The short answer. Wheel-thrown stoneware cups, made by hand in the Philippines, for independent coffee shops. 250 ml for flat whites and cappuccinos, 350 ml for long blacks and iced drinks, 480 ml for lattes. Trade pricing on enquiry. Not a mug supplier: a maker's cup for a café that cares how the cup looks and feels.
Handmade Cups
for Coffee Shops
For the independent café, the specialty bar, the small roastery with eight seats. Wheel-thrown stoneware cups made by hand in the Philippines, so the cup is part of the room and not a catalogue number.
Cups for the bar
Trade termsRetail prices shown. Five glazes: Rust, Sand, Charcoal, Bamboo, Azure.
Why independent cafés choose handmade
- The cup is the photograph. Guests post the cup more than the menu. A glaze that breaks over the rim, a thrown ring on the wall: that is what makes a café recognisable.
- Character without chaos. Forms and sizes stay consistent for your recipes and your dishwasher racks; only the glaze varies.
- Philippine-made. Made in the Philippines, so a local story on the counter and replacements in the same form and glaze.
- Built for service. High fired stoneware, dishwasher and microwave safe.
Matched to your menu
- Flat white, cappuccino, filter: Juan 250 ml or Briseo 250 ml.
- Long black, pour-over: Briseo 350 ml.
- Iced drinks: Duke, a tall 350 ml cup.
- Latte, mocha: Floresca 480 ml.
The whole bar
Espresso cups from 65 ml, cappuccino cups, saucers, milk servers and pitchers, pastry plates: see the trade range.
Small café, small order
No fixed minimum. Start with what is on hand. Made-to-order runs open with our gallery on Katipunan. Delivery is quoted with your order, or book your own pickup from Pasig. See the full trade terms and our guide to choosing cups for a café.
Write to hello@awis.ph with your seats, your drink sizes and your opening date.
The cup is the first thing a guest holds, and the thing they photograph.
Questions
AWIS supplies wheel-thrown stoneware cups and mugs, made by hand in the Philippines, to independent and specialty coffee shops. Write to hello@awis.ph with your drink sizes and seat count. Trade pricing is quoted per order.
A mug supplier sells identical factory cups by the thousand. Ours are thrown and glazed by hand, so the glaze breaks differently on every cup while the form and size stay consistent. The point is character on the counter and in photos, with replacements that still match.
Juan, a 250 ml handleless cup, for flat whites and filter. Briseo in 250 ml for cappuccinos and 350 ml for long blacks. Duke, a tall 350 ml handleless cup, for iced drinks. Floresca, 480 ml, for lattes. Pick one glaze for a calm counter, or mix all five.
Two to three cups per seat for each hot drink size, plus about ten percent spare. A 12-seat café serving two sizes starts around 60 to 80 cups.
Cups on hand ship within days. Made-to-order runs open with our gallery on Katipunan; tell us your opening date.
Yes. They are high fired stoneware, dishwasher and microwave safe.
Yes. Buy a sample cup of each form you are considering, or arrange a viewing in Metro Manila.