​Los Cuchareros of San Lucas is composed of seven men who make wooden spoons in San Lucas Tolimán, a small community along the shores of Lake Atitlán. The men begin with a machete and scraps of coffee, gravillea, ebony and cedar wood that they get from merchants and carpenters or gather from the skirt of the volcano. After shaping and sanding the spoons, they polish and finish their work with beeswax and place the products over an open fire for a few minutes to bring out the wood's contrasting colors. Los Cuchareros of San Lucas uses 25% of their profits to help support elders in their community.

Lemonade Spoon - New Varieties!

$14.00 $12.00

This Lemonade Spoon is great for mixing up a pitcher of lemonade, sampling food from a cooking pot, and much more! Long and skinny, this spoon measures approximately 10" in length, and is made from scraps of three types of wood- teak, coffee, and amaranth. The teak wood is a brown with black stripes. The coffee wood is a light blonde color. The amaranth wood is a purple red color.

This fair trade Guatemalan spoon is hand-carved by a group of young men artisans from San Lucas Toliman called Los Cuchareros.  All of their spoons are made entirely by hand using tools such as machetes, mallets, and wood carving knives, and the wood used by this group is collected, not harvested. The spoons are finished with beeswax so that they are food-safe. The sales of this handmade product helps to support the artisans’ families, as well as a group of elders in the community of San Lucas Toliman. 

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