  The small separation of the individual stellar components in the TTau system
has prevented spectroscopy of the individual components in the near-infrared
(NIR) in the past. We present NIR data (H- and K-band) on this object taken
using the ALFA adaptive optics (AO) system in combination with the 3D integral
field spectrograph. Except for the Brackett series seen in emission, the NIR
spectra of \tts{} appear featureless, suggesting that warm dust dominates the
radiation. No ro-vibrational lines of molecular hydrogen were found in close
vicinity to the stars. The Brackett line emission from \ttn{} and S could not
be resolved with the 3.5-m-telescope, implying that it arises within 6 AU from
the stars. The line ratios between Br$\gamma$ (2.166 \mum{}) and Br10 (1.736
\mum{}) toward \ttn{} and \tts{} are similar, suggesting similar selective
extinctions towards the respective emitting regions. Our results are consistent
with a model that describes \tts{} as a pre-main sequence star surrounded by a
small edge-on disk, leaving the polar regions relatively unobscured. We present
numerical simulations which support this model.
