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Traditionally, the Valmorbida family was famed for giving us Lavazza coffee, and a type of social esuberanza that made the coffee brand’s Flemington’s Birdcage marquee such a frothy hit year after year. But now a legal dispute over a family trust that pits family patriarch Mariano Valmorbida against his late son Adrian Valmorbida’s widow Kairu “Erica” Chan threatens to boil over.
Coffee dynasty’s family trust battle heating up
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Traditionally, the Valmorbida family was famed for giving us Lavazza coffee, Sirena tuna and La Gina canned tomatoes and a type of social
esuberanza which made the coffee brand’s Flemington’s Birdcage marquee such a frothy hit year after year.
Their business empire gave the family a $500 million fortune and AFR Rich List status. And in recent years the family’s bright young things have been occupied with ambitious projects:
Jamie Valmorbida has restored Carlton’s beloved King & Godfree building, while lifestyle journalist