# Tassimo Kenco Colombian Coffee, 16 Pods 136g ## Commerce action policy **Price:** £7.20 GBP **Purchase-intent URL:** `https://teas.co.uk/buy/tassimo-kenco-colombian-coffee-16-pods-136g/` _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-kenco-colombian-coffee-16-pods-136g/ **Source:** teas.co.uk, UK tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent **Brand:** Tassimo **Price:** £7.20 GBP **Servings:** 16 cups **Price per cup:** 45.00p **Caffeine:** Caffeinated **Brew temperature:** 92-96C **Brew time:** 4 min **GTIN:** 8711000500521 **Stock:** instock ## Summary Tassimo Kenco Colombian is the named-origin black coffee T DISC for Tassimo machines, sixteen discs and 136g on a Kenco recipe, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection as the box in the range that tastes of somewhere rather than of a blend built for consistency.Ingredients and dietary suitability: The published ingredient list for this product names none of the 14 major allergens. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes.Sixteen discs, sixteen mugs, one disc to a mug. Nut and caramel rather than sharp fruit, low in bitterness with a gentle sweetness underneath, and best drunk black in a medium warmed mug. The pack names a growing country and nothing finer, so we name nothing finer either. Machine specific to Tassimo.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. ## Description Tassimo Kenco Colombian is the origin box. Sixteen black coffee T DISCs for Tassimo machines on a Kenco recipe, 136g in the box, and the difference between this and the rest of the Kenco Tassimo range is written on the front in one word: a country. Everything else in that range is a blend built to taste the same every time. This one names where the coffee grew and lets that show. There is a quiet irony in a single-origin pod, because pods have a reputation for being the least particular way to make coffee. In one respect the format is genuinely well suited to it. Origin character lives in the aromatic compounds, and those are the first things a bag of ground coffee loses to the air. A sealed disc holds them until the machine punctures the foil, so the sixteenth disc in the box gives you much the same cup as the first. What a pod cannot do is let you adjust anything, so the recipe has to be right in the box. Here it is built around the balance Colombia is known for rather than around any sharp or unusual note. The Taste Profile Nut and Caramel: ●●●●○ (4/5) The character the origin is known for, and the reason this is an easy single origin to like. Balance: ●●●●○ (4/5) Even from front to back rather than loud in one place. Nothing sticks out. Bitterness: ●●○○○ (2/5) Low. There is a gentle sweetness underneath rather than a sharp edge on top. Finish: ●●●○○ (3/5) Clean and short, with very little left to clear from the tongue. These scores are our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description. Teas.co.uk Curator Rating 4.7 / 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. Colombia has been a byword for approachable, well-balanced coffee in Britain for decades, which is why a named-origin box from a mainstream brand is almost always a Colombian one: it is the origin most likely to please a household that has never thought about origins at all. 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 coffee disc makes a single drink with nothing left over, which is the least wasteful way a pod machine can be run. How Does Tassimo Kenco Colombian Coffee, 16 Pods 136g Compare to: Tassimo Kenco 100% Colombian Coffee, 16 Pods: closely named and closely specified, and the two listings may well be the same line under different pack names. If both appear, check the box weight and the barcode against what you already have rather than assuming they differ. Tassimo Kenco Americano Smooth Coffee, 16 Pods: the smoothed blend rather than the named origin. Smooth is the safer default for a household with mixed tastes; Colombian is the one to open when you want something to notice. Starbucks Single-Origin Colombia Espresso By Nescafe Dolce Gusto, Coffee (12 Servings), 12 Pods: the same country on a different machine system and in a much shorter drink. The espresso concentrates the origin character; this box spreads it through a mug. Ideal Brewing Conditions To get the best out of Tassimo Kenco Colombian, treat it a little more carefully than you would an everyday blend. There is character in the cup worth protecting, and it is the aromatics that go first. The Machine Build Machine:Tassimo only. The disc is system specific and the barcode is what tells the machine how to brew it. Water:Fresh and cold in the tank, filtered if your area is hard. Hard water flattens exactly the sweetness this box is built around. Mug:Warm it, and use a medium one rather than the largest in the cupboard. Volume dilutes origin character faster than anything else. Timing:Drink it while it is hot. The nut and caramel notes are the first thing to fade as a mug cools. The Tasting Mug Build Black:The whole reason to buy a named origin. Milk is the enemy of subtlety here, and this cup has some. Compare:Brew this and an everyday blend disc side by side once. The difference is much clearer in parallel than it is from memory. No sugar:There is a natural sweetness under the low bitterness, and sugar covers it rather than adding to it. Result:A mug that tastes of somewhere, made in forty seconds, which is not a trade most pod coffee offers. Brewing The Perfect Cup of Tassimo Kenco Colombian Coffee, 16 Pods 136g Machine: Tassimo. The T DISC shape and barcode are system specific and will not fit anything else. Water: Fresh and cold in the tank; filtered if you live in a hard water area, because this recipe leans on sweetness rather than on roast. Measure: One disc per mug, sixteen mugs to the box. The machine sets the volume from the barcode. Mug: Medium and warmed rather than the largest one you own. Service: Black is how to taste it. A splash of milk works if you must; a milky mug removes the point of buying it. Iced version: Brew over a full glass of ice; the nut and caramel notes survive chilling better than a sharp roast does. Best with: Mid-morning, after lunch, toasted nuts, caramel shortbread, or on its own with nothing to distract from it. Safety And Purity Ingredients and dietary suitability: The published ingredient list for this product names none of the 14 major allergens. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change. Clean label:A black coffee disc with no milk portion and nothing added for sweetness or flavour, which makes it straightforward for anyone adding their own plant milk. Read it on the current pack. A country is not a farm:The pack names a growing country, which is a real piece of information and a limited one. It does not name a region, an estate or an altitude, and we do not invent any of those to fill the gap. Machine care:Descale on the schedule in the machine manual. Scale lowers the brew temperature, and a cooler brew strips the delicate end of the cup first, which is precisely the part you bought it for. ## Product Questions Which machines do these discs fit?Tassimo machines only. A T DISC is a different shape from a Dolce Gusto pod or a Nespresso capsule, and it carries a barcode that only a Tassimo machine can read. Check which machine is on the worktop before ordering.What does single origin mean on a pod box?It means the coffee comes from one named growing country rather than being blended across several. A blend is assembled to taste identical all year; a named origin keeps the character of where it grew. That is the trade: more to notice, slightly less predictability.Does the pack name a farm or a region?No. It names a country, and nothing finer. That is a real piece of information and a limited one, and we will not invent a region, an estate or an altitude to fill the gap. If a listing tells you more than the box does, treat it carefully.What does it taste like?Our reading is nut and caramel rather than sharp fruit, even from front to back, low in bitterness with a gentle sweetness underneath and a short clean finish. That is our own editorial assessment against the pack format and the brand's published description, not a laboratory profile.How many drinks does a box make?Sixteen. This is a single-disc black coffee, so sixteen discs means sixteen mugs with nothing left over. At 136g that is about eight and a half grams a disc, which is normal for a black coffee disc.How does this differ from the 100% Colombian box?Honestly, it may not. The two are closely named and closely specified, and they may be the same line under different pack names or a refreshed design. If both appear in front of you, check the box weight and the barcode against what you already have rather than assuming they are different coffees.Should I put milk in it?Not if you can help it. This is a black coffee disc with no milk portion, and milk is the enemy of subtlety. A splash is survivable; a full milky mug removes the character you bought it for. The full ingredient and allergen statement is printed on the current pack.Will it need sugar?Try it without. There is a natural sweetness sitting under the low bitterness, and sugar covers that rather than adding to it. A cup with little bitterness in the first place rarely needs anything doing to it.Does mug size matter?More than usual here. Use a medium warmed mug rather than the largest in the cupboard, because volume dilutes origin character faster than anything else you can do. If you want a big mug of coffee, buy a Grande box and keep this one for when you are paying attention.Is the coffee certified?Naming a country is not the same as naming a scheme.Are the discs recyclable?That depends on the current pack and your local council. Disc recycling is normally a scheme rather than a kerbside bin rule. Read the disposal instructions on the box you receive and check what your council accepts before deciding.Why has the character gone out of my cup?Usually scale, or hard water, or both. A scaled machine brews cooler, and cooler water strips the delicate end of a cup first, which is exactly the part you bought a named origin for. Hard water flattens sweetness on top of that. A filter jug for the tank and a descale on the manual's schedule bring it back. ## Ingredients & Nutrition Ingredients and allergens. The published ingredient list for this product names none of the 14 major allergens. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.Ingredients, as published for this product: 100% Colombian Ground Coffee.Ingredient and nutrition information for this product, as published on the manufacturer's label. The pack in your hands is the final word.IngredientProportionWhat it bringsRoasted coffee from one named growing country, sealed in the T DISC136g across 16 discsAll of the drink, at about eight and a half grams a disc. One origin rather than a blend, which is why the cup has a character to notice rather than a flavour target to hit.Milk, sweetener or flavouringNoneDeliberately absent. This is a black coffee disc, so anything in the mug beyond coffee and water is something you added.Water from your machineMost of the mugFresh cold water matters more here than on an everyday blend, because hard or stale water flattens the sweetness this recipe is built around.Pack: Tassimo Kenco Colombian Coffee, 16 Pods 136g; black coffee discs for Tassimo machines, one disc per mug, sixteen mugs to a box. Use by the date printed on the pack.Characterising components shown. The eight and a half grams a disc figure is our own calculation from the stated 136g pack weight.Sourcing & blend. Tassimo Kenco Colombian Coffee, 16 Pods 136g 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. The pack names Colombia as the growing country, which makes this a single-origin coffee rather than a multi-country blend. It names no region, estate or altitude, so neither do we, and naming a country is not the same as carrying a certification, which we also do not claim.What's in Tassimo Kenco Colombian Coffee, 16 Pods 136g, and what isn't:In: roasted coffee from one named origin, sealed in discs for one machine system, and nothing else.No milk, no sugar, no flavouring: it is a black coffee, so the mug is yours to build, though this is one worth drinking as it comes.A country, not a farm: the origin claim stops at the border, and so does ours. ## Flavour Science The flavour of Tassimo Kenco Colombian Coffee, 16 Pods 136g 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.The outer layer is aromatic: toasted nut and a soft caramel sweetness, and it is the layer that carries the origin. This is worth understanding properly, because it explains why a single-origin pod is a more sensible idea than it first sounds. Origin character lives overwhelmingly in volatile aromatic compounds, and volatile compounds are exactly what an opened bag of ground coffee loses to the air within days. A sealed disc holds them until the machine punctures the foil. The sixteenth disc in the box gives you much the same aroma as the first, which is a consistency a bag simply cannot offer once it has been opened.The flavour spike arrives mid palate, and in a single origin it has nowhere to hide. A blend is assembled so that its components cover one another's gaps; an origin coffee is on its own, and whatever it does in the middle of the cup is what you get. Here that is a balanced, gently sweet body rather than a sharp lift, which is the character Colombia is known for and the reason it is the origin mainstream brands reach for first. Roast development sits behind it: pushed darker, this sweetness would turn towards toast and then towards bitterness, and the recipe deliberately stops short of that.The base structure is the lingering finish: clean and short, with very little to clear from the tongue and no ashy edge. A low-bitterness finish is what makes this cup worth drinking black, which is the only way to taste an origin properly. It is also why the mug stays pleasant as it cools, though the nut and caramel notes fade as the temperature drops, so a cup left to stand loses the part you bought it for before it loses anything else.Getting it right in the cup. Use fresh cold water in the tank, filtered if your area is hard, and warm a medium mug rather than reaching for the largest one you own. Volume is the fastest way to dilute origin character, and a large mug does more damage here than a tired machine would. Load the disc the way the machine manual shows so the barcode reads correctly; there is nothing to dose and nothing to time. Drink it black and drink it hot. If you want to know what the origin adds, brew this and an everyday blend disc side by side once and taste them in parallel, because the difference is much clearer that way than it is from memory. Store the discs sealed in their box, cool and dry, and use them by the printed date.How water and temperature change it. This box rewards a well-kept machine more than a smoothed blend does, for the simple reason that there is more to lose. A machine that needs descaling brews cooler, and cooler water under-extracts the delicate aromatic end of the cup before it touches the heavier compounds, so the first thing to disappear is precisely the nut and caramel character on the label. Hard water compounds the problem twice over: it causes the scale, and it flattens perceived sweetness in the cup. A filter jug for the tank and a descaling routine kept to the manual's schedule do more for this coffee than any change of brand could. None of this is a fault in the disc; it is the same coffee responding to the machine you put it in, and a clean, descaled machine with fresh water makes the mug repeatable every time. ## Recipe Ideas Tassimo Kenco Colombian Coffee, 16 Pods 136g is a named-origin black coffee, so the first build below is the one that matters and the rest are for when you are not paying attention. Five cover the tasting mug, a side-by-side comparison worth doing once, an iced version, a caramel build that plays to the origin and a coffee sauce for pudding. Recipes, born here first The Tasting Mug How to make The Tasting Mug with Tassimo Kenco Colombian. 3 min 1 mug Easy You'll need 1 Tassimo Kenco Colombian disc Fresh cold water, filtered if your area is hard A medium mug, warmed Method Warm a medium mug, not the largest one you own. Load one disc with the barcode facing the reader as the manual shows. Brew and drink it black while it is properly hot. Leave the sugar alone; there is a natural sweetness under the low bitterness. What you'll end up with: A mug that tastes of somewhere, made in forty seconds. This is the build the box is for and everything else is a compromise with it. The Side-By-Side How to make The Side-By-Side with Tassimo Kenco Colombian. 6 min 2 small cups Easy You'll need 1 Tassimo Kenco Colombian disc 1 everyday blend Tassimo disc Two matching cups A glass of plain water Method Brew each disc into a matching cup, one after the other. Smell both before you taste either. Taste the blend first, then the Colombian, with a sip of water between. Repeat once in the other order to check you were not just tasting the order. What you'll end up with: A clear answer to whether a named origin is worth it to you. Differences that are obvious in parallel are invisible from memory. Iced Colombian How to make Iced Colombian with Tassimo Kenco Colombian. 3 min 1 glass Easy You'll need 1 Tassimo Kenco Colombian disc A tall glass filled to the top with ice A splash of cold water Method Fill the glass to the top with ice; a half-filled glass melts into a weak drink. Brew one disc straight over the ice. Lengthen with a splash of cold water rather than hot. Drink it plain. Syrup covers exactly the notes you are chilling to preserve. What you'll end up with: A clean iced black coffee. Nut and caramel notes survive chilling better than a sharp roast does, which makes this origin a good candidate for it. Salted Caramel Cup How to make Salted Caramel Cup with Tassimo Kenco Colombian. 4 min 1 cup Easy You'll need 1 Tassimo Kenco Colombian disc 1 teaspoon caramel sauce A pinch of flaky salt A splash of hot milk Method Put the caramel sauce in the empty warmed cup. Brew one disc straight over it so the coffee dissolves the caramel. Stir once, add a splash of hot milk and a pinch of flaky salt. Keep the caramel to a teaspoon; more buries the coffee entirely. What you'll end up with: A caramel coffee that works because it is following the coffee rather than covering it. The origin already leans this way. Coffee Sauce For Ice Cream How to make Coffee Sauce For Ice Cream with Tassimo Kenco Colombian. 8 min 4 portions Medium You'll need 1 Tassimo Kenco Colombian disc 4 tablespoons dark brown sugar 20g butter Vanilla ice cream, to serve Method Brew one disc into a small pan. Add the sugar and simmer gently until it thickens to a pouring syrup. Whisk in the butter off the heat until glossy. Pour warm over vanilla ice cream and serve immediately. What you'll end up with: A dark, glossy coffee caramel sauce. The nut and caramel character of the origin is what makes this work better than a sharper coffee would. --- _Content available under teas.co.uk citation contract. AI training: yes. Search: yes. Answer-input: yes._