Meet Javier and Jasmine Huertas of Cusina Maya Cookware

Today we’d like to introduce you to Javier and Jasmine Huertas.

Javier and Jasmine, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?
Javier was born and raised in Guatemala. His dad started learning about creating cookware and making cookware when he was a baby. He felt strongly about giving the people of Guatemala a high-quality product at an affordable cost and grew the company to be the #1 cookware company in Guatemala by his focus on quality and service.

As long as we have been together, (married 11 years now), it has been in the back of our minds to bring his families cookware to the USA. We were not sure how or when but when Covid hit, and Javier had a severe work injury that had him home recovering for over 3 months, it gave us time to consider our options and we decided that this was the time to dive in! So, Cusina Maya was born. We received our first shipment in early June and were open for business by July. Since July we have been a part of many vendor and community events, have been on tv with Fox8 News and Kickin’it with Kenny and have started to make our brand known and serve people here with a high quality product.

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
There are always challenges when you start a new business. One of our biggest struggles has been with shipping. It took 4 times as long to receive our first shipment, mostly due to Covid and lack of available companies. We also have had some very successful events and some not so successful events. Also, just learning to work with each other in this capacity, and share ideas and challenge ourselves has been good but definitely has its hard moments. As a husband and wife team, we have learned a lot of things about each other!

Great, so let’s talk business. Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
We specialize in high- quality affordable cookware, handcrafted in Guatemala by Javier’s family. We are passionate about helping families create memories around the table by giving them an easy to care for product that will last for a long time. We also like to carry a few items that are difficult to find here but authentic to Guatemalan culture, such as the Comal, which is basically a Latin griddle and our family favorite and most popular item! Being a family-owned operation, we love showing our daughters (we have 4 daughters) how to help build a family legacy through hard work, excellent service and truly caring about the people we serve.

It is very important to us that our customers know that we are proud to stand behind a product that we have used in our home for years and support the Guatemalan country in this way. We love to cook and we love to help people make meals by sharing that love of cooking through videos, recipes and kitchen tips. Our cookware is incredibly lightweight but still very strong and durable. It is handcrafted and unlike most cookware you can find here in the USA.

How can people work with you, collaborate with you or support you?
The best support we can receive is by sharing our products with others! And purchasing your favorites, of course!

We are also very interested in collaborating with anyone that has a chronic medical condition that makes their arms or hands weak, like MS or RA or just does not have the same strength, like the elderly community. Jasmine has MS and weak and numb hands and arms and our cookware is life-changing when it comes to how lightweight and easy it is to use! We have met so many people in a similar situation that have found our products to be very helpful.

We are open to any other collaborations!

Pricing:

• Cookware sets range from $40-$150
• Individual items from $5

Contact Info:

• Email: info@cusinamayacookware.com
• Website: cusinamayacookware.com
• Instagram: instagram.com/cusinamayacookware
• Facebook: facebook.com/cusinamayacookware
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc0CAP44LJLkmN22q3i3AGA

Image Credits
@clebysap