SUSTAINABLE QUALITY BLENDS
The collection of professional blends containing coffees from territories and communities involved in sustainability projects.
SUSTAINABLE QUALITY BLENDS
THE DEDICATION OF LAVAZZA FOUNDATION, SERVED IN EVERY CUP
La Reserva de ¡Tierra! is the collection of sustainable quality blends dedicated to professional baristas.
Every blend of La reserve de ¡Tierra! range contains coffees from territories and communities involved in social responsibility projects, promoted and managed by Lavazza Foundation.
La Reserva de ¡Tierra! coffees are synonym with excellence and sustainability: sourced from Rainforest Alliance Certified or organic certified farms, carefully selected and gently roasted to bring you a unique sustainable taste experience of coffee origins.
The Lavazza Foundation promotes and finances international sustainability projects in the countries where coffee is cultivated.
¡Tierra! is the name of the sustainability projects started by the company in 2002 that benefit three communities of small coffee growers in Peru, Colombia and Honduras, and which have now become a wider concept in sustainability projects managed by Lavazza Foundation (directly or in partnership with suppliers, International Organizations, and NGOs) across 3 continents in 17 countries, involving 24 projects and over 97’000 beneficiaries.
Excellence is in the details
Lavazza has always bought its coffee directly from growers and local coffee traders on the basis of specific selection criteria developed thanks to the technical support of our coffee experts.
La Reserva de ¡Tierra! beans are carefully selected and roasted through a combination of the traditional drum method and air convection. Thanks to our “gentle” roasting, we guarantee a lingering flavour and the preservation of the aromas.
La Reserva de ¡Tierra! range
Lavazza La Reserva de ¡Tierra! range is a complete offer in terms of taste profile and extraction systems. Aromatic origins, balanced blends and more intense coffee are available in Espresso, Filter and Blue Capsules, to satisfy all tastes and meet all operational needs, for a unique coffee experience every time.
Tackle climate change in Brazil
LAMBARI-BRAZIL
The Lavazza Foundation trains a total of 1,000 household members by over 35 farmer organizations to Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) adapting to climate change and enhancing organizational development.
Restore coffee plantation in Colombia
META-COLOMBIA
When the FARC conflict ended, Lavazza Foundation fostered the rebirth of coffee plantations through the improvement of quality and productivity and introduced the Rainforest Alliance Sustainable Agricultural Standard.
Improve the sustainable wellbeing of farmers in Nicaragua
JINOTEGA-NICARAGUA
A three-year cycle of training to improve the wellbeing of 25 small coffee farmer communities through technical assistance visits, digital field data collection, and training on sustainable agricultural practices.
Cultivating more sustainable coffee in India
KARNATAKA-INDIA
Lavazza Foundation is improving the competitiveness of coffee production through direct support of about 1000 smallholder coffee farmers and their families. Local farmers organization received the UTZ certification (now part of the Rainforest Alliance) and was supported in providing services to members as well as fostering women participation.
Sustainable coffee farming in Mexico
CHIAPAS-MEXICO
The Lavazza Foundation is increasing the resilience of 900 coffee producers by training them on production and post-harvest practices, 60 solar dryers building and management courses for cooperatives.
It also helps the coffee plantation renovation implementing new plots of coffee.
*Min. 30% to 100% certified coffee
The La Reserva de ¡Tierra! blends are Rainforest Alliance Certified.
The Rainforest Alliance seal means that farmers follow more sustainable farming practices that protect forests, improve their livelihoods, promote human rights of farm workers, and help them mitigate and adapt to the climate crisis. To learn more about Rainforest Alliance, visit www.rainforest-alliance.org.
Training to support quality
Every day, the Lavazza Training Centre holds training courses for professionals, providing an in-depth understanding of the raw material and the transformation processes, promoting a culture of quality coffee.
The Lavazza Training Centre has also obtained official certification as a Premier Training Campus from the SCA—Specialty Coffee Association—the world’s most distinguished association for the promotion of excellence in the world of coffee.
Lavazza is also the first coffee company in Italy to contain a “Q-Grader” tasting room, which is a special room where the qualification awarded by the SCA to green coffee tasters can be obtained.