Coffee Worth Pausing For
Möte Coffee Roasters is a veteran-owned and operated Louisville roastery born from a shared conviction among three friends: that coffee, at its best, is more than a drink.
It's a reason to stop, connect, and be present together.
And now we want to share that feeling with your customers.
Our Approach
We source thoughtfully, roast carefully, and brew with intention. Our seasonal releases, collab roasts, and partner brews are all expressions of the same idea: craft coffee that's meant to be discovered and shared, not just consumed.
Beyond the coffee, we believe a roastery should be a gathering space: welcoming, equitable, and deeply woven into its community.
Every decision,
from sourcing
to hiring,
is grounded in intention.
Purpose-Led
Craft, curiosity, and
discovery in every bag
we roast.
Creative Expression
We exist to strengthen
the people and places around us.
Community-Rooted
Fika
A Swedish tradition —
a deliberate pause for coffee, conversation, and something sweet.
It's the spirit behind everything we do at Möte.
Why Möte?
Möte means "meeting" in Swedish and that single word holds everything we believe in.
From our first conversations around a garage coffee roaster to the community we're building today, Möte has always been about people finding each other over something exceptional in the cup.
And now we want to share that feeling with your business.
Behind the Grind
Möte was founded by three close friends who share a military background, an entrepreneurial streak, and an uncompromising standard for what coffee can be.
Different paths, one vision: a roastery built for craft, community, and the people who appreciate both.
Justin Kumor
Co-Founder & CEO
A Special Operations veteran, technologist, and entrepreneur, Justin spent years leading innovation in defense and aerospace before turning his eye for precision toward something more personal: the perfect cup. His travels abroad sharpened his palate for clean, expressive coffees and introduced him to Sweden's fika, a deliberate pause for coffee, conversation, and something sweet. That idea became the soul of Möte. A roastery built not just around great coffee, but around the people who gather over it.
Jonathan Beardsley
Co-Founder & Head Roaster
A special operations veteran whose next mission turned out to be coffee. After years as a home-brew beer enthusiast, Jonathan discovered that coffee roasting offered just as much depth and complexity. He traded late nights for early mornings, moving from garage roasting experiments to leading Möte's roasting program. He views every batch of coffee as equal parts science, craft, and story: a way to connect to the farmers and landscapes where each coffee begins.
Francis Beifuss
Co-Founder & General Counsel
Francis has spent his career keeping businesses on the right track and out of trouble as an attorney and in Special Operations. But it was a cup of coffee in Central America that changed his trajectory. Black, unadorned, and perfect on its own, it set a standard he's been chasing ever since. At Möte, he brings his legal expertise and business instincts to everything from day-to-day operations to major transactions, though ask him, and he'll tell you his favorite role is quality control.