La Familia Collective
La Familia del Café
Located in the Antigua Coffee Growing Region
La Familia del Café (La Familia Collective) is made up of two families of coffee farmers spanning two generations. Telma and her husband, Freddy and Freddy’s brother Daniel and his wife, María, have been processing coffee in San Miguel Escobar since 2005, but growing coffee in their fields for even longer. These two couples are considered pioneer producers in their community. By combining their expertise with their children’ innovation, their families came together at the end of 2021 to launch their own coffee and agritourism initiative named La Familia Collective, in honor of what unites them most. They currently operate as a collective with the goal of forming a legal structure as they continue to expand.
De La Gente began partnering with La Familia Collective in 2021 to accompany their vision of using coffee production to contribute to the economic growth of their family and larger community by generating sources of employment and opportunities for professional development. The group is collectively guided by their values of gender equity, environmental care, and community development. In efforts to embody the change they hope to see in San Miguel Escobar and the larger coffee industry, Estela, the youngest sister of nine siblings and second-generation coffee grower, was named the group’s first legal representative. Under her leadership, the group is working towards creating a better future of coffee growing in their family, leading in innovation, and encouraging progressive change in their community.
The cooperative launched the opening of their coffee shop in 2022, located outside of their family home. In 2025, they received funding to purchase a coffee roaster and also closed the entire bean to cup journey directly in their community. Some of the women who are also part of La Familia Collective have implemented their own cooking classes for tourists visiting Antigua, along with starting a local catering service in San Miguel Escobar called La Cocina de Jefa, which is guided by Telma and has created more economic opportunities for their family.
