Cosy Nights Hamper

Save €34.10 by choosing this hamper instead of the items separately

What is in this hamper

1 × Caracoleira, esparto bag
1 × Shepherd's blanket (Cobertor de Papa)
1 × Black clay chocolate pot
1 × Chocolate powder > 250 g
1 × Spiral basket

A gift for a lifetime: winter made by hand

The Cobertor de Papa is one of the rarest pieces at Ra-Ro. Before heaters, the shepherds of the Guarda highlands wrapped themselves in these layers of natural wool, woven thick to withstand the mountain cold. This shepherd's blanket comes from O Genuíno Cobertor de Papa and is made to be passed from one generation to the next.

The chocolate pot is black clay from Gondar, forged in the soenga, an open-air fire that reaches 1000 ºC and turns the clay black; it is made by César Teixeira. The spiral basket is woven from palm leaves by women aged 70 to 80, with the plant from the common lands where they grew up, and the esparto caracoleira is by the artisan Isidoro Ramos. For the first cold night, Almoço Rico chocolate powder from Estremoz, with cocoa, cinnamon and vanilla.

What this price pays for: four crafts that depend on few hands and a lot of time, and every piece carries the details of the person who made it. The hamper costs €34.10 less than buying everything separately.

Who it is for: someone very special, a milestone birthday, parents or grandparents you want to give something lasting, or a new home.

When to order: shipping takes about 2 weeks, because the blanket and the clay follow the pace of the people who make them. Order in good time so it arrives before Christmas.

If you would like any of the items wrapped separately to give to different people, just reply to the order confirmation email saying which pieces to wrap individually.