Tassimo Hot Choco Salted Caramel (Ocado) By @Cinabar

I drink more hot chocolate than the average person. Having said that, I stopped buying Tassimo hot chocolate and I can’t remember why, it was years ago. If I’m honest, my Tassimo machine has had less love over the last year for coffee too, but mostly I remember a huge wave of disappointment about hot chocolate. This is the first time I’ve seen a limited edition hot chocolate for the Tassimo, so I thought I’d risk it and buy these Hot Choco Salted Caramel drinks to see if I could regain the love.

Inside the pack are two boxes with the Tassimo pods inside. I had a look at the pod and the first hit of disappointed memories came back to me. Originally, Tassimo hot chocolate used to be a liquid inside the pod that made a good hot chocolate, then at some point they switched to instant powder. This pod had powder. There is still hope the flavour will win me over.

I popped the pod into the machine and pressed the button for it to brew me a drink. I waited as it heated and whizzed away. Then it had finished, and the cup was just half full. Oh yes, that is why I didn’t buy the hot chocolate. You can’t get a decent portion. I pressed the top-up button fully aware I was watering down the drink. I can’t cope with a half mug though, that is worse.

So yeah, the flavour is okay. I mean I could put the usual moan in about the fact that salted caramel isn’t that imaginative, but I’ll leave that because it was nice. A little sweet and syrupy, and also a touch of salt. I found the drink to be mild, but it was that or have half a portion, and that reason there is what I’d forgotten. This is a small portion of powdered hot chocolate made with water, under the guise of being a ‘coffee shop selection’. Shame.