What is the difference between tassimo 1200 and 1400?

Answer 1

Tassimo is a consumer hot beverage system that prepares one-cup servings of espresso, regular coffee, tea, hot chocolate, and various other coffee drinks. It was first introduced in France in 2004 and is now also available in Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States, Canada and Austria. It was developed by Kraft Foods Inc., is manufactured by Saeco International Group S.p.A. and distributed by Braun GmbH.

Often there are several models of a single serve coffee machine like the Tassimo and it can make it difficult for you to decide which model to pick given the price and features. Recently, Tassimo introduced the Tassimo Hot Beverage System or TA1200 at a price point $40 cheaper than the Tassimo Premium Hot Beverage System or TA1400.

Answer 2

I work for a company that promotes and demonstrates food items and small appliances. I did in fact demonstrate the Tassimo beverage brewing system less than 2 months ago to the public at a local Super Target store. The customers were fascinated by the machine, and I found it extremely easy to use. Aside from 1 instance of the unit (or the operator) somehow causing an embarrassingly large Souchard hot chocolate .... incident...wherein the hot chocolate literally spewed forth from the machine (bummer) and 1 instance where the piercing INFLOW needle came out of the machine and went into the trash can with the T-Disc... :(
The machine worked GREAT. Fill it with water, I used bottled purified water for the 100 or so cups I made that day; and turn on the rear switch... water is ready fast, and the coffee brews unbelievably fast. 15 (fifteen seconds!) to insert a T-disc and brew the cup. ( ! ) like WOW. Kind of a bummer though that the Tassimo's "cup" of coffee is literally a CUP. 8 to 9 ounces. Fine perhaps for a genteel old ladies' bridge club coffee klatch sort of a deal, but personally, when I drink coffee it has to be LARGE and IN CHARGE! My morning coffee consists of 60 fluid ounces, made from Brothers coffee beans piled in the spin grinder so that not 1 more bean will sit on the coffee pyramid before capping and grinding...for the drip coffeemaker.
You can leave the machine "ON" all the time so that you can get that puny 8 ounce caffeine fix fast from it's "standby" mode, or you can reach behind and shut off the power completely to save energy.
I have also demonstrated the "Keurig" coffee system, and to be perfectly honest? The types of Yuppies and coffee freaks that frequent PEETS or STARBUCKS for HUGE HONKIN' VESSELS of strong strong coffee.... will like the Keurig system much better. Why? it's the same thing, only different, and it brews a slightly bigger, MUCH stronger, FAR TASTIER cup O'Joe.
By the way, There are two different Tassimos...the 1200, and 1400. I'll be darned If I can figure out the difference between the two models, but the 1200 is the one I demonstrated, and it sells for $129 at Target, the 1400 model sells for $169 and the limited selection of T-discs at Target (in the coffeemaker aisle, NOT the coffee aisle) are 3.99 and 4.99 per pack of 12 to 20 tea or coffee discs.
the only thing I truly loved about the Tassimo was the way it looked. I did really enjoy the flavor and aroma of the Twinings earl grey tea, and the Souchard hot chocolate was tasting just like that which I dispensed from the noisy hot chocolate dispensers at 7-11 when I was a kid in 1971. Mmmm Memories. For Coffee? Nah. Every one of the 5 varieties I tried and demonstrated and sampled to the public was...... lacking. Espresso was the only strong coffee, and it was bitter.