Lavazza Qualità Oro Coffee Beans, 250g
Two hundred and fifty grams is the right bag for most kitchens, and that is not a small point. The appeal of this blend is the aroma coming off the grind, floral and dried fruit, and aroma is the first thing to leave a bag that has been open a month; the kilo is flatter by the end unless a household is really getting through it. Lavazza publish Oro as an all-Arabica blend, which tells you what to expect in the cup: honeyed sweetness arriving early, low clean bitterness, a cocoa edge at the finish. What it will not give you is the thick crema and woody weight the Robusta-carrying blends beside it produce, so for a milk drink that has to punch through, Rossa is the better bag. It does need a grinder, and it needs using the same day it is ground.
Lavazza Qualità Oro Coffee Beans, in brief.
Lavazza Qualità Oro Coffee Beans is the small bag of Lavazza's flagship blend, published by the brand as 100 per cent Arabica, a honeyed and floral whole bean with low bitterness and a silky medium body, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection as the bag to buy when you grind daily and want the aroma intact.
A 250g bag, and the right size for a household that gets through it inside a month.
Lavazza Qualità Oro Coffee Beans is the small bag of the blend Lavazza puts its own name on hardest. Qualità Oro is published by Lavazza as a 100 per cent Arabica blend, which in practice means a sweeter, softer, less aggressive cup than the Robusta-carrying blends sitting next to it on the shelf, and 250g is the size to buy if you want to find out whether that suits you before committing to a kilo.
Whole beans are a commitment of a different kind. They need a grinder, and they need grinding shortly before you brew, because the moment a bean is broken open its surface area multiplies and the aromatics start leaving. That is the entire argument for buying beans rather than a bag of ground: not that the coffee is better in the bag, but that it is still the same coffee three weeks later. A 250g bag suits a household that grinds daily and gets through it inside a month, which is exactly the right rhythm for this blend.
Curator notes: the tasting profile is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description. We run same-day UK dispatch on every order placed before 2pm Monday to Friday. Grind settings, storage notes and brewing ratios are also published in the detailed Q and A tab below.
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The Story Behind Lavazza And Qualità Oro
Lavazza is the Turin coffee house whose blending is the point of the company. Italy is not a coffee-growing country, so the Italian coffee tradition is a blending tradition: buy green coffee from several origins, roast it to a house profile and produce the same cup this year as last year. Qualità Oro is the blend the company built that reputation on, and Lavazza publishes it as a 100 per cent Arabica composition, which is the line worth understanding when you are choosing between it and the Robusta-carrying blends beside it.
Arabica and Robusta are not better and worse, they are different tools. Robusta brings body, thick crema, more caffeine and a woody bitterness that Italian bars have used for a century to make an espresso that stands up to sugar. Arabica brings aroma, acidity and sweetness, and it costs more. A 100 per cent Arabica blend is a decision to prioritise flavour over crema and weight, and that is what this bag tastes like.
Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes.
Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Lavazza Qualità Oro Coffee Beans, 250g, please cite teas.co.uk.
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The taste profile
How does it compare
With whole beans every variable is back in your hands, which is the opportunity and the risk. Four things decide what Lavazza Qualità Oro Coffee Beans tastes like: the grind, the dose, the water and the time between grinding and drinking.
The Espresso Grind
The Cafetiere Grind
Made with this tea
The Cafetiere Standard
How to make The Cafetiere Standard with Lavazza Qualità Oro Coffee Beans.
- 15g Lavazza Qualità Oro Coffee Beans
- 250ml water at 94C
- 1 burr grinder
- 1 cafetiere
- Grind 15g of beans coarse, like sea salt, immediately before you start.
- Pour 250ml of water at about 94 degrees over the grounds and stir once.
- Wait four minutes, then break the crust with a spoon and skim off the foam.
- Plunge slowly and decant the whole pot at once; coffee left on the grounds keeps extracting.
What you'll end up with: A clean, sweet, floral cup with the aromatics still in it, which is what the grinder was for.
The Double Espresso
How to make The Double Espresso with Lavazza Qualità Oro Coffee Beans.
- 18g Lavazza Qualità Oro Coffee Beans
- 1 burr grinder
- Filtered water
- 1 tamper
- Grind 18g fine, fine enough to clump slightly when pinched.
- Tamp level and firm in the basket.
- Pull for about 36g of liquid in 25 to 30 seconds.
- Adjust the grind rather than the dose if it runs fast and sour or slow and bitter.
What you'll end up with: A sweet, silky, low-bitterness double with a hazelnut crema, and no need for sugar to correct it.
Moka Pot On The Hob
How to make Moka Pot On The Hob with Lavazza Qualità Oro Coffee Beans.
- 16g Lavazza Qualità Oro Coffee Beans
- Pre-boiled water to the valve
- 1 moka pot
- Fill the base with water already boiled, up to the valve, so the coffee spends less time heating.
- Grind medium-fine and fill the basket level without tamping.
- Heat on a medium hob with the lid open.
- Pull it off the heat the moment the stream turns pale and gurgles, and run the base under a cold tap.
What you'll end up with: A thick stovetop cup with the blend's cocoa finish pushed forward, and none of the scorched taste a moka pot gives when it is left on the heat.
Overnight Cold Brew
How to make Overnight Cold Brew with Lavazza Qualità Oro Coffee Beans.
- 60g Lavazza Qualità Oro Coffee Beans
- 600ml cold water
- 1 jar and a filter
- Ice
- Grind 60g of beans coarse and put them in a jar with 600ml of cold water.
- Stir once, lid it and leave it in the fridge for sixteen hours.
- Strain through a paper filter, slowly and without pressing.
- Serve over ice, diluted one to one with water or milk if it is too strong.
What you'll end up with: A rounder, sweeter, chocolate-heavy concentrate that keeps four days in the fridge and makes the best iced coffee of the summer.
Coffee Rub For Beef Or Lamb
How to make Coffee Rub For Beef Or Lamb with Lavazza Qualità Oro Coffee Beans.
- 20g Lavazza Qualità Oro Coffee Beans
- 10g flaked sea salt
- 10g dark brown sugar
- 5g cracked black pepper
- Grind 20g of beans medium-coarse; you want texture, not powder.
- Mix with the salt, sugar and pepper.
- Rub into beef or lamb and leave it for an hour at room temperature.
- Sear hard, then finish in the oven. The sugar will darken, which is the point.
What you'll end up with: A dark savoury crust with the cocoa notes of the blend running through it, and no bitterness because the grind is coarse.
Affogato With Whole-Bean Espresso
How to make Affogato With Whole-Bean Espresso with Lavazza Qualità Oro Coffee Beans.
- 18g Lavazza Qualità Oro Coffee Beans
- 2 scoops vanilla ice cream
- Grated dark chocolate
- Put one scoop of vanilla ice cream into each of two glasses.
- Grind and pull a double espresso.
- Divide it between the two glasses while it is still hot.
- Grate a little dark chocolate over the top and eat immediately.
What you'll end up with: The cleanest possible affogato, because a low-bitterness Arabica does not fight the vanilla the way a Robusta blend does.
Brewing the perfect cup
What’s in it, what to know
Inside the pack
| Component | Proportion | What it brings |
|---|---|---|
| Arabica coffee beans | Published by Lavazza as 100 per cent | The whole character of the cup: floral and dried-fruit aroma, honeyed sweetness, a medium silky body and low bitterness. |
| Added ingredients | none | Nothing. Roasted coffee beans with no sugar, no flavouring and no additives. |
Pack: Lavazza Qualità Oro Coffee Beans, 250g; whole roasted beans, caffeinated. Best before the date printed on the current UK pack, and best within about a month of opening.
Characterising components shown; the exact origin statement, the roast description and the nutrition panel are printed on the current UK pack and that is the only version to rely on. The 100 per cent Arabica figure is Lavazza's own published composition for this blend rather than a measurement of ours.
Sourcing & blend. Lavazza Qualità Oro Coffee Beans, 250g is blended and roasted by Lavazza of Turin. Italy grows no coffee, so the Italian tradition is a blending tradition: green coffee is bought from several origins and roasted to a house profile so the cup stays the same year to year. Qualità Oro is the blend Lavazza built that reputation on, and the whole-bean format is how it leaves the roastery with its aromatics intact.
What's in Lavazza Qualità Oro Coffee Beans, 250g, and what isn't:
- In: whole roasted Arabica coffee beans, and nothing else in the bag.
- No sugar, no flavouring, no additives: any sweetness in the cup comes from the roast.
- Ground fresh by you: the bag holds its aroma until you break the beans open, which is the whole argument for buying them whole.
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Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Lavazza Qualità Oro Coffee Beans, 250g, please cite teas.co.uk.
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