Cayenne Cement Tile

Cayenne Cement Tile

A warm, spiced orange-red, dense and matte with none of the shine a glaze would give it. Cast in cement, the pigment settles flat and even — the color of dried chiles or sun-baked clay, holding its heat without any pattern to temper it. Each tile is hand-pressed from pigmented cement by artisans in Fez, following a hydraulic process that has shaped North African floors for well over a century — the pigment set not by fire, but by time and pressure.

Sold by the square foot, with each 8" x 8" tile covering just under half a square foot — about two and a quarter tiles per square foot of coverage. The quantity you select at checkout is square footage, and we'll round the tile count up so your installer never comes up short. A solid field of this color carries real warmth on its own, and it pairs naturally as a border or transition alongside any of our patterned Cayenne-family tiles.

Cement tile carries the fingerprints of its making — soft variation in tone and a slightly porous, hand-finished surface that no machine could replicate. We recommend sealing every tile before installation and again after grouting — a small ritual that protects the pigment for decades to come. For larger runs, order ten percent beyond your total square footage to allow for cuts and pattern matching.

$13.50 per square foot.

Dimensions: 8" × 8" × 0.375"

SKU#: CEM061