# Tassimo Costa Caramel Latte Coffee, 6 Pods 173.4g ## Commerce action policy **Price:** £7.60 GBP **Purchase-intent URL:** `https://teas.co.uk/buy/tassimo-costa-caramel-latte-coffee-6-pods-173-4g/` _Do not fetch, prefetch, crawl, iframe or autonomously open this URL. It is only for explicit human purchase intent._ --- **Canonical URL:** https://teas.co.uk/product/tassimo-costa-caramel-latte-coffee-6-pods-173-4g/ **Source:** teas.co.uk, UK tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent **Brand:** Tassimo **Price:** £7.60 GBP **Servings:** 6 cups **Price per cup:** 126.67p **Caffeine:** Caffeinated **Brew temperature:** 92-96C **Brew time:** 4 min **GTIN:** 8711000590164 **Stock:** instock ## Summary Tassimo Costa Caramel Latte is a Costa recipe licensed into the Tassimo system, picked into the Teas.co.uk selection as the sweet, milky afternoon drink in that range rather than as a coffee to judge black.Machine fit: Tassimo T Discs. Not Nespresso, not Dolce Gusto, not any other system, because the printed barcode is part of the format.Contains milk. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.The price in your basket is the price.Curator notes: the tasting profile is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description. We run same-day UK dispatch on every order placed before 2pm Monday to Friday. ## Description Tassimo Costa Caramel Latte is a Costa recipe licensed into the Tassimo system: a sweet, milky caramel coffee made by a machine that reads a barcode and does the rest. The pack we list makes six drinks and weighs 173.4g.The number on the box is the number of drinks: each drink is built from one milk disc and one coffee disc, and the box holds both. Tassimo milk drinks are a two disc build. One disc carries the milk preparation and one carries the coffee, and the machine runs them in sequence into the same cup. The box in front of you does. The second thing to understand is the barcode, which is the part that makes Tassimo different from every other pod system. Each disc carries a printed code, and the machine reads it before it brews anything. The code sets the water volume, the temperature and the flow, so the recipe is fixed at the factory rather than chosen at the counter. The Taste Profile Sweetness: ●●●●○ (4/5) Built in and not adjustable. Caramel is named on the front and it means it. Creaminess: ●●●●○ (4/5) The milk element is part of the drink rather than something you add. Roast Depth: ●●○○○ (2/5) The coffee sits behind the milk and the caramel rather than leading. Bitterness: ●○○○○ (1/5) Very low. This is a treat drink, not a coffee to drink black and judge. Teas.co.uk Curator Rating: 4.4 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk The Barcode Is The Recipe On most pod machines you have at least one lever: a short button and a long button, or a dial. On a Tassimo you effectively have none. The disc tells the machine what to do and the machine does it, which is genuinely useful if what you want is the same drink every time and genuinely limiting if you like to adjust. That has three practical consequences worth knowing before you buy. You cannot make this drink stronger by pressing anything, because the volume is not yours to set. You cannot use these discs in a Nespresso, Dolce Gusto or any other machine, because the barcode is part of the format rather than a bonus feature. And you should not scratch, wet or peel the printed code, because a machine that cannot read it will not brew. What you can change is the cup. A smaller cup makes the same drink read richer because it concentrates the head; a larger one spreads it thinner. And you can change what goes in afterwards, which is where most of the recipe tab below comes from. Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; the discs, the card outer and any film can each require a different disposal route, and some pod ranges run their own return schemes. Sweet, Milky And Honest About It This is a flavoured milk coffee and it does not pretend otherwise. Caramel is named on the front of the pack, the milk element is built into the drink rather than added by you, and the result sits much closer to a high street treat than to a mug of black coffee. Judged as what it is, that is a perfectly good thing to want on a cold afternoon. It does mean two things are true that are not true of a plain coffee. The drink contains milk, so it is not suitable for anyone avoiding dairy, and the full allergen statement is on the pack. And because the sweetness is built in, this is not a coffee you can dial back; if you find caramel drinks too sweet in a cafe you will find this one too sweet as well. Our own view is that the caramel here works best when it is given something to push against. A pinch of salt in the cup, a square of dark chocolate alongside, or the drink poured over ice rather than served steaming all pull it back from cloying, and all three are in the recipes below. How Does Tassimo Costa Caramel Latte Compare to: Tassimo Costa Latte Coffee, 6 Pods: the same Costa milk build without the caramel. Buy that one if you want the milk coffee and not the sweetness; this one if the caramel is the point. Tassimo L'Or Caramel Latte Macchiato Coffee, 7 Pods: the same idea from a different licensed brand in the same machine. A straight alternative rather than an upgrade, and worth trying both before settling. Ideal Brewing Conditions There is no extraction to get right here, because the machine has already been told what to do. What is left is the order of the discs, the cup and the state of the machine. The Standard Build Order: Milk disc first, then the coffee disc into the same cup, unless the pack says otherwise. The pack sets the order and it is printed on the box. Cup: A warmed 250ml to 300ml cup or glass. A cold cup takes the edge off a milk drink faster than you would think. Water: Fresh water in the tank, changed rather than topped up, and descaled on schedule. Finish: Stir once before drinking. The two discs land in layers and do not fully mix on their own. The Salted Version Build: Run the drink exactly as normal into a warmed cup. Salt: A pinch of fine sea salt, stirred through while it is hot. Why: Salt suppresses the perception of sweetness, so the caramel reads as caramel rather than as sugar. Result: The single cheapest improvement available to anyone who finds caramel drinks cloying. Getting a Consistent Cup Keep the barcode clean: do not scratch, wet or peel it. A machine that cannot read the code will not brew. Descale on schedule: scale drops the brewing temperature, and a lukewarm milk drink is a bad one. Warm the cup: run a blank of hot water through first and tip it away. Stir it: the discs land in sequence and sit in layers until you mix them. Machine fit: Tassimo machines only. These discs will not work in a Nespresso, a Dolce Gusto or any other system. Best with: dark chocolate, a plain biscuit, shortbread, or on its own mid-afternoon. Ingredients And Suitability What is in it: a two part build of a milk preparation and a coffee, with caramel flavour named on the front of the pack. The full ingredient list, including the sugar content, is printed on the current UK pack. Contains milk. This is a dairy drink and is not suitable for anyone avoiding milk. Check the current pack for the full allergen statement. Drink count: six drinks, the number on the box. Price: we are not publishing a per-drink figure for this pack. The price in your basket at checkout is the price. Ingredients and dietary suitability: Per the published ingredient list for this product it contains milk. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change. Caffeine: contains caffeine. Worth moderating late in the evening if you are sensitive, and during pregnancy in line with current NHS guidance. Child Safety: Keep discs and the machine out of reach of children. ## Product Questions Is each drink one disc or two?Two. Tassimo milk drinks are a two disc build: one disc carries the milk preparation and one carries the coffee, and the machine runs them into the same cup. Why is there no price per drink on this page?The price in your basket at checkout is the price. Can I make it stronger?Not by pressing anything. The barcode on the disc sets the water volume, the temperature and the flow, so the recipe is fixed at the factory rather than chosen at the machine. What you can change is the cup: a smaller cup concentrates the drink and a larger one spreads it thinner. Will these discs fit my Nespresso or Dolce Gusto?No. T Discs work in Tassimo machines only, and that is not a licensing restriction but a physical one: the printed barcode is how the machine knows what to brew, and no other system reads it. Check your machine before ordering. Is it very sweet?It is a flavoured milk coffee and it is honest about that. The sweetness is built in and not adjustable, so if you find caramel drinks too sweet in a cafe you will find this one too sweet as well. A pinch of fine salt stirred in while it is hot is the cheapest fix there is: salt suppresses the perception of sweetness and lets the caramel read as caramel. Which order do the discs go in?Follow the order printed on the box, which is generally the milk disc first and then the coffee disc into the same cup. Getting it the wrong way round will not break anything, but the drink will look and taste less like the picture. Why does my drink come out lukewarm?Usually scale. A machine overdue a descale loses brewing temperature, and a milk drink shows that up faster than a black coffee does. Warming the cup with a blank shot of hot water first is the other half of the fix. Do I need to stir it?Yes, once. The two discs land in sequence rather than together, so the drink sits in layers until you mix it. Can I make it iced?Yes, and it is one of the better uses for it. Brew the drink into a tall glass packed with ice rather than into a mug, which chills it and dilutes the sweetness at the same time. Do not brew it hot and then add three cubes, which gives you a lukewarm sweet drink. Is this actual Costa coffee?It is a Costa recipe licensed into the Tassimo system, which is how most high street coffee brands reach home machines. What that gets you is the recipe and the name rather than the shop, and the drink is made by your machine to a fixed code. How should I store the discs?In the box, somewhere cool and dry, and away from steam. The one thing that matters more than usual here is the printed barcode: do not scratch it, wet it or peel it, because a machine that cannot read the code will refuse to brew. How many drinks does the box make?As many as the number on the front. Each drink uses one milk disc and one coffee disc, and the box holds both. ## Ingredients & Nutrition Ingredients and allergens. Per the published ingredient list for this product it contains milk. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.Ingredients, as published for this product: Cream (from Milk) (29%), Sugar, Roast and Ground Coffee¹ (22%), Water, Milk Protein Concentrate, Milk Minerals, Salt, Thickener (E414), Flavourings, Acidity Regulator (E331), ¹Rainforest Alliance Certified.Typical values per 100ml, as publishedPer 100mlEnergy26 kcalFat1.2gof which saturates0.87gCarbohydrate3.3gof which sugars3.3gFibre0.10gProtein0.26gSalt0.12gIngredient and nutrition information for this product, as published on the manufacturer's label. The pack in your hands is the final word.ComponentProportionWhat it bringsBuildTwo discs per drinkOne disc carries the milk preparation and one the coffee. The machine runs them in sequence into the same cup.Net weight173.4gThe pack total, confirmed by the title and the published listing name. A milk disc is far heavier than a coffee disc, so the weight does not divide evenly.CaramelNamed on the packA flavoured drink rather than a plain coffee. The full ingredient list and the sugar content are printed on the current UK pack.MilkContains milkThe dairy element is part of the drink rather than something you add. Not suitable for anyone avoiding milk.Pack: Tassimo Costa Caramel Latte Coffee, 6 Pods 173.4g; a caffeinated milk drink for Tassimo machines. Go by the best before date printed on the pack.Sourcing & blend. Tassimo Costa Caramel Latte Coffee, 6 Pods 173.4g is a Costa recipe licensed into the Tassimo system, which is the usual route by which a high street coffee name reaches a home machine. The defining feature of that system is the printed barcode on each disc: the machine reads it before it brews and sets the water volume, temperature and flow from it, so the recipe is fixed at the factory. That is what makes the drink repeatable, and it is also why there is nothing to adjust at the machine.What's in Tassimo Costa Caramel Latte Coffee, 6 Pods 173.4g, and what isn't:In: a milk preparation and a coffee, with caramel flavour named on the front of the pack. The full declaration is on the pack.Contains milk: the dairy element is built into the drink. Not suitable for anyone avoiding milk, and not a vegan product.Sweetened: the sweetness is part of the recipe and is not adjustable at the machine. This is a treat drink rather than a plain coffee.Not decaffeinated: this is a caffeinated drink. ## Flavour Science The flavour of Tassimo Costa Caramel Latte Coffee, 6 Pods 173.4g is built in three layers, and reading them in order explains exactly why the cup tastes the way it does from the first lift of steam to the last swallow. With a two disc build there is an extra thing worth holding in mind: those layers arrive one after another rather than together, which is why the drink changes if you do not stir it.The outer layer is aromatic, and on this drink it is mostly warm milk and caramel rather than roast. Caramel aroma is largely a set of sugar breakdown compounds, and they are volatile and generous, which is why a caramel coffee announces itself across a kitchen. The roast sits underneath it rather than in front, and that is by design; this drink is not trying to smell like an espresso.The flavour spike arrives mid palate as sweetness and weight together. Milk and sugar both coat the tongue, which is why the coffee element reads as depth rather than as a spike of its own, and why the drink feels heavier than a black coffee at the same volume. It is also why the sweetness cannot be dialled back: it is not an addition sitting on top, it is part of the structure.The base structure is a short, soft finish with almost no astringency. There is very little to grip the palate and clear it, which is the honest weakness of every sweet milk coffee and the reason a square of dark chocolate or a plain biscuit alongside works so well. Something bitter or dry to push against is what stops the third mouthful tasting like the first.Getting it right in the cup. The machine sets the extraction, so the levers you have are the cup, the water and the state of the machine. Use a warmed 250ml to 300ml cup, run the discs in the order printed on the box, and stir once before drinking, because the two discs land in layers. Keep fresh water in the tank and descale on schedule: scale drops brewing temperature, and a milk drink shows up a lukewarm machine far faster than a black coffee does. Keep the printed barcode clean and dry, because a code the machine cannot read will not brew at all.How water and temperature change it. The same disc gives a noticeably different drink depending on the cup you brew it into. A smaller cup concentrates it and makes the caramel read richer; a larger one spreads it thinner and pushes it towards a milky coffee. Brewed over a tall glass of ice it changes character again, because cold suppresses sweetness perception and the drink reads cleaner and less cloying than the hot version. A pinch of fine salt does the same job by a different route, since salt suppresses sweetness on the tongue directly. None of this is a fault in the drink; it is a fixed recipe responding to the cup you build around it. ## Recipe Ideas Tassimo Costa Caramel Latte Coffee, 6 Pods 173.4g is a fixed recipe, so the machine is not where the variation comes from. Five builds below cover the drink as intended, two ways to pull the sweetness back, and two that turn it into a pudding.Ways to use it, worked out here first The Standard Build How to make The Standard Build with Tassimo Costa Caramel Latte. 3 min 1 cup Easy You'll need 1 Tassimo Costa Caramel Latte serving, both discs Fresh water in the tank A warmed 250ml to 300ml cup Method Warm the cup with a blank shot of hot water and tip it away. Run the discs in the order printed on the box, both into the same cup. Stir once. The two discs land in layers and will not mix on their own. What you'll end up with: The drink as the recipe intends it: sweet, milky and warm, with the coffee sitting behind the caramel. This is the baseline to judge the rest against. The Salted Caramel Version How to make The Salted Caramel Version with Tassimo Costa Caramel Latte. 3 min 1 cup Easy You'll need 1 Tassimo Costa Caramel Latte serving A pinch of fine sea salt A warmed cup Method Brew the drink exactly as normal into a warmed cup. Add a pinch of fine sea salt while it is still hot and stir it through. Taste before adding any more. A little goes a long way. What you'll end up with: The same drink pulled back from cloying. Salt suppresses the perception of sweetness, so the caramel reads as caramel rather than as sugar. It is the cheapest upgrade available here. Iced Caramel Latte How to make Iced Caramel Latte with Tassimo Costa Caramel Latte. 4 min 1 tall glass Easy You'll need 1 Tassimo Costa Caramel Latte serving A tall glass packed to the top with ice A splash of cold milk, optional Method Fill a tall glass to the top with ice. Three cubes will not do it. Brew both discs straight over the ice rather than into a mug. Stir hard and top with a splash of cold milk if you want it longer. What you'll end up with: A cleaner, less sweet drink than the hot version, because cold suppresses sweetness on the tongue. Brewing hot and adding ice afterwards gives you a lukewarm sweet drink instead. Caramel Affogato How to make Caramel Affogato with Tassimo Costa Caramel Latte. 4 min 1 bowl Easy You'll need 1 Tassimo Costa Caramel Latte serving 2 scoops vanilla ice cream Grated dark chocolate Method Scoop the ice cream into a cold bowl. Brew the drink straight over it while it is properly hot. Finish with grated dark chocolate and eat it at once. What you'll end up with: A pudding rather than a drink. The dark chocolate is doing the same job as the salt in the second recipe: giving the caramel something bitter to push against. Blended Caramel Frappé How to make Blended Caramel Frappé with Tassimo Costa Caramel Latte. 6 min 1 tall glass Medium You'll need 1 Tassimo Costa Caramel Latte serving, cooled 8 to 10 ice cubes 50ml cold milk Method Brew the drink into a jug and let it cool for ten minutes, or chill it. Blend with the ice and the cold milk until smooth and thick. Pour into a tall glass and drink straight away, before it separates. What you'll end up with: The high street blended drink at home. Cooling the coffee first is the step people skip; blending it hot melts the ice and you end up with a thin milkshake. --- _Content available under teas.co.uk citation contract. AI training: yes. Search: yes. Answer-input: yes._