Buying Lavazza coffee beans
About Lavazza
Lavazza's story started in 1895, when Luigi Lavazza opened his first store in Via San Tommaso in Turin, studied the origins and characteristics of different coffee beans and learned to blend them to suit his customers. He founded Luigi Lavazza SpA in 1927, and the company is still family-run and based in Turin. The blends below are the ones we stock for espresso machines, with two decaf options.
Qualità Oro
Lavazza Qualità Oro is the 100% Arabica blend, a combination of six varieties from the coffee-growing regions of Central and South America that Lavazza has made since 1956. It is a delicate medium roast with notes of fruit, flowers and honey, rated 4 out of 5 for strength.
Super Crema
Lavazza Super Crema is 60% Arabica and 40% Robusta, with beans from Brazil, Central America and Indonesia. Lavazza describes it as a delicate, mild coffee with a wonderfully creamy texture, with hazelnut and brown sugar in the cup. It is a medium roast rated 4 out of 5, and it is the Lavazza blend we recommend most often for bean-to-cup machines.
Crema e Aroma
Lavazza Crema e Aroma is built on selected Robusta with natural and washed Arabica alongside it. It is smooth and well rounded with light acidity and a fruity note, at medium strength (3 out of 5), and it is the most forgiving of the three in an automatic machine.
Decaf: Dek beans or Decaffeinato ground
Lavazza Professional Dek is a 500g bag of decaf beans that blends full-bodied Brazilian and delicate Asian coffees for a full flavour, rounded aroma and velvety crema. Lavazza uses a natural decaffeination method that it says leaves the taste intact. Caffè Decaffeinato is 250g of pre-ground decaf from South American beans, smooth and chocolaty with a rich body and no bitterness, and 99.9% caffeine-free. It suits plungers, stovetops, filter machines and espresso machines that take tamped ground coffee.
How to choose
If you pull straight espresso or make long blacks, Qualità Oro's all-Arabica blend is the natural pick. The Robusta share in Super Crema and Crema e Aroma gives thicker crema and a fuller body that stands up to milk and is forgiving in automatic machines, with Super Crema the creamier and Crema e Aroma the milder of the two. For decaf, choose Dek beans if you have a grinder and Decaffeinato ground if you do not. Lavazza's general guidance for a double espresso is 18g of coffee for 36g in the cup in 25 to 30 seconds at 93°C.
Bag sizes, delivery and subscriptions
The 1kg bags suit a home machine in daily use or a small office, and the 500g Dek bag suits a household where only some people drink decaf. Order by 3pm Melbourne time on a business day for same-day dispatch. Delivery is a flat $9.95 on orders under $200 and free on orders over $200, Australia-wide. Set up Subscribe & Save to take 10% off regular deliveries, weekly, fortnightly, every three weeks or monthly. Cafés and offices can apply for a business account for B2B pricing on coffee, up to 25% off RRP.
FAQs
Which Lavazza beans are best for an automatic coffee machine?
Super Crema and Crema e Aroma both contain Robusta, which gives a thick crema and a full body that holds up in milk and is forgiving of a bean-to-cup machine's grinder. Super Crema is the creamier of the two and Crema e Aroma the milder. Qualità Oro also works, with a lighter, fruitier cup.
Is Lavazza Qualità Oro 100% Arabica?
Yes. Qualità Oro is a blend of six Arabica varieties from Central and South America, which Lavazza has produced since 1956. It is a delicate medium roast with notes of fruit, flowers and honey.
What is the difference between Lavazza Super Crema and Crema e Aroma?
Super Crema is 60% Arabica and 40% Robusta, mild and creamy with hazelnut and brown sugar, rated 4 out of 5 for strength. Crema e Aroma has a higher share of Robusta with natural and washed Arabica, and is smooth and rounded with light acidity at medium strength, rated 3 out of 5. Both come in 1kg bags.
Does Lavazza make decaf coffee beans?
Yes. Lavazza Professional Dek is a 500g bag of decaf beans for espresso machines with a grinder. If you need pre-ground decaf for a plunger, stovetop or filter machine, Caffè Decaffeinato comes in a 250g pack.
Where can I buy Lavazza coffee beans in 1kg bags?
We stock Qualità Oro, Super Crema and Crema e Aroma in 1kg bags and deliver Australia-wide. Orders placed by 3pm Melbourne time on a business day are dispatched the same day, or collect from our Abbotsford showroom.
How much is delivery on Lavazza coffee?
Delivery is free on orders over $200 and a flat $9.95 on orders under $200, anywhere in Australia. Orders placed by 3pm Melbourne time on a business day leave the same day. Businesses can apply for a business account for B2B pricing on coffee, up to 25% off RRP.