“Liberté nace del deseo de libertad, de construir un mejor mundo, de conectar, y del amor.” Elmer Muñoz
Founded by Elmer Muñoz, a Guatemalan entrepreneur who has spent the last 16 years working in the energy
sector around the world, to finally reconnect with his country and his mother’s roots in the coffee town of La Libertad, Huehuetenango. As an Engineer in the energy sector, Elmer has been working in USA, Africa, Europe, South America, and the Middle East; amassing an expertise of international business and a wealth of human experience.
Despite spending his adult life outside Guatemala, Elmer has always remained close to his home country and his roots. His connection to the coffee world is through his mother, Isaura López, native to La Libertad. Decades after the childhood visits to this wonderful place, Elmer returned and identified an opportunity to promote the
excellent and delicious coffee to the World he has seen, and to support the development of his mother’s hometown. Three years later, Liberté Coffee is born.
Currently most of our coffee comes from the farms Los Alamos and Los Limares in La Libertad, Huehuetenango. Los Alamos is located at an altitude of approximately 1,800 to 1,900 m, and Los Limares at an altitude approximately of 1,300 m. The area is quite mountainous, and is rich in aquifers and rivers, which provide fresh water to the region, and maintains dense in vegetation.
Most of the year the weather is mild, spring-like, creating a great environment for a variety of fauna and flora. Silky Oak and Chalum trees provide the shade to our coffee, managed to an optimal ratio of shade and sunlight. In these farms we find arabica coffee in varieties of Bourbon, Villasarchí, Caturra, and Pache.
The Castillo family runs Los Alamos for more than 50 years, they are very passionate about the coffee and the process. The Recinos family, 5 brothers, along with their parents own Los Limares, comprised of six mini-lots. Liberté Coffee is providing technical support to the farms through our Agricultural Engineer, who has conducted a
full characterization for the farms, identifying opportunities to improve production and quality, and continues to provide technical support to the farms.
The harvest season in this area starts in November/December and typically runs until March; it is certainly the most lively and fun time of the year around the farms. The workers come down with their families from the communities of El Papal and Wiya and live temporally at the farms during the harvest season. The coffee is processed, and sun dried within the farms, Los Alamos has one medium standard wet mill and Los Limares shares two small ones.
The heart of any organization is the people; through their knowledge, skills, commitment and passion, our team contributes to the quality of products, reflecting this
organization’s values and beliefs, creating a positive environment to work, collaborate, and thrive. Liberté’s heart is comprised of cross-generational, international, talented, and highly skilled staff, independent consultants, farmers, and artisans in Guatemala, USA, and Europe. The Liberté Coffee team is passionate about their work, committed to delivering high quality coffee, believing in the promise of a better and fairer today and tomorrow for everyone.
Our team’s experience and expertise include agriculture, coffee farming, roasting, brewing, project management, product and farm engineering, operations management, quality control, logistics, marketing, investment, legal, and strategic management.
Our team’s experience and expertise include agriculture, coffee farming, roasting, brewing, project management, product and farm engineering, operations management, quality control, logistics, marketing, investment, legal, and strategic management.
Meet Liberte Coffee
To learn more about the outreach program, visit this page.
To learn more about the coffee varieties, visit this page.
