I'm a big fan of the TASMAC Coffee range
especially the cost americano the
Colombian and my favorite cafe creamer
but I also wanted to try some of the
other range that's available mostly on
the website you can get some of these in
other shops but a lot of these are
intern exclusives so haven't got the
espresso days but I have got nearly all
of the coffee's that are available
currently it's summer 2014 and I'm gonna
do a taste test so I'm gonna try all
these quite quickly in one day and give
my balanced honest view of what these
tastes like both in terms of strength
smoothness richness how full or medium
bodied they are the sizes of them all
quite a little bit different some of
them are quite small there any 130 ml
120 ml so them are much bigger and they
get to the more con a traditional 215
mil and the largest is of course the
cost Americana which is also on my
favorites coming in at of 220 ml as a
what else tests of seven coffees so I'm
doing the bottom row not was top for the
top ones I've already done in a previous
video and all my regular mainstay
coffees
I've got pedido Genoa the creme intense
EO Medel D old cafe creme intense o
monarch or monarch a voluptuous o
Colombia and a voluptuous Oh Kenya now
I've got the match e in size order so
though there's four cotton wah and three
from Jacobs I've got them going from 215
mill 195 mill hundred 50 mil 140 ml 130
mill 120 mil and 120 ml so they're going
in size order I'm not going to use
different mugs because I think it's be a
little bit confusing to actually show
what size you actually get so I'm going
to use this same sized mug that I've
used in a few other videos because it
holds exactly 350 milliliters so it's
quite a big mug certainly can take any
of these coffees and give you a feeling
for how much room you'd have for milk
etc for those who don't have milk so as
I saying this is just a sample of the
range so tasse my websites got a really
good
range I'm gonna quickly scroll down but
they don't just do coffee their duty
speciality milk and coffee drink
chocolate drinks etc what I'm doing here
is I'm just focusing in on the coffees
and this equivalent that load and what
I've done in this is on selected
everything that isn't an espresso and
isn't decaffeinated so pretty much
everything that's available at the
moment
so all these green icons here they use
the Tassimo logo all the time these are
saying internet exclusives and very much
you can only get these off their website
from the Tassimo shop so need let's see
whether they're worth a purchase
certainly prices are very reasonable
they actually come in are either the
same or sometimes less than the
supermarkets that I go to so actually
quite good deals and each month you get
a special offer so what actually got me
into trying these coffees was the jacobs
cafe creamer intense I was actually
special often there's only about two
pound a tea and you get 16 coffees in
there and although their hundred forty
mill I achieve on them quite good so a
couple of these I've already tried
before so I'm trying not to be unfair my
judgment before I've actually got them
all now the the difference here is of
course I'm going to test them all
together so I'm going to get that whole
kind of aroma acidity mouthfeel flavor
aftertaste then the overall kind of
balance and any kind of special notes I
have about the coffee as I go along now
each time I'm going to be rinsing my
mouth out of the water because I think
it's only fair I do match sugar to my
coffee I do drink it black and what I'm
gonna do is just go through each pack
from the left of the rise I'm doing a
purely on size order because I think
it's as fair as any and let's see how I
go stuff the first one from kog'maw one
thing to mention about natural tea this
is the a chi or playing black point
quite a lot of the carte Noire discs and
not this dual color at the box and the
packaging first as you can see in order
comes with a really nice crumb froth so
as I was making this my machine was
quite happily fluffing away at the very
end and I've not stirred that as yet I'm
just gonna do that now because I've
added some sugar it's gonna stir it and
let me see how it holds together I also
like the spoon so that's also a good
sign of a good
thick froth and now for the taste I'm
not going to do the taste on the camera
I think it makes sense I get time to
have a think and I'll come back and I
get some quick comments so Tassimo score
the intensity of this coffee is a 3 out
of 7 and they mark that by then
bro-beans on the natural packet itself
personally I will give it my own kind of
strength rating as I go through my
scoring system but it's thread of seven
in their context
a Roman smell really nice so good six
seven or four that this iddah tea not
too much but you could feel it was a
good coffee in the mouth so good six
five mouthfeel because of the crema
I was score these are a little bit high
so a good seven the flavor and the
aftertaste so the flavor itself there
was a little bit medium eek in a week
slightly watery taste I'm afraid to say
so it wasn't as strong as I'd expected
with a nice strong rich aroma the
aftertaste was actually stronger a
little bit more bitter bitter smokey
under tomb so overall balance a little
bit thin a week I wrong to give this a
five I'd say it's liking but it's okay
certainly it's not a bad coffee but I
wouldn't necessarily say it's going to
become one of my top three coffees in
the house certainly not going to throw
these away certainly going to drink
these and you enjoy these they're
probably going to be a good good coffee
not from perhaps late evening perhaps a
better one for breakfast so I could turn
could well believe that being a kind of
lighted coffee for earlier in the day
and now the carbon walk creamer and
tinsel ooh let's zoom in again again
another nice frothy head so it's just
constructed a machine and leave a quick
look at the spoon I'm deliberately over
stirring it to give you a feeling for
side of the mug froth as well and as you
can see there plenty of froth good
thickness all of it because I've got
quite a lot of coffee to go
this one the aroma actually slightly
less so I'm giving it five comma six
acidity the same kind of six seven area
Matt feel good again because it's a
frothy of the creamer I'm going to give
us a good solid seven stronger flavour
very nice and velvety aftertaste
smooth savino bitterness at all
and smoky and definitely a bit of
summation has come through here very
easy to drink for a coffee ball I'm
going to give this overall outcome of
six so I think this is a nice coffee and
I guess if I were to give it a my kind
of common I think I'm going to say it's
a little bit reminiscent of hot and
burnt Guinness in a nice way I don't
know if you can imagine that under that
she is helpful or not but it's got a
very nice deep dark flavor I'm not
saying it's multi I'm not saying it
tastes like beer but there's something
very nice smoothie and very coffee ball
this goes on my light list I think this
is going to be a great evening coffee
the Tassimo intensity score that they
gave this is a five out of seven so they
rank this is one of their more intense
coffee flavors and it is an interesting
one so it's it is stronger it has got a
stronger flavor but it's got a nice nice
lingering aftertaste so I think that one
goes down very well recommended okay our
first Jacobs let's just zoom in again
and as you can see another froth which
I'm all in favor of I'm gonna give this
a nice aggressive stir again rookie
bringing good coffee at the sides so
it's not a huge portion not a stick on
the spoon but still good I'm still so
nuts enough that's an enjoyable factor
now I think that is having given it a
second dunk I'll say that's a good thick
froth again really pleased about this
huh so the Tassimo rating intensity as
they give it is a 3 out of 7 so it's got
three beans out of the possible so the
room is a little bit lower than the
previous two columns so I'm gonna give
that kind of five the acidity is a
little bit higher in the tongue seven
mouthfeel again good seven I almost want
to give this one seven and a half it
just has something something thick and
really kind of almost creamy party but
I'll stick at the Sun now the flavor and
the after taste really good
slightly biscuity maybe very slightly
fruity maybe but a very good
coughing really nice certainly
well-balanced and I'm gonna give isn't
that the high score
so fast I'm giving it a seven this
although it's slightly small portion
because it's only hundred and fifty mil
really nice it's a very nice luxurious
coffee and I'm writing this in quite
highly so very nice more than Jacobs one
other thing that I think is worth a note
is this one is Rainforest Alliance
certified so that's a little bit nicer
for the year for the growers and the
farmers and the deals for the for the
countries where the growing of these
beans is done so I think that get some
initiative half point thumbs up
somewhere so well done Jacobs really
nice coffee recommended okay the second
Jacobs now this one I have had before
some months ago and I know I like it
let's just zoom in and hopefully yeah my
opinions today you will remain the same
but let's let's see how it compares to
the other coffees so again let's do the
stir test let's give a good stir again a
really nice froth I'm gonna just do that
again yeah that's that's a good thick
creamer again stick it to spin quite
nicely and the side of the mug I am
rushing them up each time I do these two
Tassimo give that intensity a five out
of seven to five beans out of seven the
aroma is quite good so I'm giving out of
five five-and-a-half aroma acidity seven
good nice feel and taste in the mouth
the feel of them in the mouth the forth
doesn't quite last as long as some of
the earlier ones so I don't have to give
this a little bit lower than my normal
seven give it six north but the froth is
certainly there it didn't get me wrong
the flavor and the aftertaste it's a
good hearty strong taste it's smooth and
not bitter so I think it's a really nice
coffee again give it a good overall
balance now I've got to give it you know
I was gonna give this another seven but
I'll be honest I can't quite score the
same as this because I really did enjoy
that so I've got to give this a 6 and a
half which is still a good coffee really
good recommendation I got this is the
Jacobs monarch and the first one that
hasn't got any head at all so it's
pretty fresh as you can see well steam
and the moisture on the cloth I'm gonna
give it a stir just
so that you can see there's really no
froth accretion going on there and on to
the taste test okay for me this is a not
the top marking Jacobs coffee they give
it an intensity measure of three out of
seven personally I think the aroma is a
little bit lacking it's five more
acidity in the mouth so we give that an
eight and the feeling overall though is
just you know it's got no profit all
there's no real texture to it it's warm
coffee in the day so for flavor and
aftertaste
very slightly fruiting it's got a bit of
smokiness to it which is I think the
first one of the Jacobs this has a kind
of smoky taste aftertaste emotionally
but a slightly metallic undertone so
that's not uncommon in coffee but I
think this one it doesn't quite work so
there's a there's a very subtle
smokiness slight metallic tastes like
fruit eaters trying to be a little bit
of a bit of everything so balance is
okay there's certainly no over bearings
particular taste coming out of this but
overall I can only give this five out of
ten
it's just really not my cup of tea pun
intended okay back to cotton off we are
getting size-wise into kind of double
espresso kind of territory now okay
let's zoom in and give us a stir this
here there's a nice frothy headless you
sieve it lingers even if the come off
side a little bit more than some of the
others but no that's good good fourth in
the spoon there that was really quite
nice and different so aroma nothing
overbearing I'm gonna give that a 5 bit
more acidity in the mouth so going into
the canal 89 area mouthfeel good froth
not as thick as some so 6-7 flavor and
aftertaste now this this really did have
a kind of different fruity but woody
earthy lomi kind of taste really quite
interesting
maybe mildly smoky slightly salty all in
all very good
phlex tastes us rather noise so overall
that's an accent that's a good coffee
I'm gonna give it a good 6 knife going
close to 7 again really quite enjoyed
that I think that would be nice to drink
on its own I don't think you necessarily
need that after a lunch or with food I
think that's a really nice stand alone
has quite distinctive and different
flavours so yeah that gets a
recommendation I think that's going to
be a regular as well so that's so that's
really quite different recommend that
one
when the final coffee now let's zoom in
glad to say it's got a hidden or froth
again let's just get the spoon in for a
stir again I'm going for a kind of crazy
stir just really want to show you the
froth and there it is on the spoon let's
do that once more for a little bit of
thin a little bit and maybe bless that's
a good cream another good coffee
okay so aroma again a little bit locking
Sonia five there acidity in the mouth
and eight slightly less and the previous
one feel in the mouth six seven because
again the froth just just not as thick
as some of them can be and the flavor
and aftertaste so this one's definitely
very very smooth there's no bitterness
at all
you've lost the kind of smokiness you've
got the fruitiness it's it's a really
nice
good complex coffee taste with no real
remarkable negatives or strengths a
partner for these extremely smooth so
it's a good coffee coffee no bitterness
they rate it as a four to seven coffee
bean strength which is the same as the
previous one so both of these karna
voila petruchio I can't say that volley
petruchio are--some at all
I've already murdered quite a lot of
pronunciation in this video so do
apologize but again on balance it's good
overall I'm gonna give it six and a half
I'm certainly not going to give it the
highest accolade because I think
previous coffee had all those kind of
differences that were quite novel and
although this Kenya blend is very good
it's it's not remarkable enough for me
to give any higher score but a very good
coffee
okay several coffees later and obviously
my views are only my own and there's
nothing professional about my tastes or
my explanations of the tastes and aromas
I've got a particular
tastebuds and I've never done
professional tasting so they are just my
views so apologies if they don't fit in
with your own hopefully though what this
has done is given you a feeling that the
Tassimo internet exclusive offers are
worth trying so certainly worth
subscribing just to get the monthly
email and if there's a good bargain or
an offer comes up I'd certainly give it
a go both the Jacobs and the carte Noire
range really are quite nice and although
they're not developing the shops here in
the UK certainly there they're certainly
now on my list so these two at the back
oh my top rated based on my sports so
they both get a 7 out of 10 in my books
these are good sixes and suddenly these
three whenever there's an offer on I'm
gonna be buying these even though
they're slightly smaller quantities I
think some special offers and the fact
that these are a little bit cheaper
anyway I think that gets to be
worthwhile even though I'll be honest
that Columbia I'm gonna probably be
tempted to have two in a cup it was very
tasty but certainly that something to
keep an eye on regarding family the two
on the right however just not for me
finest coffees go but there's something
lacking in the kind of taste area that I
I expect all I want in a coffee
ephram's coffee tastes are different I'm
a bit of kosta fan or a bit of a cafe
creme fan and I also like the kind of
fruitiness of the Colombian that's
already available the shops so three
that I've been having all the time
perhaps give you a feeling and an
impression of the kind of coffees that I
already go for and hopefully that this
gives are a reasonable balanced view and
gives you a bit of confidence to try
some of these coppers now especially
since the mixture sets that they do they
do kind of coffee bundles etc sometimes
throughout the year so concern you
recommend giving those ago I hope you
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