• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Espresso & Coffee Guide
  • Recipes
  • Countries
    • African Coffees
    • South American Coffees
    • Indonesian Coffees
  • Best Coffees
  • About
  • Navigation Menu: Social Icons

    • Facebook
    • Twitter
menu icon
go to homepage
  • Recipes
  • Best Coffees
  • Guide
  • Contact
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
  • subscribe
    search icon
    Homepage link
    • Recipes
    • Best Coffees
    • Guide
    • Contact
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
  • ×
    Home » Single Origin Coffee Beans » African Coffees

    Liberian Coffee - Coffees of Liberia

    The Republic of Liberia is located on Africa's western coast and is bordered on the east by the Ivory Coast, on the north by Guinea, on the west by Sierra Leone and to the south is the Atlantic Ocean. The population of Liberia is about 3.5 million people.

    Liberia is currently recovering from two civil wars that began with a military-led coup in 1980 resulting the death of hundreds of thousands of people and devastating the economy.

    Both Robusta and Liberica coffee plant varietals are cultivated commercially in Liberia along the Atlantic coastal areas. The coffee generally serves to provide coffee beans for local consumption. In the past Liberia produced up to five percent of the world's coffee supply.

    Liberia Coffee Production

    Coffee production, which reached as high as 10,000 metric tons, was primarily the Liberica varietal and declined due to the reduced demand for that varietal in favor of Robusta and Arabica.

    Civil war reduced that to about 3,000 metric tons. Liberia then exported only Robusta coffee which is grown in several counties in northern and central Liberia.

    Liberian Coffee continued:

    Many former coffee farms are now wild coffee due to long periods of neglect (e.g., the civil war from 1991-2003) and forest coffee plants have reproduced spontaneously with coffee seedlings around the main plant.

    Planting rubber trees is more profitable, as is cocoa, and these crops have drawn labor resources away from the rehabilitation of coffee farms.

    Problems Hindering Increased Liberia Coffee Production

    Various other difficulties hinder increased Liberia coffee production from infrastructure issues to lack of investment in coffee planting and processing technologies.

    On the good side the long neglect of forest coffees revealed that the coffee plants grow well in the fertile soils without the need for chemical fertilizers, and that Robusta plants produce good yields under forest shade which also improves the quality of the organic coffee beans.

    The climate of Liberia is generally a hot equatorial pattern with a distinct rainy season as well as a dry season known for its harsh harmattan winds.

    Thank You for Visiting Espresso Coffee Guide and Reading About Liberian Coffee - Coffees of Liberia!  Savor Your Coffee and Espresso!

    Buy Gourmet Coffee Beans

    Buy fresh roasted coffee from Canada
    Buy fresh roasted coffee from the U.S.
    • ✔️ Fresh roasted to order
    • ✔️ 100% high qualtiy Arabica coffee
    • ✔️ Custom grind (or whole bean)
    • ✔️ 1-way valve, laminate bag (for freshness)
    • ✔️ Bulk discounts

    Green Coffee Production

    Year60kg bagsCoffee grown
    20168,000 bags1,056,000 pounds
    20158,292 bags1,094,504 pounds
    20147,073 bags933,676 pounds
    20135,939 bags783,948 pounds
    201210,121 bags1,336,012 pounds

    Green Coffee Exports

    Year60kg bagsCoffee exported
    201600 pounds
    20153,290434,280 pounds
    20142,070273,240 pounds
    2013940124,080 pounds
    20125,120675,840 pounds

    Data may not be available for the most recent year.
    Source: ICO


    Why do you want to sponsor this page?
    Loading
    FacebookTweetPinShares8

    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Flemister, Ignatius Jr

      February 09, 2019 at 10:56 pm

      Thanks for this detail concerning Liberian's Coffees; where it's produced.and the namely few complications hindering its production. It would be really appreciated and helpful if you could provide the name and contact information about this Liberian Coffee Organization.
      Shalom

      Reply
    2. Thomas Gbokie, Jr.

      May 01, 2018 at 9:49 pm

      I am undertaking a comprehensive desk-study review on the Liberian coffee industry, focusing on the assessing the pre- and post-conflict interventions for the development of the coffee sub-sector.

      I will appreciate any shared information and publications on coffee production (varieties, cultivated areas, disease and pest infestation), coffee processing and marketing in Liberia.

      Thanks in advance for your understanding and support.

      Sincerely your,

      Thomas Gbokie, Jr.

      Reply
    3. STEPHEN HIAMA KAMARA

      September 05, 2012 at 2:46 pm

      Hi David, I want to get involved into coffee and cocoa business. I am a liberian who currently lived in Norway. I need your advise about this.

      I am looking forward to hearing from you.

      Best regard
      Stephen H. Kamara

      Reply
    4. David Saah

      November 25, 2011 at 9:55 pm

      It is interesting to know that Liberia has an organized body of coffee producing farmers that are competing their coffee commodity on the world market. The news is extremely encouraging for Liberian who would like to invest in coffee farming. Could you please tell me the name of the organization or cooperative that supervise coffee farming in Liberia?

      Hope to heard from you soon.

      Thanks

      David Saah

      Reply
      • Arthur massaquoi

        January 19, 2018 at 10:05 pm

        Hi Mr.Saah:
        Am currently living in the United State of America want to get involved coffee and cocoa business by getting a company that will sponsor me.
        I need your advice and connection,
        Thanks

        Reply

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    Recipe Rating




    Primary Sidebar

    Single Origin Coffee Beans

    • African Coffees
      • Angola Coffee Beans
      • Benin Coffee Beans
      • Burundi Coffee Beans
      • Cameroon Coffee
      • Central African Republic Coffee
      • Equatorial Guinea Coffee Beans
      • Congo Coffee Beans
      • Ethiopian Coffee Beans
      • Gabon Coffee
      • Ghana Coffee
      • Ivory Coast Coffee - Cote D'Ivoire Coffee
      • Kenya Coffee Beans
      • Liberian Coffee - Coffees of Liberia
      • Madagascar Coffee Beans
      • Malawai Coffee Beans
      • Nigerian Coffee Beans
      • Rwanda Coffee Beans
      • Sierra Leone Coffee Beans
      • Tanzania Coffee Beans
      • Togo Coffee Beans
      • Uganda Coffee Beans
      • Zaire Coffee Beans
      • Yemen Coffee Beans
      • Zambia Coffee Beans
      • Zimbabwe Coffee Beans
    • Indonesian Coffees
    • South American Coffees

    Search

    Guide to the Top Coffees

    • Kenya Coffee Beans
    • Sulawesi Coffee Beans
    • Yirgacheffe Coffee Beans
    • Sumatra Coffee Beans
    • Harrar Coffee Beans
    • Costa Rican Coffee Beans
    • Brazilian Coffee Beans
    • Mocha Java Coffee Beans
    • Tanzania Coffee Beans
    • Guatemala Coffee Beans
    • Ethiopian Coffee Beans
    • Colombian Coffee Beans
    • Honduran Coffee Beans
    • Hawaiian Kona Coffee Beans
    • Geisha Coffee Beans
    • Espresso Beans
    • Best Coffee Beans

    Footer

    Footer

    ↑ back to top

    ABOUT ESPRESSOCOFFEEGUIDE.COM

    Find out more About us and what we're doing.

    Information is pulled from a number of locations including official sources ICO, SCA, as well as proprietary third party databases. Beginning circa 2006, we've compiled data and written about coffee and continue to revise and add as new sources come to light. If you have any recommendations or suggested revisions please contact us!

    Information on single origins is updated over time and only reflects the data we have at the time of writing on current crops. All product names, logos, and brands are property of their respective owners. EspressoCoffeeGuide.com reserves the right to all its own content.

    COLLABORATE WITH US

    We're always looking to team up with individuals and companies doing awesome things in the coffee industry. If you'd like to contribute please reach out to us with a proposal!

    Contact us

    Privacy Policy

    Disclosure: We may earn commission at no cost to you from some links on this website. However, the content, opinions and analysis are 100% objective and editorial objectivity is our priority.

    Copyright © 2023 EspressoCoffeeGuide