About the brand
What is Thirstystone?
Thirstystone makes coasters that drink. Since 1986 we have cut absorbent stone into coasters, printed designs on it and backed it with cork, and built the holders and trivets that go with it.
What Thirstystone makes
Sandstone coasters, first of all: 4 inch rounds and squares in plain stone, in the Desert Sand and Cinnabar stones, and printed with designs from dragonflies to a monogram letter. Beside them sit sets in marble, terrazzo, wood, cork and steel for tables where a polished look matters more than absorbing a drip.
Then everything that keeps a set on the table: holders in cast and wrought iron, acacia, oak, bamboo and seagrass, sized for four coasters. Trivets in cork, sandstone and travertine. And a few serving pieces, such as two 14 inch acacia lazy Susans and a pair of marble pinch pots.
Why stone
A cold glass on a warm day leaves a ring of water around its base within minutes. On a plastic coaster that water sits and spills over the edge onto the wood. Sandstone is grains of sand cemented together with open space between them, and that space pulls the water in. The face is dry for the next glass, and the stone gives the water back to the air before long.
Natural stone also means every coaster is a little different. The bands in Desert Sand and the swirls in Cinnabar come from the rock, so two coasters from the same box are never quite twins.
Who it is for
People who are done wiping rings off the coffee table. People who want a gift that gets used every day, like a monogram set in the family initial for a first home. And people who already have a set they love and need the holder for it.
Our monogram coasters are made in Springfield, Tennessee, and several printed sets carry "Made in the USA" or "Printed and packaged in the USA" on their box. Where a box says so, the product page says so too.
How to buy
Every piece here has a buy button that opens it at our retail partner, where you pay and choose delivery. Prices on this site are from our latest catalog update. The price at checkout is the one that counts.
Questions
More about Thirstystone
What does Thirstystone make?
Absorbent stone coasters with cork backs, most of them sandstone, plus coaster sets in marble, terrazzo, wood, cork and steel, coaster holders in iron and wood, trivets, and a few serving pieces such as lazy Susans and pinch pots.
How long has Thirstystone been around?
Thirstystone has made absorbent stone coasters since 1986. The monogram sets are made in Springfield, Tennessee, as their boxes say.
Who buys Thirstystone coasters?
People who are tired of rings on the coffee table, and people who need a gift that will be used: a housewarming set in the family initial, a holder for a set someone already loves, a trivet for a new kitchen.
Can you return a Thirstystone piece?
Orders, payment and returns go through our retail partner at checkout, and its return terms apply to your order.
Still choosing?
Every Thirstystone piece on one page
Filter by stone, shape and what a holder takes, from a single trivet to a set of six coasters in its holder.
