Tassimo pods

former legend

The whole range is 25% off in Tesco at the moment:
http://www.tesco.ie/groceries/product/search/default.aspx?searchBox=tassimo

Berty

Good if you're buying one pack at a time. I bought mine though Amazon after spotting on hukd. Worked out at €4.21 per packet so a massive 43c saving per pack.

I'd say the producer of these and the machines have a big push on this time of year because the machines can be given as gifts and you're more likely to give a gift where the pods seem good value.

It's cheaper again on Amazon of if you subscribe to refills and then as soon as your order ships cancel subscription.

Super-Rush

Tesco do this on a regular basis. Time to stock up again.

baingal nancer

They never have the kenco cafe cremma in there shops

Super-Rush

baingal nancer wrote: »

They never have the kenco cafe cremma in there shops

They had it in the Tullow store in Co Carlow but not the one in Carlow town. You'd be better off checking a few stores.

Uncle Ben

former legend wrote: »

The whole range is 25% off in Tesco at the moment:
http://www.tesco.ie/groceries/product/search/default.aspx?searchBox=tassimo

These are available again up until Jan 1

Ginger Power

baingal nancer wrote: »

They never have the kenco cafe cremma in there shops

I find this all time so annoying i have two local tesco's and they never have them in it either

Tony

Dunnes Stores Kilnamanagh have Latte at 4.67 and other tassimo pods reduced also. They are displayed in two places close to each other at present.

total former

Back on special in tesco again, 25% off most varieties.

CombatCow

25% off in Tesco at the moment, some until the 11/8 and 25/8

http://www.tesco.ie/groceries/product/search/default.aspx?searchBox=tassimo

baingal nancer

CombatCow wrote: »

25% off in Tesco at the moment, some until the 11/8 and 25/8

http://www.tesco.ie/groceries/product/search/default.aspx?searchBox=tassimo

Is this only online? they never have great selection in shops for some reason

CombatCow

No they have them discounted in stores too.

total former

Good spot, first discount in ages.

FYI, "Morning Cafe" is awful.

moggser

total former wrote: »

Good spot, first discount in ages.

FYI, "Morning Cafe" is awful.

Not as bad as that.. Little frothy and different taste to the Costa but not like frogs piss or anything

sok2005

I'm not into Morning Coffee either, it's like having a cup of Maxwell House. If I'm opting for a cheaper cup I usually go for Kenco Columbian but my favourite is Costa Latte.

phill106

Thanks, ill be picking up some. Waiting to order online from tassimo, want one of those pod holders!

Antibac

phill106 wrote: »

Thanks, ill be picking up some. Waiting to order online from tassimo, want one of those pod holders!

Have one of them from the last offer very handy!

BTW Lidl have a 10e off 50e voucher in Sunday Indo which could be handy. 50euros worth of already discounted pods for 40!

total former

Antibac wrote: »

Have one of them from the last offer very handy!

BTW Lidl have a 10e off 50e voucher in Sunday Indo which could be handy. 50euros worth of already discounted pods for 40!

Do they sell Tassimo pods?

CombatCow

No, Tesco accept Lidl vouchers...

CombatCow

The Tesco offer is over tomorrow but Dunnes seem to have them reduced at the moment too, not sure when it finishes:

Costa 16 Americano/ 8 Cappuccino €4.83
Costa 8 Latte are reduced to around the same, cant remember exactly.

Tony

Yep Dunnes have costa latte at €5.55 , if you are buying a lot they also have the spend €50 get €10 back on next shop

davehey79

Got the cafe crema pods in Tesco Longford yesterday for 2.85 a packet. Check your bargain section that they have they were there not on the main shelves with the rest of the range.

Gareth Keenan

my Amazon subscribe and save for Tassimo Americano works out at approx €3.50 per pack of 16. I never buy them in shops anymore.

£12.75 for 5 packs - £2.55 per pack ~ €3.50 per pack

http://screencast.com/t/Jz2iSa1kJlt

Promotion applied is 5 items subscribed per month (includes 2 of these deliveries for us and a friend). Free delivery to Ireland too, not sure why but hey ho.

foggy_lad

Gareth Keenan wrote: »

my Amazon subscribe and save for Tassimo Americano works out at approx €3.50 per pack of 16. I never buy them in shops anymore.

£12.75 for 5 packs - £2.55 per pack ~ €3.50 per pack

http://screencast.com/t/Jz2iSa1kJlt

Promotion applied is 5 items subscribed per month (includes 2 of these deliveries for us and a friend). Free delivery to Ireland too, not sure why but hey ho.

But the Lattes and other drinks are a lot more expensive and will work out cheaper from the Tassimo website and you might even get a free gift.

Gareth Keenan

foggy_lad wrote: »

But the Lattes and other drinks are a lot more expensive and will work out cheaper from the Tassimo website and you might even get a free gift.

this way works for me, didn't think it would for everyone

Cortina_MK_IV

Spend €40 and get a free Tassimo T-disc dispenser, offer expires 31st August. http://www.tassimo.ie/

CombatCow

Half price tassimo in dunnes, their around the 3,20 mark!

baingal nancer

Can descalling tablets for tassimo be got in any shops in ireland?

last time i got the warning light i just used the yellow disc to rua a clean, but its not working this time red light wont go off

Kenny Logins

baingal nancer wrote: »

Can descalling tablets for tassimo be got in any shops in ireland?

last time i got the warning light i just used the yellow disc to rua a clean, but its not working this time red light wont go off

Fill it up, get a pint glass under the nozzle and with the yellow disc in, hold the button in for 3-5 seconds. This will put it on a longer clean cycle. Takes about 15-20 minutes and will use almost the whole reservoir, so keep an eye on it.

baingal nancer

Kenny Logins wrote: »

Fill it up, get a pint glass under the nozzle and with the yellow disc in, hold the button in for 3-5 seconds. This will put it on a longer clean cycle. Takes about 15-20 minutes and will use almost the whole reservoir, so keep an eye on it.

cheers i'l give that a try

Tony

I used de scaling tablets I got in local dunnes

baingal nancer wrote: »

Can descalling tablets for tassimo be got in any shops in ireland?

last time i got the warning light i just used the yellow disc to rua a clean, but its not working this time red light wont go off

Kenny Logins

baingal nancer wrote: »

cheers i'l give that a try

If you do live in a hard water area, you will need to add some form of descaling additive. I haven't, and have had my machine since the original launch BA on here.

mad m

Euro giant have descaling tablets for 1.50 for pack of 6. I used baking soda and lemon in 500ml of water to descale mine.

Ginger Power

mad m wrote: »

Euro giant have descaling tablets for 1.50 for pack of 6. I used baking soda and lemon in 500ml of water to descale mine.

Can i ask how do you do this? i so need to do mine but haven't got around to it at all

Mr Bloat

Ginger Power wrote: »

Can i ask how do you do this? i so need to do mine but haven't got around to it at all

Mix 2 tbsp lemon juice with 1 tbsp of baking soda in 500ml of water. Make sure it's at least 500ml or the descaling will finish early and you'll have to redo it. Put this solution into the water reservoir. Insert the yellow cleaning disk and hold down the brew button for at least 3 seconds. The green and red lights will start flashing and it will run the descaling cycle which takes around 20 minutes. Obviously the 500ml solution will run through the machine so make sure you have a container large enough to take this volume under the spout. Run a normal cleaning cycle a couple of times afterwards to flush out any remaining solution.

crabbypaddy

Mr Bloat wrote: »

Mix 2 tbsp lemon juice with 1 tbsp of baking soda in 500ml of water.

Can't see why you would mix them Citric acid + Sodium Bicarbonate produces Co2, Sodium Citrate and Water. Sodium citrate is good for binding calcium ions but it will be much less effective at removing calcium carbonate deposits than lemon juice on its own.

Most Cork water is incredibly soft; the city water from iniscarra is practically rainwater something around 20mg/l it would take years before you'd need to descale if ever. It was 450-600mg/l in my old house in the midlands I had to descale every 6 weeks.

Mr Bloat

crabbypaddy wrote: »

Can't see why you would mix them Citric acid + Sodium Bicarbonate produces Co2, Sodium Citrate and Water. Sodium citrate is good for binding calcium ions but it will be much less effective at removing calcium carbonate deposits than lemon juice on its own.

Most Cork water is incredibly soft; the city water from iniscarra is practically rainwater something around 20mg/l it would take years before you'd need to descale if ever. It was 450-600mg/l in my old house in the midlands I had to descale every 6 weeks.

I'm going by a mix I found on the web, I'm no chemist but it worked for me. Also, I have never had a problem with hard water on anything else in my home and never had to descale anything else but the descaling light lit up one day on the Tassimo so I ran this solution through it and it stopped lighting up. When I examined the expelled solution after the process, there were a handy few lump of a hard deposit present so the clean did remove something. It didn't cost me anything but one lemon and 20 minutes, which I don't have a problem with.

Mok

Carte Noire latte macchiato caramel reduced to 1.65 in Tesco

Berty

I was getting very close to the bottom of my Costa Latte supply and thanks to HUKD I've gotten a good few for less than normal.

Amazon have 5 x Costa Latte for £20 so 80 pods (others available at different prices) and you can also put in OCT4FOR3 in the Coupon box if you buy 4 and you get them for the price of 3.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B008OQBYAC?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=od_aui_detailpages00

I used the Subscribe option for 5% off also. It's good value because neither Dunnes or Tesco have them on offer right now.

sok2005

Just to note the Costa Latte's are only €4.35 in Tescos a pack. Regular price.

Berty

sok2005 wrote: »

Just to note the Costa Latte's are only €4.35 in Tescos a pack. Regular price.

I see that on Tesco.ie now but in store in 2 x Tesco today it was €7.55 or so. Scanned it on the wall as well to make sure.

foggy_lad

Just ordered some and they come to about £64/€89 and same from the Tassimo website costs €127

Hococop

Berty wrote: »

I see that on Tesco.ie now but in store in 2 x Tesco today it was €7.55 or so. Scanned it on the wall as well to make sure.

Might be the big packs, they have a new design smaller milk pods now might be the new design are the €4.35 one

sok2005

Berty wrote: »

I see that on Tesco.ie now but in store in 2 x Tesco today it was €7.55 or so. Scanned it on the wall as well to make sure.

They were the lower price in Tesco's, Ballincollig Cork yesterday.

Berty

Must be a new smaller pack. I saw the Tesco website definitely listed 8 in the pack and the Amazon one was the larger pack. We'll see what Amazon send me. Marginally cheaper at €3.95 a pack and I bought 20 packs essentially.

That's 4.5 months or so at 1 per day. :eek:

sok2005

Yeah, I think there's less packaging in the new packs. They've made the milk part tidier but as far as I know they make the same size drinks.

foggy_lad

I got my delivery of Tassimo Costa latte and caramel latte today and have already organised a return because of the awful taste of the "new recipe" drinks with the smaller milk disk. they taste watery and a bit soapy, nowhere near as good as the ones they replaced. Looks like I will be switching to Nespresso or going to the nescafe Dolce Gusto


Just noticed that they have only refunded me £32.42 instead of the £42.80 that they charged for these awful drinks, will have to email them or ring them and get this sorted out. That is to take account of some of the discount?

Berty

I got mine from Amazon and they were the "new" ones. I e-mailed them saying I didn't order the "new ones" rather a discounted price of the original ones and wanted to return them(free post after all).

She said that they cannot take returns of "Grocery" items so refunded me £57. With currency conversion I lose a bit on the refund but got to keep the Coffee.

Will probably open the first one by the end of the week so can't comment on the difference.

ThisRegard

I read somewhere that the new milk discs need to be shaken before use, might that have had an affect?

foggy_lad

ThisRegard wrote: »

I read somewhere that the new milk discs need to be shaken before use, might that have had an affect?

no. i shook mine before using and it was awful.

foggy_lad

Berty wrote: »

I got mine from Amazon and they were the "new" ones. I e-mailed them saying I didn't order the "new ones" rather a discounted price of the original ones and wanted to return them(free post after all).

She said that they cannot take returns of "Grocery" items so refunded me £57. With currency conversion I lose a bit on the refund but got to keep the Coffee.

Will probably open the first one by the end of the week so can't comment on the difference.

so you got all 20 packs free?