Daybreak • Espresso Cups • Set of 4

A handmade ceramic espresso cup with a glossy mustard yellow glaze on the upper half and a speckled, unglazed off-white base on the lower half, set against a plain light beige background.

Daybreak • Espresso Cups • Set of 4

£70.00
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A handmade ceramic espresso cup with a glossy mustard yellow glaze on the upper half and a speckled, unglazed off-white base on the lower half, set against a plain light beige background.
  • A handmade ceramic espresso cup with a glossy mustard yellow glaze on the upper half and a speckled, unglazed off-white base on the lower half, set against a plain light beige background.
  • A small handmade ceramic espresso cup with a yellow and ochre glazed exterior and a natural off-white unglazed base, photographed on a light neutral background.
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  • A small handmade ceramic espresso cup shown from the bottom, featuring a glossy mustard yellow glaze on the upper half and a speckled off-white clay body on the lower half, with a natural brown clay base ring.
Daybreak • Espresso Cups • Set of 4

Daybreak • Espresso Cups • Set of 4

£70.00

Handmade by independent makers

• Available in stock

Handmade in Spain • Stoneware • Set of 4 espresso cups • Ø 6 cm × H 7 cm • Dishwasher & Microwave Safe

• Quantity to Order

Description

Small cups for unhurried moments. The hand-painted golden brushstroke brings the warmth of first light to natural stoneware. Made for the morning espresso, the afternoon pause, or the coffee shared around the table. 

Made in Spain · Set of 4 · Dishwasher and microwave safe · Approx 7cm height × 6.5cm diameter · No two are identical.
Details & Care
  • 7 cm height · 6 cm diameter · 0.40 kg
  • Handmade in Spain
  • Dishwasher, oven and microwave safe
  • Built for daily use. No special treatment needed.
Delivery, Returns, and Refunds

DELIVERY
All orders dispatched within 5 working days

United Kingdom
• Costs: 1 mug/bowl/mini vase £4.50 · Set of 2 £6.00
• Free UK delivery on orders over £150.00

Europe
• Costs: 1 mug/bowl/mini vase £8.50 · Set of 2 £12.00

USA & Canada
• Costs: 1 mug/bowl/mini vase £18.00 · Set of 2 £30.00

RETURNS
• You have 30 days from delivery to return anything, for any reason. Email team@cardoonstudio.com with your order number and we'll take it from there.
• If something arrived faulty or not as described, we'll refund your delivery charge too.

REFUNDS
• Processed within 10 days of receiving your return, back to your original payment method.
Home Styling
  • I tend to reach for this one on the mornings that need a slower start. It works just as well on a kitchen counter as it does on a tray in bed, with whatever is already there. The olive sits quietly against the cream. Over time you stop noticing it as a choice. It just becomes the mug.
Cultural Impact

The colours of these cups belong to the Mediterranean as much as the clay beneath them. They come from a landscape of mineral earth, sunlit stone, sea, fields and orchards. They're not aesthetic choices borrowed from somewhere else. They're simply the colours that surround the people who make them.

The workshops behind this collection are part of a ceramic tradition that has endured in this part of Spain for more than a thousand years. Techniques travelled across the Mediterranean, where they took root and became part of everyday life.

What makes that history remarkable is that it never became something to preserve behind glass. It remains a living practice, carried forward by independent makers who continue to work with the same materials, the same rhythms, and the same respect for the craft.

The world learned to make things faster. These makers kept making them well.
Material Intelligence

The yellow brushstroke is painted by hand before glazing, where warm colour meets raw clay in a line that can never be repeated exactly.

During the firing, the glaze softens and settles, the clay contracts, and the boundary between them becomes something neither entirely planned nor entirely accidental.

The maker understands how clay shrinks, how glaze flows, and how heat transforms minerals into surface. They guide the process, but the kiln completes it.

Each cup carries that conversation between hand, earth and fire. No two are exactly alike, and none are trying to be.
Personalisation

Email team@cardoonstudio.com for complimentary personalisation—add a special date, meaningful quote, or initials to the back of your piece.

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