Lavazza Gusto Crema, Roasted Coffee Beans, 500g with Medium Dark Roast

The flavour is beautiful. The roast is rightly dark, but not too dark. It is perfect. It has been decades since I drank Qualita Oro. So I cannot compare this one to Qualita Oro which is Ethiopean if I remember right. That would cost you Rs. 7,200 a kilo. Qualita Rosa would cost about half of that. At 800 a kilo, Gusto Crema is a bargain. India is an important coffee grower. I have bought Chikmangloor grown Plantation and Peaberry beans from a local reseller. I have bought Classic coffee beans, Rage, Vero which stopped the Indian production of beans. For a lot of years I had to find a balance between flavour and the cost which Vero had offered. After that stopped I was on the lookout for an alternative. And of course, for the price, I just could not ignore Lavazza Gusto Crema. The cost actually made me wonder (it's so cheap) whether I should take the risk. But I could rest assured with the Lavazza name. For Rs. 800 a kilo, it is really cheap. But rest assured, the quality is international. If you enjoy real coffee, if you can appreciate a coffee from a gourmet coffee shop like CCD, Barista, Starbucks etc., then this coffee is for you. Please don't buy it if you like coffee with strong chicory flavour. Don't buy this coffee if you are the one who adds a tinge of Nescafe to a glass of milk and lots of sugar. If you are an instant-coffee lover, this definitely isn't for you. If you like your beans over-roasted so that they almost smell like dried fish or prawns, this isn't your coffee. But if you have never tasted the real coffee or find it too expensive, this definitely is worth a try. It is real coffee at a bargain price. I can understand why Vero (I loved their coffee by the way) had to shut down the Indian manufacture. I can give 100% guarantee for this Lavazza Gusto Crema.

Overall 4/5: Great quality productFreshness: 5/5 as roast date was just a week before purchase date and had fresh & intense aromaBitterness: 3.5/5 found more bitter due to robusta but better than most indian brands i have tried.Acidity: 3/5 found it to be more acidic due to robustaRoast: 5/5 very well evenly roastedImportant Note: The coffee beans quality is completely different what is being sold in the American market. In America they use high quality Arabica beans (bean size is 50-60% bigger than what is being sold in India). Reason: to keep the price low in Indian market.Hence Indian packet is more acidic, bitter and a bit less in aroma. But overall it is still better than most Indian coffee brands in the Indian market that I have used so far.

deliver a consistently rich and aromatic brew smooth, bold, and perfect for both espresso and filter coffee. A staple in our kitchen for its quality and taste!

I mean itQuite literallyThis coffee is something you shouldn’t buy.Unless you are serious about it.Just the way you commit in your marriage vow.Coffee is known for its caffeine. But this coffee is not just about that.It is about the aroma.You literally smell coffee (and love) in the air.It is about the ground.Coarse or smooth, the flavour is unique.It is about sustainability too!We use our brewed coffee as a scrub.The end result?Smooth hair and shiny skin, EVERY FREAKING DAY!I have been buying this product for almost two years now.And our every day routine is to make this- Measured quantity of coffee- Mechanically ground- Moka pot brewed- Espresso cup servedAlmost a twenty minute ritual of having coffee.That’s our routine. Every day.So, if you aren’t serious about this coffee, don’t buy it. Because it is too good that you cannot stop adding it to your pantry purchase every month.And why did I say it will influence your marriage?Because the entire coffee ritual is done together and we enjoy the process every morning :)

Rating: 3/5 for wrong product description versus actual product and mild taste.While the coffee product description and title says 'Medium Dark' roast, it is more dark roast since you cansee how shiny the coffee bean is. Medium roasted coffee beans dont shine if at all.Pros:1. Has a lingering taste of coffee despite not having a strong taste which is satisfying for some except those who are used to strong coffee flavors2. Due to mild nature, it does not cause fatigue or cause too strong insomnia issues like other dark coffee variants (for people with insomnia or insomnia symptoms)3. My coffee beans were uniformly roasted (cant really speak in general but other reviews indicate the same)4. Coffee bean had a rich aroma, just a one and a quarter teaspoonful grinded and put in hot water and the fragrance emanated throughout the house. Definitely a good sign of richness and freshness5. When considering darker side roasting, the seeds I got had a good amount of shine and the oils were very visible in the coffee surface. Very satisfying and lingers with the exact taste for a bit after drinking unlike extreme local varieties which tend to have the bitterness aftertaste for a long while which I strictly stay away fromCons:1. Was more towards dark instead of medium roast (I ordered since I wanted it like in the product picture which is proper medium roast)2. Taste was a bit milder than I thought. I will try it with a bit more finer grind (have yet to test with french press to see added flavor from pressurized coffee decoction) and update the review

Coffee is fine. But you are delulu if you think I’m paying 900 bucks for this. Roll back the price increase. Else I’ll go to one of the plenty of roasters out there

Quite good

So when this packet arrived it was like dusty and so crumbled i lost hope of fresh beans and how the extract would be , but let me be bold to let you know that i had one of the beat extraction till now. I am using delonghi dedica EC 685. This is like simply wow !!! loved it ordering more now.