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Re: Tassimo coffee-maker recalled after customers burned I almost forgot the fifth and most important advantage!
5) IT DOESN'T COST $600 A YEAR FOR YOUR COFFEE FIX!!!  |
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6) No wastebasket full of used pods to dispose of. Just rinse the basket down the drain... |
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said by sheeez :Mine was affected. I'm having a part sent. Think it's a replacement T-disk holder.
I couldn't believe the nut I had on the phone.
Was on hold for a good 30-minutes.
American girl answers and... wow man...
She says: What state are you from?
me: Quebec
her: What state?
Me: Quebec
her: I see. Can you spell that?
Me: Q U E B E C
her: did you say Q U E E E C?
Me: No. B like bob.
Her: I see. ok Qwaybec. That is your providence
Me: My providence? yeah, that's it. sigh.
Let's not get started on ZIP code, city name or street name... That totally blew her away.
I expect I will have to recall them in a couple of weeks since I don't expect the part after giving my address to that nutbar.
I just ordered my replacement part online at »www.tassimosafetyrecall.com/index.html
No waiting on hold, or speaking to incompetent Americans... |
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I like Tassimo. I won a brewer from them a year or two ago off a twitter content. Didn't use it much. Made the occasional hot chocolate or espresso. It's also great for cup of noodles Just use the service t-disc instead of a real one and it creates and pours nothing but very hot water. It's way faster than using my stove.
I've been using it a lot more lately with this Gevalia coffee i got too. It's really good and during a promotion I managed to get a huge haul of t-discs for free. |
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 GuspazGuspazPremium,MVM
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Montreal, QC
kudos:16 | reply to lugnut
said by lugnut :Advantage number Six!
6) No wastebasket full of used pods to dispose of. Just rinse the basket down the drain...
Right, and if you do something that dumb, what the plumber charges you will negate any potential cost savings :P
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| said by Guspaz:said by lugnut :Advantage number Six!
6) No wastebasket full of used pods to dispose of. Just rinse the basket down the drain...
Right, and if you do something that dumb, what the plumber charges you will negate any potential cost savings :P I've been pouring my grinds (in the winter, in the summer they go in the garden) down the sink for years.. never experienced a problem.
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said by CanadianRip:What is this fascination people have with pre-mixed instant coffee in the first place?
It's ground coffee....tastes good!
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said by alexpb1:I've been using it a lot more lately with this Gevalia coffee i got too. It's really good and during a promotion I managed to get a huge haul of t-discs for free.
Actually, it was one of the Gevalia T-disks that exploded on my wife. But she wasn't near it when it came squirting out all over the counter.
When I was on the phone with them yesterday they only said it was the Nabob that did this.
But in todays Star it says there is a recall on 2 million Gevalia T-disks
»www.thestar.com/business/article···isk?bn=1 plus others. |
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@videotron.ca | Eh I just got a call, i think it was from... of all places Costco telling me to bring the T-disks we bought back to them for an exchange.
Or to use tassimo's website for replacements. |
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GuspazGuspazPremium,MVM
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Montreal, QC
kudos:16 | reply to elwoodblues
said by elwoodblues:I've been pouring my grinds (in the winter, in the summer they go in the garden) down the sink for years.. never experienced a problem. So did my dad. Until it clogged the drain. And when the plumber figured out what was wrong, and my dad said he thought there wouldn't be any problem with coffee grounds, the plumber looked at him like he was an idiot, and said something along the lines of "Of course there would be a problem, only liquids are supposed to go down the drain, this is a solid."
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| said by Guspaz:So did my dad. Until it clogged the drain. And when the plumber figured out what was wrong, and my dad said he thought there wouldn't be any problem with coffee grounds, the plumber looked at him like he was an idiot, and said something along the lines of "Of course there would be a problem, only liquids are supposed to go down the drain, this is a solid."
It's less than 4 feet of vertical pipe from our kitchen sink drain to a 3" pipe that's designed to carry 'solids'. I always wash the espresso grounds ( very fine ) down the drain, but throw the regular coffee grinds in a container that we put in the garden. The bacteria in our septic tank prefer a bold espresso roast; keeps them awake and working all night |
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said by Guspaz:said by elwoodblues:I've been pouring my grinds (in the winter, in the summer they go in the garden) down the sink for years.. never experienced a problem. So did my dad. Until it clogged the drain. And when the plumber figured out what was wrong, and my dad said he thought there wouldn't be any problem with coffee grounds, the plumber looked at him like he was an idiot, and said something along the lines of "Of course there would be a problem, only liquids are supposed to go down the drain, this is a solid." I and my family have been pouring coffee grounds down the sink for well over a half a century now with no blockages. Your father probably was dumb enough to pour his bacon grease down the drain too. THAT'S what caused the blockage.
Usually 99% of the time, blocked drains are a buildup of accumulated grease and hair. Coffee grounds have no trouble whatsoever going thru well maintained pipes.
As far as pouring solids down the drain goes, what do you think your poop is? Or do you have chronic diarrhea? |
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| said by lugnut :As far as pouring solids down the drain goes, what do you think your poop is? Or do you have chronic diarrhea?
I don't know what goes on in your house, but most people don't poop in their sinks. |
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| said by WhaleOilBee:said by lugnut :As far as pouring solids down the drain goes, what do you think your poop is? Or do you have chronic diarrhea?
I don't know what goes on in your house, but most people don't poop in their sinks. I will ignore how lugnut poops in his own sink.
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said by WhaleOilBee:said by lugnut :As far as pouring solids down the drain goes, what do you think your poop is? Or do you have chronic diarrhea?
I don't know what goes on in your house, but most people don't poop in their sinks. Where do you think it all ends up? Like I said, most clogs are caused by idiots who pour hot grease down their sinks.  |
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GuspazGuspazPremium,MVM
join:2001-11-05
Montreal, QC
kudos:16 | reply to hm
Bacon grease went into applesauce jars. |
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| First of all, coffee grinds and paper filters go into compost bins summer or winter. Not much happens in winter, but come spring, that thing activates and gets hot while that food is digested.
Secondly, there is nothing wrong with coffee down the drain, you just have to ensure you run the water long enough to get the grinds flowing past the S bend and down the pipes instead of accumulating in the S bend. |
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said by hm :said by alexpb1:I've been using it a lot more lately with this Gevalia coffee i got too. It's really good and during a promotion I managed to get a huge haul of t-discs for free.
Actually, it was one of the Gevalia T-disks that exploded on my wife. But she wasn't near it when it came squirting out all over the counter. When I was on the phone with them yesterday they only said it was the Nabob that did this. But in todays Star it says there is a recall on 2 million Gevalia T-disks » www.thestar.com/business/article···isk?bn=1 plus others. On the tassimo safety recall site (»www.tassimosafetyrecall.com) you can see all the effected t-discs. Luckily it looks like my Gevalia Dark House Blend is not effected.
My tassimo machine itself was though, so I have ordered the replacement part. |
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said by WhaleOilBee:said by Guspaz:So did my dad. Until it clogged the drain. And when the plumber figured out what was wrong, and my dad said he thought there wouldn't be any problem with coffee grounds, the plumber looked at him like he was an idiot, and said something along the lines of "Of course there would be a problem, only liquids are supposed to go down the drain, this is a solid."
It's less than 4 feet of vertical pipe from our kitchen sink drain to a 3" pipe that's designed to carry 'solids'. I always wash the espresso grounds ( very fine ) down the drain, but throw the regular coffee grinds in a container that we put in the garden. The bacteria in our septic tank prefer a bold espresso roast; keeps them awake and working all night I have a similar run, not more then a few feet away from the stack.
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said by Guspaz:Bacon grease went into applesauce jars.
I've doing something very similar to get rid of the grease, not to say some doesn't get down the sink, but very little. |
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