Made by hand in Mexico. Sold by us in Houston.
Talavera mugs from Puebla and leather bags from León. Plus hammered brass and the woven mercado totes your tía has been carrying for twenty years.
Talavera mugs from Puebla and leather bags from León. Plus hammered brass and the woven mercado totes your tía has been carrying for twenty years.
On the table
Every piece is bought directly from the family that made it. Prices are the same at every market.
Hand-painted in Puebla. Dishwasher safe, microwave not so much.
$18 to $26Hand-tooled cowhide from León, Guanajuato. They soften up in a month.
$60 to $180Woven plastic you can wipe clean. Holds a whole H-E-B run.
$25 to $45Hammered by hand in Taxco. Stack three, they look better.
$15 to $30
Where it comes from
Twice a year we drive down and buy in person. We pay what the families ask, and we don't haggle.
That's also why we sometimes run out. When the mugs are gone, the next batch is about four months away.
Come see it
Talavera looks better in person, and you'll want to hold the bags. Look for the blue tablecloth.
La familia
I grew up in Puebla, three streets from a Talavera workshop. When I moved to Houston in 1999, the thing I missed most was the colour.
Casa Azulejo started with one suitcase of mugs for friends in 2016. Now it's me at the table on weekends, and my daughters Ana and Lucía doing the Instagram. Also the lifting.
Carmen
Text us a budget and who it's for. We'll pick something and wrap it in papel picado, then mail it anywhere in the US.
From our customers
"My coffee tastes better out of this mug. I can't prove it. I don't need to."Isabel · The Heights
"Bought the tooled crossbody two years ago. Strangers still stop me to ask where it's from."Norma · Pasadena
"Carmen told me the whole story of the family that painted my plates. I think about it every time I use them."Kate · Montrose
