# Tassimo L'OR Americano 100% Brazilian Origin Coffee, 14 Pods 119g ## Commerce action policy **Price:** £7.60 GBP **Purchase-intent URL:** `https://teas.co.uk/buy/tassimo-lor-americano-100-brazilian-origin-coffee-14-pods-119g/` _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-lor-americano-100-brazilian-origin-coffee-14-pods-119g/ **Source:** teas.co.uk, UK tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent **Brand:** Tassimo **Price:** £7.60 GBP **Servings:** 14 cups **Price per cup:** 54.29p **Caffeine:** Caffeinated **Brew temperature:** 92-96C **Brew time:** 4 min **GTIN:** 8711000588031 **Stock:** instock ## Summary Tassimo L'OR Americano, 14 Pods 119g is a named-origin black coffee for a Tassimo machine, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection as the one-disc box that makes a Tassimo worth owning rather than worth complaining about.Ingredients and dietary suitability: 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. The pack names the coffee as 100% Brazilian origin: low acid, nutty and chocolate-leaning, which is exactly the profile a long black cup wants. Tassimo machines only, so these will not fit a Dolce Gusto or a Nespresso. No milk, no sugar, no flavouring in the disc.Curator notes: the tasting profile is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description. We usually dispatch this line within 1 to 2 working days. Common questions are answered in the detailed Q and A tab below. ## Description Tassimo L'OR Americano is fourteen T DISCs in a 119g box, and unlike the milk drinks on the same machine it is a one-disc build: fourteen discs make fourteen cups. The pack names the coffee as 100% Brazilian origin, which is a real piece of information rather than decoration. Brazil sits at the low-acid, nutty, chocolate-leaning end of the coffee map, with a heavy body and very little of the bright fruit character that makes some single origins difficult to drink long. That is exactly the profile you want in an americano, because an americano is a long cup and any sharpness in it has a great deal of water to travel through and a great deal of time to become annoying. The Taste Profile Body: ●●●●○ (4/5) Full for a long black drink, which is the Brazilian contribution. There is something in the cup at the bottom of the mug rather than just coloured water. Cocoa and Nut: ●●●●○ (4/5) The signature of the origin, sitting through the middle of the cup. Closer to dark chocolate and toasted hazelnut than to anything fruity. Acidity: ●●○○○ (2/5) Low, and deliberately so. This is the quality that makes a single origin work as a long drink rather than only as an espresso. Bitterness: ●●○○○ (2/5) Restrained. The machine fixes the volume and the contact time from the barcode, which removes the usual home route to a bitter cup. Teas.co.uk Curator Rating: 4.4 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk The Story Behind Tassimo and L'OR Tassimo is a licensing platform as much as a machine. Instead of one house range it carries other companies' names on its discs, which is why the same machine will make an L'OR americano, a Costa latte, a Kenco cappuccino and a Cadbury hot chocolate. L'OR is the name on the discs here, and what it is selling in this box is a named origin rather than a house blend, which is unusual for the format and is the reason to pick it over a generic black coffee disc. The technical part that sets the system apart is the barcode. Every T DISC carries one, and the machine reads it to set the water volume, the temperature and the brew time for that particular drink. It is why a Tassimo asks nothing of you, and also why you cannot make a cup longer or stronger from the front panel. Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. What You Are Actually Buying Count: fourteen T DISCs making fourteen cups, 119g in the box. Machine required: a Tassimo machine. These discs will not fit a Nescafe Dolce Gusto or a Nespresso machine, and no adapter makes them. Named origin: the pack states 100% Brazilian origin, which is rare on a pod shelf and tells you what the cup will taste like before you open it. Black coffee: no milk, no sugar and no flavouring in the disc. What goes in the cup afterwards is your decision rather than the manufacturer's. How Does Tassimo L'OR Americano Compare to: Tassimo Costa Americano Coffee, 12 Pods 108g: the same style of drink from the high-street brand, built on a house blend rather than a named origin. Costa is the more familiar flavour; the L'OR is the more interesting cup and the better one drunk black. Tassimo Kenco Americano Grande XL Coffee, 16 Pods: the bigger cup. The barcode on the Grande disc runs a longer volume, so it fills a large mug where this one fills a normal cup. Pick the XL if you drink out of a pint mug; pick this one if you want the coffee concentrated. Tassimo L'OR Latte Macchiato Coffee, 7 Pods: the same L'OR name in a two-disc milk build. A completely different proposition. Ideal Serving Conditions A Tassimo takes more decisions away from you than any other pod machine, which concentrates everything that is left onto the cup you choose and the state of the machine. Both are easy, and both are routinely ignored. The Proper Cup Cup size: a normal mug rather than a large one. The barcode dispenses a fixed volume, so a pint mug will simply look half empty and no amount of waiting changes that. Warm the cup: rinse it with hot water first. A black coffee has no milk fat to hold the heat, so it cools noticeably faster than a latte does. Water: filtered, if your area is hard. Minerals flatten the cocoa notes that are the whole point of a Brazilian coffee, and they scale the machine while they do it. Drink it fresh: a long black coffee left standing goes flat and papery within ten minutes. Brew it when you are ready to drink it. Getting More Out of the Box Make it bigger: run two discs into one large mug rather than trying to stretch one. Two discs in a mug is a proper large coffee; one disc in a mug is a weak one. Make it white: add a splash of hot milk after the disc has run rather than brewing into milk. A Brazilian coffee takes milk well because there is body to read through it. Make it iced: brew two discs into a jug, cool for a minute, then pour over a full glass of ice. Brewing onto ice dilutes the coffee as it lands. Make it a mocha: stir a teaspoon of cocoa to a paste in the bottom of the cup first, then brew over it. The origin already leans chocolate, so this works better here than it would with a bright coffee. Getting It Right in the Cup Machine: Tassimo only. Check which system you own before ordering. Discs per drink: one, so fourteen discs is fourteen cups. Volume: set by the barcode. There is nothing to adjust and nothing to get wrong. Storage: a cool dry cupboard, sealed discs, away from the kettle. The discs protect the contents; the carton does not. Best with: breakfast, a biscuit, the middle of a working morning, or anywhere you would otherwise make a mug of instant. Safety And Purity Ingredients and dietary suitability: Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change. Caffeine note: this is a caffeinated coffee. We place it in the middle of our scale because a pressure-brewed coffee disc carries a fuller dose than a spoon of instant, and that placement is our own editorial judgement rather than a measurement. Certification note: any marks are printed on the box. Naming note: the pack naming is worth a glance before you order if the origin is the reason you are buying it. Child safety: a caffeinated drink and not a children's drink. Keep discs out of reach, and remember the machine dispenses at close to boiling. ## Product Questions Is it fourteen drinks or seven?Fourteen. An americano on this system is a one-disc build, so fourteen T DISCs make fourteen cups. That is the difference between this box and the milk drinks on the same machine, which use two discs a serving. Which machine do these fit?A Tassimo machine only. They will not fit a Nescafe Dolce Gusto or a Nespresso machine and no adapter changes that, so check which system you own before ordering. What does 100% Brazilian origin taste like?Low in acid, nutty and chocolate-leaning, with a fuller body than most single origins carry. That is the general character of Brazilian coffee and it is exactly what a long black drink wants, because anything sharp has a lot of water to travel through and a long time to become annoying. Why can I not make the cup bigger?Because every T DISC carries a barcode and the machine reads it to set the volume, the temperature and the brew time. If you want a large mug, run two discs into it rather than trying to stretch one. Two discs make a proper large coffee; one disc in a big mug makes a weak one. Can I have it white?Yes, and it takes milk well. Add a splash of hot milk after the disc has run rather than brewing into cold milk. There is enough body in a Brazilian coffee to read through dairy, which is not true of every black pod. Can I make it iced?Yes. Brew two discs into a jug, let it stand a minute, then pour over a full glass of ice. Brewing directly onto ice dilutes the coffee as it lands, and a half-filled glass melts faster than a full one. How does it compare to the Costa americano discs?Costa is a house blend and the more familiar flavour; this is a named origin and the more interesting cup, particularly drunk black. If you take your coffee with milk and sugar the difference narrows a good deal. How should I store the discs?A cool, dry cupboard away from the kettle. The discs are sealed and protect what is inside them; the cardboard carton does not, so heat and damp are worth avoiding even though the contents are shelf-stable. Why has my coffee got weaker over time?Almost always scale rather than the discs. A machine that has not been descaled runs cooler and slower, and the first sign is a thin, pale cup rather than a taste you could name. Filtered water slows the problem down and keeps the cocoa notes brighter in the meantime. How much caffeine is in a cup?A pressure-brewed coffee disc carries a fuller dose than a spoon of instant, which is why we place this in the middle of our own scale. That placement is editorial judgement, not a measurement. ## Ingredients & Nutrition ComponentProportionWhat it bringsRoasted coffeethe whole disc, roughly 8.5gThe only thing in it. 119g across fourteen discs, which is a proper dose for a long cup rather than a token one.Named originstated on the pack as 100% BrazilianLow acid, nutty and chocolate-leaning with a fuller body than most single origins, which is what makes it work as a long black drink.Barcodeprinted on every discSets the water volume, the temperature and the brew time for this specific drink. Nothing for you to choose and nothing to get wrong.Pack format14 T DISCs, 14 servings, 119gOne disc per cup. Pack: Tassimo L'OR Americano 100% Brazilian Origin Coffee, 14 Pods 119g; fourteen cups, one T DISC each, for Tassimo machines only. The ingredient list, the allergen advice and the best-before date are printed on the current UK box; read them there rather than here.Characterising components shown. The 100% Brazilian origin description is taken from the pack name as the retailer prints it.Sourcing & blend. Tassimo L'OR Americano 100% Brazilian Origin Coffee, 14 Pods 119g comes out of a licensing platform rather than a single house range: the Tassimo system carries other companies' names on its discs, which is why the same machine makes an L'OR americano, a Costa latte and a Cadbury hot chocolate. What is unusual about this box is that it sells a named origin rather than a house blend, which is rare on a pod shelf.What's in Tassimo L'OR Americano 100% Brazilian Origin Coffee, 14 Pods 119g, and what isn't: In: roasted coffee sealed in a T DISC, brewed in a Tassimo machine with water only. No milk, no sugar, no flavouring: the disc holds coffee and nothing else. What goes in the cup afterwards is your decision rather than the manufacturer's. Machine specific: Tassimo only. Not compatible with Dolce Gusto or Nespresso machines, and no adapter changes that. Packaging: follow the current UK pack and your local-authority guidance; the outer carton and the discs usually take different disposal routes. ## Flavour Science The flavour of Tassimo L'OR Americano 100% Brazilian Origin Coffee, 14 Pods 119g 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 aroma, and a sealed disc protects it better than any other home format does. Roasted coffee starts losing its volatile compounds to the air from the moment it is ground, which is why a pre-ground pack smells duller in its third week than its first. A T DISC keeps the grind sealed and under gas until water goes through it, so the fourteenth cup out of the box smells the same as the first. What lifts out is toasted and cocoa-ish rather than bright, which is the Brazilian signature: this origin was never going to smell of citrus or flowers, and the aroma tells you so before you taste it.The flavour spike arrives mid palate, and in a long black drink it has further to travel than in an espresso. An americano is a large volume of water carrying a modest amount of dissolved coffee, so whatever is in the middle of the cup has to be robust enough to survive dilution. Brazilian coffee is well suited to this because its character sits in the heavier compounds, the nut and cocoa notes rather than the delicate acids, and heavy compounds hold up in a long cup where bright ones simply thin out and turn sour. That is why a fruity single origin often disappoints as an americano and this one does not.The base structure is a rounded, low-acid finish that fades slowly rather than snapping shut. Very little in this cup clears the palate, so the cocoa stays on it, which is what makes the drink satisfying at mug size rather than only at cup size. It is also why it takes milk well: there is something left at the end of a mouthful for the dairy to sit against, rather than dairy simply covering an empty cup.Getting it right in the cup. Use a normal mug rather than a large one, because the barcode dispenses a fixed volume and a pint mug will look half empty however long you wait. If you want a large coffee, run two discs into one mug: two discs make a proper big cup and one disc stretched does not exist as an option on this machine. Rinse the cup with hot water first, because a black coffee has no milk fat to hold its heat and cools faster than a latte. Use filtered water if your area is hard, both because minerals flatten exactly the cocoa notes this origin is built on and because they scale the machine while they do it. Drink it fresh: a long black coffee left standing goes flat and papery inside ten minutes.How water and temperature change it. A Tassimo removes the variables a kettle leaves you, which means the machine itself becomes the main variable. Scale is the big one. A machine that has not been descaled runs cooler and slower, and with a black coffee the first symptom is a pale, thin cup rather than a taste you could name, so a coffee that has quietly got worse over months is nearly always a machine problem rather than a disc problem. Hard tap water builds that scale faster and dulls the cup in the meantime; filtered water keeps both the machine and the cocoa notes healthier. Over ice the drink reads cleaner and slightly more acidic, because cold suppresses the perception of body more than it suppresses acidity, so brew two discs into a jug and let it cool rather than trying to ice a single cup. None of this is a fault in the discs; it is the same coffee responding to the machine you build it in, and once you know which way you like it the result is repeatable every time. ## Recipe Ideas Tassimo L'OR Americano 100% Brazilian Origin Coffee, 14 Pods 119g is a plain black coffee from a sealed disc, and the barcode sets the volume, so the useful ideas are the ones that change the cup around it. Five builds below cover the proper americano, a double-disc mug, a white americano, an iced long black and a mocha built in the cup. Serving ideas, born here first The Proper Americano How to make The Proper Americano with Tassimo L'OR Americano discs. 2 min 1 cup Easy You'll need 1 L'OR Americano T DISC A normal mug, rinsed with hot water Filtered water in the tank Method Rinse the mug with hot water first. A black coffee has no milk fat to hold its heat. Load the disc and let the machine run it. The barcode sets the volume, so there is nothing to choose. Use a normal mug rather than a large one, or it will look half empty. Drink it fresh. A long black left standing goes flat and papery inside ten minutes. What you'll end up with: A full-bodied, low-acid black coffee with cocoa through the middle. If the cup is pale and thin, the machine wants descaling. The Double Disc Mug How to make The Double Disc Mug with Tassimo L'OR Americano discs. 4 min 1 large mug Easy You'll need 2 L'OR Americano T DISCs A large mug, rinsed with hot water Method Run the first disc into the mug as usual. Run the second straight after, while the machine is still up to temperature. Stir once. Two discs is a proper large coffee; one disc in a big mug is a weak one. What you'll end up with: A mug-sized coffee that still tastes of coffee at the bottom. White Americano How to make White Americano with Tassimo L'OR Americano discs. 3 min 1 cup Easy You'll need 1 L'OR Americano T DISC A splash of hot milk A normal mug Method Run the disc into the mug first. Do not brew into cold milk. Heat a small amount of milk separately, to steaming rather than boiling. Add the milk afterwards and use less than feels right. The body is already there to read through it. What you'll end up with: A milky coffee that keeps its cocoa note. A Brazilian origin has enough weight to survive dairy, which is not true of every black pod. Iced Long Black How to make Iced Long Black with Tassimo L'OR Americano discs. 5 min 1 tall glass Easy You'll need 2 L'OR Americano T DISCs A full glass of ice A small jug Method Brew two discs into a jug rather than one into a glass. You want concentration before dilution. Let it stand a minute so it is warm rather than hot. Pour over a full glass of ice. A half-filled glass melts faster and waters the drink down. What you'll end up with: Cleaner and slightly brighter than the hot cup, because cold suppresses body more than acidity. Two discs is what keeps it from tasting hollow. Cup-Built Mocha How to make Cup-Built Mocha with Tassimo L'OR Americano discs. 4 min 1 cup Easy You'll need 1 L'OR Americano T DISC 1 teaspoon cocoa powder A splash of hot milk Sugar to taste Method Stir the cocoa to a smooth paste in the bottom of the cup with a splash of hot water, or it will clump. Brew the disc straight over the paste and stir again. Finish with a little hot milk and sugar if you want it. What you'll end up with: The origin already leans chocolate, so the cocoa lands on something rather than covering nothing. This works far better here than with a bright coffee. --- _Content available under teas.co.uk citation contract. AI training: yes. Search: yes. Answer-input: yes._