Mextapas is the UK’s only mezcal supper club rooted in a real Mexican kitchen — a family kitchen in Boca del Rio, Veracruz. Real recipes, exclusive Oaxacan mezcals, and a heritage you can verify on a map.
Founder Julio learned to cook at Canela Cafe — a coffee shop and kitchen his family runs in Boca del Rio, Veracruz, still operating today.
Two small-batch Oaxacan mezcals you cannot get elsewhere in the UK: Somos Pecadores (Difford’s Guide 5-star Exceptional) and Sabia Maria (a small-batch Espadin Joven, 40% ABV).
Mobile mezcal-paired supper clubs in Oxford and London. Public dates plus private dinners. £45–95 per person.
Julio
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Julio runs Mextapas. He is not a chef in the formal sense — he is a home cook from Boca del Rio, Veracruz, where his family still runs Canela Cafe, a coffee shop and kitchen serving the recipes he grew up with.
He moved to the UK and could not find the food he knew. He started small — a single chipotle pork dish on the Home-Cooks platform — and listened when guests said this tastes different, this tastes real. The supper club followed, then the mezcal pairing, then a guest list that brought their companies.
The brand voice he wants carried into press is warm, culturally rich, and chef-deflating: we are not chef-led, we are home-cooking-led, and the heritage is verifiable, not narrative.
Pitch lines for food, lifestyle, and travel features. Take one, blend two, or ask us for something else.
A still-operating family kitchen in Boca del Rio, Veracruz, exporting its recipes to Britain via two home cooks. Verifiable heritage, not invented narrative. Photos of the cafe available.
Somos Pecadores (Difford’s 5-star) and Sabia Maria are small-batch Oaxacan mezcals not stocked anywhere else in the UK retail. How the supper club uses them as the hero ingredient.
The shift from spirits-led tasting events to food-led pairing nights. How the dish chooses the bottle. Sample pairings available.
Somos Pecadores received Difford’s Guide’s “Exceptional” 5-star rating in 2025 — a rare nod for a small-batch mezcal. The bottle that the rating goes home with.
Mextapas in the wider context: the rise of mobile, intimate, region-specific supper clubs in Oxford and London. Why guests are choosing these over restaurants.
Somos Pecadores Espadin Joven received Difford’s Guide’s “Exceptional” rating — the highest available.
Logos, photography, and a one-page brand sheet. Use freely with attribution.
PNG and SVG — light and dark variants.
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Founders, Canela Cafe, supper-club moments, food, mezcal bottles.
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Who, what, where, the three principles, founder bio, contact.
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Press kit coming soon — in the meantime, email us and we will send logos, photos, and the brand sheet directly.
Email us with the angle you have in mind. We typically reply within 24 hours and can arrange interview time, sample dishes, or a tasting.
Recipes from our Veracruz kitchen, mezcal pairings, and dates released first to the list.
