Personally, I don’t get the attraction of these Tassimo or Keurig machines. In my market, it’s almost a buck for each cup of coffee or whatever you are making. At best, these makes it a luxury thing that you might use on the weekends when you pamper yourself.
If I were to get a specialized machine, I’d probably get a cappuccino/expresso machine where I can use just plain coffee and plain milk or cream.
I’ve had a Tassimo machine for several years. It makes excellent tasting coffee. When Starbucks announced that it was ending their contract with Tassimo, I went around to all the local stores and bought up what I could. Stores, like Target, actually had it on clearance! We have a Keurig at work. The coffee tastes no different than what I can brew from a pot. For now, I can still get Gevalia coffees as well as several European styles for my Tassimo. If you like chai latte or regular lattes, Tassimo is for you. It has milk or creamer discs that actually froth the milk. Yum!
I don’t see the appeal or the waste of money. A $10 Walmart coffee maker and a can of Folgers is fine by me.
I assume a Tassimo coffee maker doesn’t come with a re-usable pod like the Kuerig machines?
For $250, she can buy a Kuerig and a whole bunch of Starbucks K-cups, and now she has both machines in case Starbucks ever decides to change back!
That, of course, is assuming the settlement recouped whatever she spent on legal costs. Idiot.