A few companies are marketing branded cleaning discs for a variety of single serving coffee makers, including such CoffeeForLess favorites as Tassimo and Keurig coffee machines. These products appearance in the marketplace has led some in our coffee community to ask if these products are necessary when it comes to coffee machine maintenance. Today, we put to rest he question of whether you need a branded Tassimo cleaning disc or some sort of special cleaning K-Cup to clean these machinese.

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T-Discs are one of my favorite ways to enjoy cappuccino and lattes at work, and the way I can do that is thanks to the Red Tassimo Suprema T-Disc coffee maker. This machine is cutting edge technology coupled with elegant design, making it not only capable of producing quality coffee but also pleasing to the eye as it sits on your countertop.

Tassimo machines in general are reliable and compact, but the red body and sleek functionality of the Red Tassimo Suprema truly set it apart in the world of...

Tassimo coffee discs make it possible to enjoy coffee shop cappuccino any time you want and at a great savings relative to buying cappuccino out. Cappuccino T-Discs by Gevalia coffee can produce excellent cappuccino with all of the ground espresso and steamed milk necessary at the push of a button on your Tassimo  T-Disc coffee brewer.

It’s true. Tassimo coffee discs provide both espresso and instant milk discs, both brewed and steamed nearly instantly when you insert and use a Tassimo coffee...

Tassimo coffee machines present an elegant option when choosing a single-cup coffee maker. These technological marvels make the perfect cup of coffee on demand without messy measuring, changing of filters, or brewing a whole pot of coffee when you only want a single serving. Tassimo coffee machines can even steep a variety of other beverages, including  both tea and hot cocoa from T-Discs.

T-Discs, the refills for Tassimo coffee machines, are cutting edge coffee technology. Each one contains...

If you enjoy your Tassimo T-Disc brewer, then you probably know how great it is at making coffee and coffee drinks like lattes, cappuccinos, and espresso. The instant milk technology gives it far greater flexibility with mixed drinks than most brewers on the market, but did you know it is also excellent at brewing tea? Tassimo tea discs make a perfectly cup of tea on demand.

Tassimo tea discs are like any other Tassimo T-Disc. They have carefully measured quantities of tea optimized to the rapid,...

K-Cup coffee or tea is a product of advances in both the K-Cup filter and our understanding of what it actually means to steep or brew hot beverages. As these two technologies have developed side by side, we have gained such products as K-Cups, Tassimo T-Discs, and even coffee pods of certain types.

The K-Cup filter that ensures a quality cup of coffee every time that you use your Keurig K-Cup brewer is not actually that different from a regular coffee filter. How it does differ is in scale. The...

The many options now available in the single cup coffee maker realm have a lot of people asking which of these machines is best for them. The reality of it is that each type of single serve coffee maker has its advantages and disadvantages. Today on the CoffeeForLess blog, we are going to look at the differences between two of the leading brands in the single cup coffee machine market: Tassimo vs. Keurig.
 

In the battle of Tassimo vs. Keurig, we’ll discover what sets each style of machine apart...

Office coffee workers the world over are embracing fresh brewed coffee at their desk or in their home office with the recent trend of compact single serve coffee machines. These highly engineered single cup coffee machines produce a single cup of coffee at a time from coffee makers that advances in technology have allowed to be so small as to be perfect for your desktop.

Single serve coffee machines of this size make it possible to brew coffee right at your desk. Gone is the need to halt your...

Tassimo T-Discs make brewing coffee a breeze thanks to their digitally calibrated barcode and your Tassimo T-Disc brewer’s ability to read that barcode to program its brew time, temperature, and water volume perfectly.  These elegant machines can also make tea from tea T-Discs thanks to this advanced hot beverage brewing technology.

Brewing tea is an art in many cultures, meaning that the brewing process is so refined and so perfected that this simple act of concocting a beverage has been...

Lattes and cappuccinos are hoity-toity coffee house fare, but these days they are as common as fast food despite lacking fast food prices. For many of us, a stop by Starbucks or some comparable coffee shop is a daily ritual. That daily ritual hits the wallet pretty hard, making finding any way one can cut into the cost of the habit a great idea. The luxury of steamed milk espresso drinks is not something most people are willing to give up, and so the advancements in single serving coffee brewing...

Occasionally I get questions about coffee pods and other single cup coffee. People ask me, why a k-cup, why a coffee pod, what’s wrong with good old fashioned ground coffee, and more. These are good questions, and the answer to them is simple: convenience. Those coffee styles offer you variety and ease that is just far less attainable from traditional whole bean or ground coffee. Those good questions are occasionally accompanied by another odd one about coffee pods or K-Cups: Is coffee...

Summertime is when the top shelf coffee shops roll out their iced coffee beverages, and these drinks are a satisfying solution to summertime heat but often a rough choice for the wallet. My solution has been to circumvent the middleman and cut those pricey coffee boutiques out of the equation entirely. What I do is buy flavored syrup sweeteners when I buy Tassimo T-Discs and make those iced coffee drinks at home.

Most times, that is all the pricey coffee shop chains do anyway.  The recipe is...