CDC recently partnered with our friends from Supreme Wines to serve espresso at an event at Ferrari of Plainview. Even amidst sports cars and models, our Lavazza Espresso Point machines drew quite a bit of attention! Anthony Fiamma put together a video to recap the event, and CDC’s Victoria and Rodney made the final cut!

Use this link to jump straight to CDC’s camero at the 2:21 mark!

Lavazza coffee IS kosher, whether you buy it ground, whole bean, or in single serve cartridges. Both Lavazza Blue and Lavazza Espresso Point cartridges are kosher.

Lavazza Coffee Beans Blue Espresso Point Ground

Lavazza Coffee: Beans, Blue, Espresso Point, and Ground

Lavazza Espresso Point kosher certificate

Lavazza Blue kosher certificate

Lavazza ground coffee and whole bean coffee kosher certificate

Lavazza Espresso Point and Lavazza Blue Colibri

Lavazza Espresso Point and Lavazza Blue Colibri

Check out out equipment pages to learn more about the single-cup Lavazza espresso brewers that we carry — such as the Lavazza Espresso Point and the Lavazza Blue Colibri.

Check us out at Legaltech! There are still two days left to this huge trade show at the New York Hilton, 1335 Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan, New York.

Legaltech 2011 Coffee Booth

Our Booth: Estate Select, Starbucks, Peet's, Tassimo, Wolfgang Puck, Green Mountain

Legaltech 2011 Coffee Booth

Pictured Machines: Flavia, Newco Pod, Lavazza Blue, Lavazza Espresso Point

Legaltech 2011 Coffee Booth Featuring Green Mountain

Featuring: Green Mountain K-Cups and Green Mountain Airpots

Coffee Distributing Corp. is the main coffee sponsor at this event, with a prominent booth. You can’t miss us! Stop by for a complimentary cup of coffee.

Coffee equipment on display includes:

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The laws of supply and demand deem that when a commodity (such as raw coffee beans) is in short supply, its price will rise. With much smaller than usual harvests in Colombia for two years in a row, the supply of high quality coffees has been in short supply and we have seen big increase in the price of coffee over the past six months.

Just about every coffee roaster has raised their wholesale price, some more than once, as they have tried to keep their increases in line with the price of raw coffee. It may seem curious that roasters don’t necessarily raise their prices at the same time, nor by the same amount. This is largely due to the fact they take different positions in the market, so some may have a strong “long” position and are insulated from current price levels. But no one can be protected forever, so the market realities will eventually force prices up.

How has this affected single-cup coffee prices?

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters — the owner of most K-Cup brands including Green Mountain, Tully’s, Diedrich, Gloria Jean, and Timothy’s — raised K-Cup prices over 10% effective October 15, 2010.

Mars Drinks, Inc — the parent of Flavia — has announced a similar increase but with a twist. Their increase is effective November 8, 2010, but will involve an entire revamping of their product line. Henceforth, all of their coffees will be produced and packed as Alterra coffee, a highly regarded boutique roaster located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Those who have had a sneak preview of these coffees (including yours truly) have found them to be excellent products. Each label has a distinct flavor profile, even more so than with the previous Flavia line-up. One thing is for sure — nobody should be complaining that the Flavia machine doesn’t make strong enough coffee.

Lavazza Premium Coffee Co. — Italy’s largest roaster and famous here for their Espresso Point and Espresso Blue single cup cartridges — has announced two increases this year. June’s increase amounted to 5.3%, and the latest price increase, effective October 23rd, is for nearly 8%. With the dollar dropping in value against the Euro, there may be more going on here than just the price of raw coffee! Nevertheless, the highly-regarded Lavazza espresso coffees remain a bargain compared to their competitors Nespresso and Illy.