Learn
About Us
LDV Imports is proud to have a truly manmade espresso from start to finish. Below is the step-by-step process we use while wood-roasting our espresso:
1. LDV Imports hires a specialized broker to find the most refined, high-quality espresso beans in the world.
2. After we have selected our beans, we store them at our partner’s, Trieste’s Sandali Coffee Masters, temperature controlled location until we are ready to roast.
3. Once ready to roast, the handmade process begins. At our roasting facilities, one man roasts an estimated 360 lbs. of beans a day. This roaster manually carries & roasts one 60lb bag of coffee at a time, loading acacia firewood into the oven and carefully watching the beans cook throughout the process.
4. This same roaster tastes and smells the beans during the roasting process, testing its readiness multiple times throughout the day. Once roasted to Aneri perfection, the roaster manually fills beans into our 2.2 lb. bags and then uses the only machine in the entire roasting process to seal the bags for freshness.
Meet
Our Team
Gennaro Oliva
Founder / CEO
Gennaro started LDV Imports with John Meadow in 2011. He was instrumental in introducing one of the first wood-roasted coffees (Aneri) to the U.S. market. Since 2012, Gennaro has developed and expanded the Aneri and Corso Coffee brands along the East Coast, particularly along the NYC-Washington, D.C. corridor, with a view toward increasing brand recognition across the U.S.
Before co-founding LDV Imports, Gennaro served as Director of Sales in New York for more than seven years at one of North America's leading Italian espresso companies based in Rome. During his tenure, Gennaro helped to grow the brand by establishing over 400 accounts at some of the most prestigious restaurants in New York City. He graduated from Pace University with a major in International Marketing and is fluent in Italian, English, Spanish, and French.
Kaio Bordes
Office Manager
Kaio started working in the service and hospitality industry in 2009 when he started working with Gennaro for one of Italy’s most prominent coffee roasters, where he was in charge of sales and administrative duties. In 2011, he followed Gennaro and assisted in the inception of LDV Imports, gaining extensive experience and knowledge of the coffee industry. Since then, Kaio has been responsible for running the day-to-day operations of our company.
