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Products

Around the store

Small store, deep shelves. Here is what you are walking into.

Chiles and spices

A wall of them, in packets. Chiles whole, ground, and broken. Achiote, canela, orégano, comino.

The chile and spice wall.
The chile and spice wall.
A packet of Mi Costeñita achiote molido, ground annatto seeds.
achioteground annatto seeds
Two packets of Mi Costeñita canela entera, cinnamon sticks.
canelacinnamon sticks
Wooden bins of dry beans with scoops.
frijol

Achiote molido and canela entera. Dry goods by the scoop.

Chiles y especias

  • chile anchoancho chili pods
  • chile guajilloguajillo chili pods
  • chile de árbolground chili arbol
  • chile quebradocrushed red pepper
  • ajo granuladogranulated garlic
  • ajonjolí blancowhite sesame seeds
  • oréganowhole oregano
  • paprika
  • nuez moscadawhole nutmeg
  • mostaza amarillayellow mustard seed
  • pimienta negraground black pepper
  • pimienta dulceground allspice
  • cominoground cumin
  • laurelbay leaves
  • azafránsaffron flower

On the shelves

Abarrotes

  • chíachia seed
  • albahacabasil
  • coco rayadoflake sweetened coconut
  • pasitasraisins
  • grajearainbow nonpareils
  • masecainstant corn masa flour
  • piloncillo
  • tamarindowhole tamarind
  • jamaicahibiscus flower
  • tortillaswhite corn tortillas

Cocina

  • molcajetevolcanic-stone mortar, for salsa and spices
  • prensa para tortillas
  • olla de barroclay pot, for beans and café de olla
  • cazuela
  • tamaleraaluminum steamer
  • molinillowooden whisk, spun between the palms for hot chocolate

A partial list, read off the shelves.

Remedies

The teas and herbs people grew up with. Manzanilla, hierbabuena, té de limón, árnica, sábila and the rest, in the same packets.

Every packet has its name on the front. The list below gives the English, where the packet prints it.

Boxed medicine and vitamins have their own page: Medicine

The remedies hang on the same wall as the spices, in the same packets: uña de gato, cuachalalate, árnica, manzanilla.
The remedies hang on the same wall as the spices, in the same packets: uña de gato, cuachalalate, árnica, manzanilla.

Remedios

  • uña de gatocat's claw
  • palo azul
  • cuachalalate
  • copalfrankincense
  • árnicaarnica flower
  • flor de manzanillachamomile flower
  • hierbabuenaspearmint leaves
  • té de limónlemon grass
  • sábilaaloe vera tea bags
  • quinacinchona bark
  • rosa de castillarosebud petals
  • piedra alumbrealum stone
  • azufresulfur

Pan and dulcería

Pan dulce and bolillo in the case. Candy along a whole run of shelving, piñatas hanging above it, and what you need for a party underneath.

Trays of sweet bread and cake in a wooden bakery case.
Panadería
Shelves of candy in white baskets.
Dulcería
A star piñata in pink, blue and yellow hanging from the ceiling.
Piñatas

The bakery case, the candy run, and the piñatas hanging over it.

Dulcería · Panadería · Piñatas

  • piñatas
  • Tortrix
  • Diananougat
  • pan dulce

The snacks, drinks and pantry brands are Mexican, Guatemalan, Salvadoran, Honduran.

Chapín chocolate wafer bars beside coconut candy in red, white and green.
Chapín
A chest freezer packed with ice pops and frozen mangonada cups.
paletasice cream

Chapín from Guatemala beside the Mexican candy. The freezer, packed.