Tassimo Kenco Cafe Au Lait 16 Coffee, 184g
Closer to a mug of white filter coffee than to anything handed across a counter. There is no foam cap, no espresso underneath it and nothing to build; the milk simply lengthens the coffee, which is what the name has always meant. Quiet is the point here rather than a shortfall, and it suits whoever in the house wants a coffee without wanting a strong one. The milk is built into the disc, so it contains dairy and cannot be left out, and only a Tassimo machine will run it.
Tassimo Kenco Cafe Au Lait 16 Coffee, in brief.
Tassimo Kenco Café au Lait is the milky coffee T DISC that does not need a second disc, sixteen discs and 184g on a Kenco recipe, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection as the one-press milky coffee in a range where milk drinks normally cost two discs a cup.
Set expectations by the name: a café au lait is a lightly milky coffee, not a cappuccino, so there is no foam cap and the coffee is still audible underneath. The milk is inside the disc, which makes it neither vegan nor dairy free and means there is no way to leave it out. Best in a medium warmed cup, as it comes.
Tassimo Kenco Café au Lait is the milky coffee that does not need two discs. Sixteen T DISCs in a 184g box on a Kenco recipe, and unlike a cappuccino or a latte box, where a milk disc and a coffee disc are paired to make one drink, this recipe carries its milk with it. One disc, one cup, no second run of the machine and no decision about which order to put things in.
Set your expectations by the name rather than by the coffee shop menu. A café au lait is a lightly milky coffee, not a cappuccino: there is no foam cap to speak of and the milk is there to soften the cup rather than to dominate it. At about eleven and a half grams a disc, which is heavier than a black coffee disc and a good deal lighter than a milk disc, the arithmetic tells the same story. If you want a drink that is mostly milk, this box will disappoint you and a cappuccino box will not. If you want a black coffee with the edges taken off, made in one press of a button, this is exactly the right thing.
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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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 café au lait is one of the more interesting boxes in the range precisely because it works against the system's usual grain: where Tassimo normally sells a milk drink as two discs, one for the milk and one for the coffee, this one fits the whole drink into a single disc. That keeps the faff down.
Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes.
Our Commitment To The Planet
- One disc instead of two: the clearest environmental point on this page. A single-disc milk drink puts half as much packaging in the bin per cup as a paired one does.
- 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.
Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Tassimo Kenco Cafe Au Lait 16 Coffee, 184g, 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 Café au Lait, keep the cup modest and the machine clean. A single-disc milk drink has a fixed amount of milk in it, so the only way to unbalance it is to give it more cup than it can fill.
The Machine Build
The Morning Cup Build
Made with this tea
The Plain Morning Cup
How to make The Plain Morning Cup with Tassimo Kenco Café au Lait.
- 1 Tassimo Kenco Café au Lait disc
- Fresh cold water in the tank
- A medium cup, warmed
- Warm a medium cup, not a large mug. The milk portion is fixed and a big cup thins everything.
- Load one disc with the barcode facing the reader as the manual shows.
- Brew the single disc and stop there; this recipe is complete.
- Taste it before adding anything. Most people reach for milk out of habit rather than need.
What you'll end up with: A soft everyday milky coffee in one press, with the coffee still audible underneath and one disc in the bin rather than two.
The Milk-First Richer Cup
How to make The Milk-First Richer Cup with Tassimo Kenco Café au Lait.
- 1 Tassimo Kenco Café au Lait disc
- 3 tablespoons warm whole milk
- A medium cup, warmed
- Warm three tablespoons of milk and put them in the cup first.
- Brew one disc straight into the warm milk.
- Avoid adding cold milk at the end; it drops the temperature of a drink that has little heat to spare.
- Stop at three tablespoons, or you are making a latte and should buy a latte box.
What you'll end up with: A noticeably rounder cup that is still hot, which is the part most people get wrong when they add milk to a pod coffee.
Cinnamon Café au Lait
How to make Cinnamon Café au Lait with Tassimo Kenco Café au Lait.
- 1 Tassimo Kenco Café au Lait disc
- A pinch of ground cinnamon
- Half a teaspoon of honey, optional
- Put the cinnamon and honey into the empty warmed cup.
- Brew one disc straight over them so the drink dissolves the honey on the way in.
- Stir once, gently.
- Dust a little more cinnamon over the surface to serve.
What you'll end up with: A warming spiced milky coffee. The milk carries spice better than a black coffee does, which is why this works here and not on an americano disc.
Mild Iced Coffee
How to make Mild Iced Coffee with Tassimo Kenco Café au Lait.
- 1 Tassimo Kenco Café au Lait disc
- A glass half filled with ice
- A splash of cold milk
- Half fill the glass with ice rather than packing it, because this drink is already gentle.
- Brew one disc straight over the ice.
- Top with a small splash of cold milk.
- Stir once and drink it while the ice is still holding.
What you'll end up with: A soft iced coffee for someone who finds an iced black too sharp. Use less ice than you would with an americano disc.
Gentle Affogato
How to make Gentle Affogato with Tassimo Kenco Café au Lait.
- 1 Tassimo Kenco Café au Lait disc
- 2 scoops vanilla ice cream
- A crumbled biscuit, optional
- Put two scoops of ice cream in a cold bowl.
- Brew one disc straight over it while the drink is properly hot.
- Crumble a biscuit over the top if you want texture.
- Serve immediately with a spoon.
What you'll end up with: A softer affogato than an espresso version. The milk already in the disc smooths the shock of hot coffee on cold ice cream, which suits people who find the classic too bitter.
Brewing the perfect cup
What’s in it, what to know
Inside the pack
| Typical values per 100ml, as published | Per 100ml |
|---|---|
| Energy | 27 kcal |
| Fat | 0.8g |
| of which saturates | 0.8g |
| Carbohydrate | 4.0g |
| of which sugars | 2.6g |
| Fibre | 0.2g |
| Protein | 0.9g |
| Salt | 0.03g |
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: Skimmed Milk Powder (32%), Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Soluble Coffee (15%), Fully Hydrogenated Coconut Oil, Milk Proteins, Stabiliser (E340), Anti-Caking Agent (E551), Emulsifiers (E471, E433).
Ingredient and nutrition information for this product, as published on the manufacturer's label. The pack in your hands is the final word.
| Ingredient | Proportion | What it brings |
|---|---|---|
| Roasted coffee with a milk component, sealed together in one T DISC | 184g across 16 discs | The whole drink in one disc, at about eleven and a half grams each. Heavier than a black coffee disc and much lighter than a milk disc, which is what a lightly milky coffee should weigh. |
| A second disc | None needed | Deliberately absent. Most Tassimo milk drinks pair a milk disc with a coffee disc; this recipe is complete on its own, which halves both the faff and the packaging per cup. |
| Water from your machine | The rest of the cup | Pushed through the disc under pressure. Fresh cold water and a clean brew head matter here, because milk residue sours a machine faster than coffee does. |
Pack: Tassimo Kenco Cafe Au Lait 16 Coffee, 184g; single-disc milky coffee for Tassimo machines, one disc per cup, read as sixteen drinks to a box. Use by the date printed on the pack.
Characterising components shown. The eleven and a half grams a disc figure and the sixteen-drink reading are arithmetic on the stated 184g pack weight.
Sourcing & blend. Tassimo Kenco Cafe Au Lait 16 Coffee, 184g 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 Cafe Au Lait 16 Coffee, 184g, and what isn't:
- In: roasted coffee and a milk component sealed together in a single disc, for one machine system.
- No second disc required: the milk is inside, which is the practical and financial argument for this box.
- Contains milk: so it is neither vegan nor dairy free, and there is no way to leave the milk out.
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Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Tassimo Kenco Cafe Au Lait 16 Coffee, 184g, please cite teas.co.uk.
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