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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001354488-10-001682
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20100517
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
ITEM INFORMATION:		Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100520
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100519

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			COFFEE HOLDING CO INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001007019
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BEVERAGES [2080]
		IRS NUMBER:				113860760
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NV
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32491
		FILM NUMBER:		10846346

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4401 FIRST AVENUE
		STREET 2:		STE 1507
		CITY:			BROOKLYN
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11232
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7188320800

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		STREET 1:		4401 FIRST AVENUE
		STREET 2:		STE 1507
		CITY:			BROOKLYN
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11232

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		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	TRANSPACIFIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960201
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<div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">STATEN ISLAND, N.Y., May 18, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coffee Holding Co., Inc. (Nasdaq:JVA) (the "Company") today announced that the Company had completed the purchase of substantially all of the assets, including inventory, trademarks and supply-chain relationships (the "Assets"), of Organic Products Trading Company, a Washington corporation (the "Seller").&#160;&#160; The asset purchase was completed pursuant to the terms of the previously-announced Asset Purchase Agreement among the Company, Coffee Holding Acquisition LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the "Buyer"), the Seller, the stockholder of Seller and the two principals of Seller, dated April 22, 2010.</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">All of the employees of Seller became employees of Buyer at the closing and Buyer has entered into two-year employment agreements with each of Seller's principals, Garth Smith and Gaylene Smith, to ensure continuity of the business.&#160;Buyer will operate under the "Organic Products Trading Company" name from Seller's Vancouver, Washington location.&#160;&#160;</font></div>

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