Tassimo pods

Kenny Logins · 29-09-2015 11:16AM

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 · 29-09-2015 12:50PM

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 · 30-09-2015 08:50PM

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 · 30-09-2015 09:33PM

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 · 01-10-2015 02:00AM

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 · 01-10-2015 11:21AM

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 · 23-10-2015 11:47AM

Carte Noire latte macchiato caramel reduced to 1.65 in Tesco

Berty · 27-10-2015 05:12PM

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 · 27-10-2015 05:25PM

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

Berty · 27-10-2015 05:30PM

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 · 27-10-2015 05:54PM

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

Hococop · 27-10-2015 06:01PM

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 · 27-10-2015 06:08PM

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 · 27-10-2015 06:38PM

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 · 27-10-2015 07:42PM

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 · 02-11-2015 07:34PM

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 · 02-11-2015 08:24PM

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 · 02-11-2015 08:54PM

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

foggy_lad · 02-11-2015 08:56PM

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 · 02-11-2015 09:00PM

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?

Berty · 02-11-2015 09:01PM

foggy_lad wrote: »

so you got all 20 packs free?

Yes 160 Cups for free. :eek:

I told her that's ridiculous when she said it and they could do a partial refund. She said it's not an option and when I said I could return them she said It's not an option. "Only option I have is refund so you can either keep the Coffee and take no refund or keep the coffee and take a refund"

foggy_lad · 02-11-2015 09:26PM

Berty wrote: »

Yes 160 Cups for free. :eek:

I told her that's ridiculous when she said it and they could do a partial refund. She said it's not an option and when I said I could return them she said It's not an option. "Only option I have is refund so you can either keep the Coffee and take no refund or keep the coffee and take a refund"

I had ordered one latte and one Caramel latte and some milk disks and kenco Americano so the milk and Americano only cost me about £34.

I contacted them via Chat and it seemed no surprise that they were so bad, I'd say they are plagued with calls about Tassimo disks.

The following is the breakdown of your refund for this item:
Item Refund: £22.82
Item Promotion Deduction*: -£5.40
Item: TASSIMO Costa Latte coffee 16 discs, 8 servings (Pack of 5, Total 80 discs/pods, 40 servings)
Quantity: 1
ASIN: B008OQBYAC
Reason for refund: Item not satisfactory
The following is the breakdown of your refund for this item:
Item Refund: £20.00
Item Promotion Deduction*: -£4.74
* About Promotions:
Since a promotional certificate or discount was used for this order, your refund reflects the amount paid for the given item(s) after these promotions were applied. Examples of promotions/discounts include Free Shipping, Buy 3 Get 1 Free, 10% off your order, etc.

ThisRegard · 02-11-2015 09:37PM

Isn't it just the milk that changed? From reading the reviews on their own site the change seems like a disaster.

I've plenty of the old ones in stock so I won't be rushing out anytime soon to try the new one.

Berty · 02-11-2015 09:39PM

I used a 4 for 3 offer on amazon so paid for 3 and got 4, refunded for 3 but of course kept 4. lol

wandererz · 18-11-2015 12:13AM

Any idea where i can get the green hot water disc in Ireland? Tassimo site is out of stock.

phill106 · 18-11-2015 10:39AM

wandererz wrote: »

Any idea where i can get the green hot water disc in Ireland? Tassimo site is out of stock.

by the way there is stands for tassimo pods in lidl at the moment, there since monday or tuesday? bought one, its perfect.

XrayGolf · 18-11-2015 10:52AM

wandererz wrote: »

Any idea where i can get the green hot water disc in Ireland? Tassimo site is out of stock.

I got mine off Amazon, haven't seen them for sale in any shops so far.

marcbrophy · 18-11-2015 11:57AM

phill106 wrote: »

by the way there is stands for tassimo pods in lidl at the moment, there since monday or tuesday? bought one, its perfect.

Really?

Where was this Phil, Dublin?

Hogzy · 18-11-2015 12:42PM

marcbrophy wrote: »

Really?

Where was this Phil, Dublin?

Theyre all doing them at the mo.

marcbrophy · 18-11-2015 12:59PM

Hogzy wrote: »

Theyre all doing them at the mo.

Ah I get it now, thanks!
When I read "stands", I thought it was referring to a display stand in the shop where they were selling knock off tassimo pod coffees, like the nespresso ones.

Now I realise it's a storage stand for your already purchased "real" tassimo pods.

Still very handy, might actually pick one up

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