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Tassimo coffee maker As a caffeine-dependent Italian just back from two weeks of espresso worship in the motherland, I’m putting my admission to family dinner on the line by saying that Braun’s Tassimo “beverage system” makes one good cuppa coffee. Snap in a T Disc pouch to brew single servings of tea, latte, espresso, cappuccino or hot chocolate. Though it lacks the steamer snorts and gurgles of the classic espresso bar machine, its ability to trickle out a fresh dose of joe every minute means you’ll be too pepped to notice.
$169, Linens N Things , 167 North Queen, Etobicoke, 416-621-6900, and others, www.tassimo.com.
