Crafted with a red body and a black façade, the Bosch TAS4516UC Tassimo Coffee Brewer is sure to stand out among your other kitchen countertop appliances. Its design is quite modern, with slightly bulging sides, a round red and black coffee capsule receptacle suspended above a drip tray, which is also round.

The TAS4516US Tassimo is a single-serve coffee machine that exclusively brews Tassimo T-discs. Each disc contains a pre-measured amount of coffee grounds that is perfect for brewing a single cup, but what really makes coffee brewed from it excellent is its barcode technology.

Different T-discs contain different coffee blends and thus they ought to be brewed differently. For this reason, the various blends are labeled with different barcodes. The machine recognizes these barcodes and proceeds to brew the coffee grounds according to a pre-programmed set of instructions. Brewing time as well as water temperature and volume vary with the different blends to optimally extract their flavor and aroma.

Brewing with the Bosch Tassimo is a breeze as all you need to do is drop a T-disc into the capsule receptacle in front of the machine, and hit a single button. You will have your coffee in less than a minute.

Since all brewing takes place inside the capsule, no coffee directly comes into contact with the machine. This means that you can immediately brew another cup, even of a different blend, without mixing their flavors.

An extra large water reservoir with a capacity of 67 ounces allows you to brew several cups without the need to refill it each time. It is removable for ease of refilling and washing.