Kraft who is the owner of the T-discs has the exclusive rights the soon to be upcoming Starbucks coffee pods which will hopefully be released next year. 3 other store managers told me this and I read it on the Kraft/Starbucks website. Tassimo and Starbucks, wow!!!!
I now have taken off my counter 3 other appliances and have my Tassimo right there. It is a Braun which is a great manufacturer. Not everyone is going to like it, it is personal preference but it does everything that the others don't. I am personally willing to wait to see what falvor T-discs come out next year.
The only thing I have not tried is the tea until my shipment of Gevalia comes becuase I don't like Twining's but I can't wait.
Hope this helps some people determine which one to get. It is also nice when your shipments of T-discs can be sent to your house during the holidays sparing you having to brave the lines at the stores (free shipping also offerred). It is also nice when you can buy them at the grocery store too. I wrote off the Flavia becuase I don't want to have to send an appliance back to an internet store if it does not work and be left with nothing. I also like dealing with people face to face. For the people who had Tassimo's that acted up, I hope your new one's work for you so that you can benefit from the great products it makes.
Have a great day and thanks for listening.
(Addendum: Received the Gevalia tea, smashing! and the European blends, unreal. Xmas order was to be here 12/16, came today 11/28- excellent service. Going to buy some for Xmas gifts!!!)
Expectations? November 26, 2005
Brian McRoberts (Minneapolis, MN)
34 out of 35 found this review helpful
I've had the Tassimo machine for about a week and have thoroughly enjoyed it. I bought it for myself but have found that my wife and kids like it as much as I do or even more so. Based upon prior reviews, it seems to me that my expectations are greatly different than many prior reviewers. I used to make espresso using a special grinder and a pump driven espresso machine. This process was messy and took quite a bit of time. Now, I can have a good espresso in no time.
Good coffee, quick.
Good espresso. Not as much crema as my espresso machine. But, due to the ease of the Tassimo, that's OK.
Good tea. My wife loves the Earl Grey. I've already bought another package.
Good hot chocolate. We add a little milk to cool it down.
Good Cappucino. Much better than I expected due to previous reviews. Milk tastes just fine.
Easy to clean. It's no hassle to put the cleaning disc in and run it after making a cappucino.
The noise is comparable to my pump driven espresso machine, maybe a little less noisy. The people who complained about the noise must not have had a pump driven espresso machine to calibrate them.
My family came to visit for Thanksgiving and this machine was a hit with everyone. I just hope the technology is widely adopted so the discs are available at more retail stores.
What a great invention!!! I LOVE THIS MACHINE!! December 13, 2005
Kennon Fisk (Denver CO USA)
36 out of 38 found this review helpful
I have always made coffee the old way and ended up throwing out a half a pot a day and/or sacrified the big bucks with Starbucks on a daily basis. I was given a Braun Tassimo machine last week and I will NEVER go back to my old coffee pot. I have read reviews on this product that complain about the weak coffee, the noise, water draining out into the cupholder, not taking big coffee cups, limited selection, too much cleaning and worst of all the product not working at all. I can say I really sympathize with those of you who did pay 170.00 or so and got a lemon. That would drive me crazy too. However, if you get a working machine (as I suspect 98% do) then this is a dream come true!!
The best part is there is NO WASTE, NO MESS (unless you are doing it wrong) and there is a fairly big selection for being such a new machine. No selection? Try Gevalia expresso, regular or decaf (great coffee by the way). There is Gevalia cappucino and crema (gotta try that). Twinings Earl Grey tea and Suchard hot chocolate. There is also Maxwell house coffee and I understand more things are to come soon to include chai tea and possibly Starbucks coffee!! What more do you want from one machine????
This machine is so easy to use I did it right away and now that it is set up, my 9 year old does it! Take it out of the box. Soak the water filter. Plug water filter into water container. Run cycle twice with the cleaning disc in the machine (rinses out the machine). Set up is complete. For a drink, add choice of T Disc to the machine and put water in the water container. The water warms up for about 30 seconds then you push the button. VOILA!!! A perfect cup of coffee/tea/cocoa is ready. Like it stronger?? Cut off the auto cycle a little early. Like it weaker?? After the auto cycle, press and hold the button while it adds more water. I find it does about 10-11 oz of full strength beverage per disc. If you have a bigger mug, add a little water on the manual cycle or simply run another disc. No big deal. The machine takes almost every coffee cup and mug I own except for my big travel one, so complaints about not being able to use mugs I don't understand. As far as the noise, I will say this machine is NOT quiet. If you are looking for a silent machine, this is NOT for you. However, I found the noise quite tolerable and it only lasts for a about 20 seconds while the water is shooting thru the T disc. I have heard expresso machines with way more noise than this.
Now the dreaded clean up. If clean up on this machine is too hard for you then get a life. Water does drain into the cup holder from the steam relief valve. Empty it. Pull out the used T disc and throw it away. If you did a chocolate drink you may need to take the piercing unit out and rinse it off. 5 seconds. Thats all. How hard is that?? Every 3 months, put in the cleaning disc and run some descaler thru the machine and replace the water filter. Thats all it should ever need.
Most importantly, how does it taste? I cannot complain at all. Gevalia coffee is a great product and the machine makes it flawlessly. As I said earlier you CAN adjust the strength if you want. I have made it strong and weaker by manipulating the auto cycle (a one button operation). The Twinings Earl Grey tea is wonderful and comes out piping hot and at a good strength. I have ordered hot chocolate, cappucino, decaf and crema to try those, but I suspect they will be great as well. Some people have complained about the taste of the products and maybe their palate is way more refined than mine or they have to have some exotic brand of coffee that isn't available. So don't buy this machine. If you are looking for a great cup of good quality coffee or tea with a minimum of hassle and clean up, I KNOW this will do the job and I cannot recommend this machine enough!
It seems most people must find SOMETHING to complain about. July 20, 2007
Gwen Elizabeth Snyder (Austin, TX)
31 out of 33 found this review helpful
I recently bought the Tassimo brewer off Amazon after spending days researching and weighing the pros and cons of other single serve makers. I finally decided on the Tassimo as I am not a huge coffee drinker, and the Tassimo gives me the freedom to make other drinks as well. I read horrible reviews of glitchy brewers, leaking water after each use and being messy, LOUD jackhammering noises, long heating times, lukewarm, subpar drinks and just all around horror. Now that I have recieved my Tassimo and had the chance to try it out, I would like to denounce some of those claims for other prospective buyers who may be swayed by these comments.
First off: Complicated set up and glitching?
There is a concise start-up manual that details the few steps that must be taken to prime the Tassimo before use, and after completion the unit is ready to go from then on. Mine has worked flawlessly so far.
Second: "OMG IT LEAKES WATER EVERYWERE" and "U HAVE 2 RINSE THE PIERCING THING"
It is mentioned in the manual that extra water not used in the brewing process will runoff into the small collection dish under the stand, this process should not interfere with the making of any beverage. In fact, I had a hard time even noticing the process was happening as it trickles out of a small slot and into the bottom of the stand. Now this should probably be emptied after every few drinks, but cmon it's water, it requires no cleaning whatsoever, just turn it over in the vicinity of a sink and you're done. Now the other claim has some truth to it, as a tiny amount of milk & chocolate residue will stay on the piercing mechanism after the use of those T-Discs. Still, the small plastic piece is not secured by anything, it pops right out and can be rinsed in a matter of seconds. In fact, just leave a small glass of water to dip it in after use and pop it right back in. And I read some reviews of people accidentally throwing that mechanism away? I'm not even going to bother going into that, because the majority of the population isn't complete idiots like these people, and wont run into any problems. Anyways, to sum that up, those are the only two things you could run into that could be construed as a "mess". Both are so easy and quick that they still pale in comparison to the process of cleaning out a coffee pot or filter, WHICH COULDN'T OF MADE THE CAPPUCCINO IN THE FIRST PLACE.
Thirdly: "ITS SO LOUD IT WAKES UP THE NEIGHBORS"
Jesus Christ, what is wrong with these people? When I fired mine up for the first time, I waited until the following afternoon just because I was so afraid of this LOUD sound comparable to a jet plane idling on the runway. Then I found that the thing isn't loud at all, it sounds like a 10-gallon aquarium pump going off for 10-15 seconds followed by the actual clearing of the cartridge into the cup, what the %$#@ are these people talking about? I just made a Chai Tea Latte with my sleeping stepbrother six feet away, and he didnt even stir, it just isn't that loud. I mean maybe if you were an extremely light sleeper, and someone kept the Tassimo in bed with them and brewed right next to your head, maybe then you would wake up. I read some reviews of people taking it back, because they couldn't use it in the mornings for fear of waking up the whole family. I mean, I could understand if you're in the same room as them, but you're in the kitchen which is usually a reasonable distance from the bedrooms. These are probably the same people who don't talk loud in restaurants for fear of being heard by the party across the room; what is loud to you isn't nearly as loud to people not directly next to you. I honestly can't imagine this actually waking anyone up in a typical suburban household, or even a one bedroom apartment.
Fourthly: "IT TAKES LIKE 5 MINUTES TO HEAT UP, AND THEN I HAVE TO PRESS THE BUTTON AGAIN!!11!1!"
Once again, an exaggeration of a small and non-hindering process to much larger proportions. It does in fact take around a minute to warm up the first time you turn it on, but I found it only took an average of 15-20 seconds upon subsequent brewings. Even so, all you have to do is PRESS A BUTTON once it warms up, then wait thirty seconds. No one is that busy to where they can't take the time out of their hectic lifestyle to *GASP* wait 30 seconds for their coffee. And if this appears to be a problem, then you've got a much bigger worry of poor time management on your hands. And if it DID heat and dispense the coffee at the push of one button, most of these people would STILL complain that it was "too cold" or something to that effect because they left the room and it have any sort of heating mechanism like a traditional coffee pot does. By making you press the button once more, you can just stand there and get your coffee, it really doesn't take that long people. The Tassimo has already saved you a lot of time you would have spent grinding coffee beans or scooping grounds into a filter, filling the water resevoir and waiting for it to brew. Instead, you have to push one button one time, which sounds better?
Fifthly: "MY DRINK IS COLD AND TASTES LIKE DIRT"
Now I am not a coffee connoisseur, and do not purport to be, so I cannot attest to the true merit of the T-Disc coffee, but it tastes pretty good to me! I didn't notice any of this watery, lukewarm business. In fact, I couldn't even drink mine for over a minute because it was scalding hot. The cappucino tasted great to me, easily comparable to a Starbucks version, and much cheaper. I havn't tried the Lattes yet, but I assume it's the same ingredients, just no foam. The recently released Chai Tea Latte is FANTASTIC, I was truly blown away by the flavor. And to all these tree huggers out there complaining about the waste, just can it, not everything you use is woven out of palm leaves and twigs. Everyone's cars and houses are still polluting by being on the power grid, and you throw away plenty of things that aren't prime candidates for the compost heap. AND on top of that, it is mentioned in the manual, and through common sense, that if you do choose to be so high and mighty, you can simply tear off the foil cover and rinse out the grinds. Once again it's NOT THAT HARD to recycle these T-Discs, throwing another complaint out the window.
Oh, and one more thing, the direct delivery isn't nearly as slow as people are making it out to be. I was prepared to wait at least 4 weeks for my T-Discs I had ordered, and was pleasantly surprised when they arrived 5 business days later. While this is still a long time, it's no longer than UPS Ground or anything else that ships large items.
Overall, I highly recommend the Tassimo for its ease of use, its variety of drinks (which taste great) and availability (T-Discs can be found at Bed Bath & Beyond, Best Buy, Target, even some of the larger HEBs) which, in my opinion, place it well above the other options out there.
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