Lavazza Qualita Oro Ground Coffee, 250g
The grind in this bag is set for a cafetiere or a filter basket, which settles who should buy it: an espresso machine wants finer, and forcing this through one gives a fast, thin shot. For the jug on a Saturday morning it is well judged, honeyed, low in bitterness and finishing on cocoa rather than char, with a little less of the floral lift the same blend carries in bean form. Buy the size you will finish inside a fortnight. Nobody has scored this one for us yet, so read it as the character of a well-made blend rather than a crowd's opinion.
Lavazza Qualita Oro Ground Coffee, in brief.
Lavazza Qualita Oro Ground Coffee is Lavazza's flagship blend sold pre-ground, published by the brand as 100 per cent Arabica, honeyed and floral with a silky medium body and low bitterness, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection as the cafetiere and filter bag for a kitchen with no grinder in it.
A 250g bag, and the right size, because ground coffee loses aroma from the day the pack is opened and a fortnight is about as long as an open bag stays honest.
There is a trade and it is worth being straight about it. Ground coffee starts losing aroma the moment the pack is opened, because grinding multiplies the surface area of the bean and every one of those new surfaces is exposed to air. A sealed bag holds its character for months; an open one holds it for weeks. That is not a reason to avoid ground coffee, it is a reason to buy the size you will finish. At 250g this is about a fortnight for a household drinking two cups a day, which is exactly the window where pre-ground stays honest.
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. Common questions are answered in the detailed Q and A tab below.
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Curators Rating
4.6 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk
The Story Behind Lavazza And The Ground Bag
Lavazza is the Turin coffee house that made blending the point of Italian coffee. Italy grows none of its own, so the skill is in buying green coffee across several origins and roasting it to a house profile that tastes the same this year as last. Qualita Oro is the blend that reputation rests on, and it is sold ground as well as whole because the ground bag is what a supermarket shelf mostly sells.
Pre-ground coffee gets treated as the lesser option by people who have already bought a grinder. In practice it is the format that made good coffee ordinary in British kitchens, and a well-made ground blend brewed properly beats a good bean ground badly every time. The grind in this bag is set to suit filter and cafetiere brewing, which is a deliberate choice: a single grind cannot serve an espresso machine and a French press at once, and the manufacturer has picked the one most of its buyers will use.
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 Qualita Oro Ground Coffee, 250g, please cite teas.co.uk.
The story behind Lavazza
Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes.
Our commitment to the planet
Sourcing and packaging details are printed on the current UK pack; the brand page carries the fuller story.
The taste profile
How does it compare
The grind is fixed, so with Lavazza Qualita Oro Ground Coffee the variables that matter are the dose, the water temperature, the contact time and how fast you get through the bag once it is open.
The Cafetiere Method
The Filter Or Pour-Over Method
Made with this tea
The Cafetiere Standard
How to make The Cafetiere Standard with Lavazza Qualita Oro Ground Coffee.
- 15g Lavazza Qualita Oro Ground Coffee
- 250ml water at 94C
- 1 cafetiere
- 1 spoon
- Add 15g of ground coffee to a two-cup cafetiere.
- Pour 250ml of water at about 94 degrees over it and stir once.
- Wait four minutes, break the crust with a spoon and skim off the foam.
- Plunge slowly and pour the whole pot out straight away.
What you'll end up with: A sweet, clean, low-bitterness cup with none of the dryness a cafetiere gives when it is left standing.
Pour-Over For One
How to make Pour-Over For One with Lavazza Qualita Oro Ground Coffee.
- 18g Lavazza Qualita Oro Ground Coffee
- 300ml water at 94C
- 1 filter cone and paper
- Rinse the paper filter with hot water and tip the water away.
- Add 18g of coffee and level the bed.
- Bloom with 36ml of water and wait thirty seconds.
- Pour the remaining water in two stages, finishing the whole brew in about three minutes.
What you'll end up with: The clearest version of this blend, where the floral lift and the honeyed middle separate out properly.
Moka Pot, Handled Properly
How to make Moka Pot, Handled Properly with Lavazza Qualita Oro Ground Coffee.
- 16g Lavazza Qualita Oro Ground Coffee
- Pre-boiled water to the valve
- 1 moka pot
- Fill the base with water that has already boiled, up to the valve.
- Spoon the coffee into the basket and level it without tamping.
- Heat on a medium hob with the lid open and watch it.
- Remove the moment the stream turns pale and gurgles, and cool the base under a tap.
What you'll end up with: A thick stovetop cup with the cocoa finish pushed forward, and no scorched note from a pot left on the heat.
Overnight Cold Brew
How to make Overnight Cold Brew with Lavazza Qualita Oro Ground Coffee.
- 60g Lavazza Qualita Oro Ground Coffee
- 600ml cold water
- 1 jar and a paper filter
- Ice
- Stir 60g of grounds into 600ml of cold water in a jar.
- Lid it and leave it in the fridge for sixteen hours.
- Strain slowly through a paper filter without pressing.
- Serve over ice, cut one to one with water or milk if it is too strong.
What you'll end up with: A round, sweet, chocolate-led concentrate that keeps four days and makes better iced coffee than hot coffee poured cold.
Coffee And Cardamom Pot
How to make Coffee And Cardamom Pot with Lavazza Qualita Oro Ground Coffee.
- 15g Lavazza Qualita Oro Ground Coffee
- 2 green cardamom pods, cracked
- 250ml water at 94C
- 1 cafetiere
- Crack two green cardamom pods and drop them into the cafetiere with the coffee.
- Pour on 250ml of water at about 94 degrees.
- Steep four minutes, then plunge and pour.
- Drink it black; milk fights the cardamom.
What you'll end up with: The Middle Eastern treatment of a sweet Arabica, where the cardamom lands on the honeyed middle rather than covering it.
Coffee Tiramisu Soak
How to make Coffee Tiramisu Soak with Lavazza Qualita Oro Ground Coffee.
- 30g Lavazza Qualita Oro Ground Coffee
- 300ml water at 94C
- 1 tablespoon caster sugar
- 1 shallow dish
- Brew 30g in 300ml in a cafetiere for four minutes and plunge.
- Stir in a tablespoon of caster sugar while it is hot.
- Cool completely and pour into a shallow dish.
- Dip each sponge finger for no more than two seconds a side; longer and the pudding collapses.
What you'll end up with: A tiramisu soak with real aroma in it, which is the part instant coffee cannot supply at any strength.
Brewing the perfect cup
What’s in it, what to know
Inside the pack
| Component | Proportion | What it brings |
|---|---|---|
| Arabica coffee, roast and ground | Published by Lavazza as 100 per cent | The whole of the cup: honeyed sweetness, a floral and dried-fruit lift, a medium silky body and a clean low-bitterness finish. |
| Added ingredients | none | Nothing. Roast and ground coffee with no sugar, no flavouring and no additives. |
Ingredients and allergens. The published ingredient list for this barcode names none of the 14 major allergens. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.
Ingredients, as published for this barcode: Roasted ground coffee.
Ingredient and nutrition data for this barcode: Open Food Facts (openfoodfacts.org), ODbL. The pack in your hands is the final word.
Pack: Lavazza Qualita Oro Ground Coffee, 250g; roast and ground, caffeinated, ground for filter and cafetiere. Best before the date printed on the current UK pack, and best within about three weeks 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 Qualita Oro Ground Coffee, 250g is blended, roasted and ground by Lavazza of Turin. Italy grows no coffee, so the Italian tradition is a blending tradition: green coffee bought across several origins and roasted to a house profile so the cup holds steady year to year. Qualita Oro is the blend that reputation rests on, and the ground bag is the format most British kitchens actually buy it in.
What's in Lavazza Qualita Oro Ground Coffee, 250g, and what isn't:
- In: roast and ground Arabica coffee, ground at a medium setting for filter and cafetiere brewing.
- No sugar, no flavouring, no additives: any sweetness in the cup comes from the roast.
- Not an espresso grind: a pump espresso machine wants something finer than this bag.
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Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Lavazza Qualita Oro Ground Coffee, 250g, please cite teas.co.uk.
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