por • Ita
crear • comunidad
Food from culture. Community by hand.
Comida de cultura. Comunidad a mano.
Tamales
Una tradición de México to your home.
* small-batch, handmade, limited release *
Say it with us: por EE-tah
First Tamal?
Whether you’ve never had a tamal, or just want to be sure you heat it up the right way, we’ve got you.
👉 Vamos
Each tamal is made the traditional way — masa mixed by hand, fillings slow-cooked to deepen flavor, and wrapped with intention. These are the tamales that family and friends ask for again and again — the ones that make a table feel like home.
Flavors / Sabores
Carne de Res con chile rojo
Pricing / Precios
Dozen (12): $25 $20*
Half Dozen (6): $15 $12*
*🔥 20% Discount for Early Amigos!
Local Pickup + Delivery: Leander, Texas
*Limited Release: Once they’re gone, they’re gone!
Hechos con cariño por Ita.
Rooted in Família.
Nurtured by Tradición.
Inspired by “Ita”.
por•Ita was born from amor de familia — from the hands and heart of our mother, grandmother, and matriarch, Teresita—whom the grandkids lovingly call “Ita” for abuelita (grandma). In Mexican Spanish, the suffix -ita makes things tender, small, beloved — just like everything she makes.
In Spanish, “por Ita” can mean:
• for Ita
• by Ita
• because of Ita
por•Ita (por EE-tah) honors a woman shaped by humble beginnings — raised in a small town in Mexico without running water or paved streets — yet rich in resilience, generosity, and cariño. The lessons she taught us — about community, gratitude, and feeding people con cariño — now shape por·Ita.
Conoce a Teresita — nuestra Ita
Meet Teresita – our Ita
She cooks with love, never fanfare. She grows a thriving garden. Children adore her. Families adopt her. She makes a home feel blessed.
Her childhood was shaped by scarcity — but her life, by gratitude, discipline, humility, and a beautiful gift for lovingly feeding anyone who sat at her table.
She keeps a warm and welcoming home and shares every meal siempre con cariño.
por•Ita exists por Ita — for her, by her, because of her.
Esto apenas comienza.
This is only the beginning.
por•Ita is a love letter — to culture, to community, and to the hands that taught us what family tastes like.
por•Ita
part of the Verstóa família-run operación
por•Ita
Say it with us: por EE-tah
© 2025
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Leander, TX
por•Ita is a small, family-run operación. 🙏 Gracias for supporting food made by hand, with heart.
Part of the Verstóa família operación.