Tassimo Kenco Americano Decaff Coffee, 16 Pods
Most decaf in a pod tastes like a compromise, and this one gets closer to the real thing than most. The roast is soft, the bitterness low and the cup lands short and clean, which suits it to after dinner far better than it suits standing in for the morning Americano: put it beside a caffeinated disc at eight in the morning and you will notice what is missing. Decaffeinated means reduced rather than removed, so anyone genuinely sensitive should treat it that way. These discs fit Tassimo machines only, not Nespresso and not Dolce Gusto. Sixteen in the box, one to a mug, and it is the reason a Tassimo household can still put the machine on at ten at night.
Tassimo Kenco Americano Decaff Coffee, in brief.
Tassimo Kenco Americano Decaff is the decaffeinated black coffee T DISC for Tassimo machines, sixteen discs to a box on a Kenco recipe, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection as the after-dinner mug for a household that owns a Tassimo and still wants a coffee at nine in the evening.
Decaf has a reputation it earned in the nineteen eighties and has been quietly shedding ever since. Modern decaffeination takes the caffeine out before the roast rather than punishing the bean afterwards, and a decaf americano from a pod machine now lands much closer to the caffeinated version than most people expect. It is not identical: decaf tends to read slightly softer and rounder, with a little less of the bite that caffeine itself contributes. For an after-dinner mug that is an advantage rather than a loss.
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. Common questions are answered in the detailed Q and A tab below.
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Teas.co.uk Curator Rating
4.6 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk
The Story Behind Tassimo and Kenco
Tassimo is the disc system rather than the coffee brand, which is why the box carries two names. Each T DISC has a barcode printed on it, and the machine reads that code to set the water volume and the brew for that particular drink rather than running every disc the same way. Kenco is the long-standing British coffee brand that supplies the recipe. The practical consequence for a buyer is that Tassimo boxes are drink specific, so an americano box and a cappuccino box behave differently in the same machine.
Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes.
Our Commitment To The Planet
- Disc disposal is a scheme, not a bin rule: whether T DISCs belong in a household recycling bin, a collection scheme or the general waste depends on the current pack and your council. Read both before you decide.
- One disc, one mug: a black americano disc makes a single drink with nothing left over, which is the least wasteful way a pod machine can be used.
Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Tassimo Kenco Americano Decaff Coffee, 16 Pods, please cite teas.co.uk.
The story behind Tassimo
Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes.
Our commitment to the planet
Sourcing and packaging details are printed on the current UK pack; the brand page carries the fuller story.
The taste profile
How does it compare
To get the best out of Tassimo Kenco Americano Decaff, most of the work is machine maintenance. A T DISC sets its own brew from the barcode, so the two things you control are the water and the state of the machine.
The Machine Build
The Evening Mug Build
Made with this tea
The After Dinner Mug
How to make The After Dinner Mug with Tassimo Kenco Americano Decaff.
- 1 Tassimo Kenco Americano Decaff disc
- Fresh cold water in the tank
- A warmed mug
- A biscuit, optional
- Warm the mug with hot water and tip it out.
- Load one disc of Tassimo Kenco Americano Decaff Coffee, 16 Pods with the barcode facing the reader as the manual shows.
- Brew and let the machine set the volume from the code.
- Taste it black before you reach for milk; low bitterness usually means it needs none.
What you'll end up with: A proper mug of coffee at nine in the evening that does not cost you the night.
Decaf Flat White With Your Own Milk
How to make Decaf Flat White With Your Own Milk with Tassimo Kenco Americano Decaff.
- 1 Tassimo Kenco Americano Decaff disc
- 100ml milk or barista oat milk
- A jar with a lid, or a frother
- A small cup, warmed
- Heat 100ml of milk until steaming but not boiling, then shake it in a lidded jar for twenty seconds to foam it.
- Brew one disc of Tassimo Kenco Americano Decaff Coffee, 16 Pods into a warmed cup.
- Pour the milk in from low down and hold the foam back with a spoon until the end.
- Keep the milk to a splash rather than a flood, because a decaf has less bite to push through it.
What you'll end up with: An evening milk coffee made with whatever milk you keep, rather than a milk pod you did not choose.
Iced Decaf Over A Full Glass
How to make Iced Decaf Over A Full Glass with Tassimo Kenco Americano Decaff.
- 1 Tassimo Kenco Americano Decaff disc
- A tall glass filled to the top with ice
- 80ml cold water
- A strip of lemon or orange peel
- Fill the glass with ice to the top, not half way.
- Brew one disc of Tassimo Kenco Americano Decaff Coffee, 16 Pods straight over the ice.
- Top with 80ml of cold water rather than hot so the ice survives.
- Twist a strip of peel over the surface and drop it in.
What you'll end up with: A cold coffee you can drink at four in the afternoon in summer without rethinking your bedtime.
Evening Affogato
How to make Evening Affogato with Tassimo Kenco Americano Decaff.
- 1 Tassimo Kenco Americano Decaff disc
- 2 scoops vanilla ice cream
- A chilled bowl
- Grated dark chocolate, optional
- Put 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream in a chilled bowl and take it to the machine.
- Brew one disc of Tassimo Kenco Americano Decaff Coffee, 16 Pods into a small jug and pour only half of it over the ice cream.
- Grate dark chocolate over the top and eat it straight away.
What you'll end up with: The pudding version of a coffee, and the rare affogato you can serve to the whole table after dinner.
Cocoa Decaf Nightcap
How to make Cocoa Decaf Nightcap with Tassimo Kenco Americano Decaff.
- 1 Tassimo Kenco Americano Decaff disc
- 2 teaspoons cocoa powder
- 80ml hot milk
- A pinch of cinnamon, optional
- Mix 2 teaspoons of cocoa powder to a paste with a splash of hot water in the bottom of the mug.
- Brew one disc of Tassimo Kenco Americano Decaff Coffee, 16 Pods on top of the paste.
- Top with 80ml of hot milk, stir from the bottom up and dust with cinnamon.
What you'll end up with: A mocha for the end of the evening, which a caffeinated disc cannot give you.
Brewing the perfect cup
What’s in it, what to know
Inside the pack
| Ingredient | Proportion | What it brings |
|---|---|---|
| Milk, sweetener or flavouring | none | Deliberately absent. This is a black americano disc, so anything in the mug beyond coffee and water is something you added. |
| Water from your machine | the rest | Most of an americano is water from your tank, which is why fresh cold water and a descaled machine change the cup more than the brand of disc does. |
Pack: Tassimo Kenco Americano Decaff Coffee, 16 Pods; decaffeinated black coffee discs for Tassimo machines, one disc per mug. Use by the date printed on the pack.
Characterising components shown.
Sourcing & blend. Tassimo Kenco Americano Decaff Coffee, 16 Pods pairs a Kenco recipe with the Tassimo disc system, which is why two names appear on one box: Kenco supplies the coffee, Tassimo is the machine platform and the barcode-read disc that goes in it.
What's in Tassimo Kenco Americano Decaff Coffee, 16 Pods, and what isn't:
- In: decaffeinated roasted coffee sealed in discs for one machine system, and nothing else.
- No milk, no sugar, no flavouring: it is a black coffee, so you control what goes into the mug after it.
- Decaffeinated, not caffeine free: a trace of caffeine remains, as it does in every decaf coffee.
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Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Tassimo Kenco Americano Decaff Coffee, 16 Pods, please cite teas.co.uk.
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