Bosch TAS2002GB Tassimo T20 Hot Beverage Machine, Gloss Black

I have been thinking about buying a coffee machine for a few weeks now and did alot of research. And i mean alot! I came here to look at reviews, which? My coffee machine website that compares all coffee machines. I was put off by alot of reviews on here so decided to go to a leading supermarket where "every little helps" so I could inspect it close up. And it just happened they are half price there until xmas :) so I purchased it and as soon as I got home opened it up and fired it up. After filling the water tank up you have to flush the machine which takes all of 2 mins! After that your ready. Stick the pod in and as soon as the lid clicks your ready to go. Its amazingly quick!

Onto the bits you really want to know. I am a coffee connoisseur. I know everything there is to know about coffee :) and I am, if I do say so myself a fab coffee maker! I have various bits n pieces at home for making good coffee. I have a total of 32 glass jars all with fresh ground coffee and coffee flavours I have created myself! So as you can see you now know why I took along time researching coffee machines!
I had a budget of £400 to play with when choosing my machine. But for some unknown reason I kept coming back to this Tassimo Machine and the new Dolce Gusto Machine.
The reviews on both were extremely mixed and to be honest were starting to stress me out with comments like "you are going into a relationship with Tassimo" "the cup size that comes out is small"
As I learned today, the cup stand that comes with the machine knows the size of your cup, you twist to make the stand higher = a small cup and you release to lower the stand = a big cup. So I think thats where people are going wrong. Once the pod is in you press start. Once its ran its cylce the light flashes to manual which you press and hold down for as long or as little as you want to get more coffee. I noticed a comment about watered down coffee so after I used a pod I put it back in and made another cup to taste. Being 100% honest here the second cup was absolutely fine! Wasnt weak or watery! It tasted just the same as the first!
Now then.... onto the choice of Coffee! The day I got the machine the entire Tassimo range was on offer. I got one pack of Cappuccino x 16. One pack of Americano x 16. One pack of Crema x 16 and one pack of Latte Macchiato Caramel. All packs were £3.50. People keep saying theres 16 pods but you only get 8 cups. Um sorry but not true!!! I made a coffee in a big tall Costa Glass and it was filled to the brim!!!

The different coffees I have tried so far are LUSH!! The Caramel was to die for! The Capuccino went down a treat with my Mum and even my Brother muttered a Mmmmmmmmmm thats nice!!

This machine really doesnt have any bad points! If the only bad reviews are on here regarding the cup sizes that does show and prove that the machine itself is a fab wee machine. Its a very cute, quirky design and looks fab on my counter. Another little bonus is you can press the button to have just boiled water and stick a cup under with a tea bag in! So my kettle has been demoted!!

So all in all the Tassino Coffee Machine is a fantastic little gadget. Makes superb Coffee, Hot Chocolate, Horlicks milk, kids Hot Chocolate, English Tea, Thai Tea, Earl Grey, Decaff, Iced coffee, Iced Tea. Every Hot Beverage going!!
Please dont let the odd fussy review put you off.
I am hoping to upload a video of the machine in action to help you Coffee Machine hunters see how it works.

P.S when you buy the machine you have the option of registering it and when you do you are given a £20 voucher to spend at Tassimo Online. You can buy more Pods or accessories. Theres free delivery when you spend over £35 so if you have the £20 voucher and dont make the £35 p+p is £5. And every time you buy you earn points to spend later :) its a win win!!

I really do hope this review helps. I do tend to bang on a bit but when I see something getting bad reviews when it doesnt warrent them I like to defend the item :)

If you buy this machine then you are going into a relationship with tassimo as the only discs that work in this machine are T-Discs. I was very excited to get my Tassimo but the excitement faded when I bought my first pack of coffee "Carte Noire Caffe Macchiato" first of all you get 8 creamer discs and 8 coffee discs. You need to use 1 creamer and 1 coffee disc to make one unit so you can only make 8 "cups" of coffee for around £4. Doesn't seem too bad when you think how much Starbucks or Costa costs, but you don't get a lot of coffee for your disc - in real world you need 2 coffee discs and 2 creamer discs to make a real sized mug (that's right, realistically you only get 4 proper coffees from 16 t-discs which is ridiculous). The biggest problem with this machine is that it is a profit deal, they sell you the machine cheap and then make up for it selling you coffee. I'd say if you are a real coffee fan then go with a bean-to-cup machine, this is just too much of a cost to use on day-to-day basis. I drink around 4 - 5 "proper" coffees a day and this is just too expensive. But if you have a one cuppa a day or want to treat the kids to some delicious milka hot chocolate then this machine is for you.

We love this machine, it's quick and easy to use. The only down side is that you have to buy the special pods to put in it. If you buy the latte or cappuchino packs they work out twice the price of the ones where you add your own milk - I recommend using an espresso and then adding the milk and heating in the microwave.