About us

The flexibility of two freelancers. The rigor of a structured team.

WebTea is Manuel and Estephany (and Pixel). We design and build custom solutions for established companies and startups. One single point of contact, few projects in parallel, continuity before and after launch: how we work matters as much as what we produce.

House rules

Five beliefs that drive every decision.

They're not slogans. They're operational filters, if a project doesn't respect these rules, we don't take it on.

  • No templates. Custom for the context.

    Every decision, from the stack to the copy of a form, is made for your specific case. No wrapping of third-party products passed off as a "dedicated solution".

  • Price defined up front, not discovered later.

    Every project is quoted per deliverable, never per hour. You know what you spend, we're not incentivized to be slow.

  • If we're not the right answer, we tell you right away.

    We evaluate every request before putting together a quote. If the problem falls outside our skill set or our way of working, we say "no", and if you've already paid for a discovery call, we refund 100%.

  • Zero lock-in. Code, data and decisions stay yours.

    No proprietary SaaS, no components that depend on us. If one day you want to switch partners, there are no technical hostages.

  • Few projects in parallel. Quality doesn't multiply.

    Rigid capacity limits for every type of work, we tell you immediately if a slot is available. Focus is the one ingredient that doesn't scale.

Portrait of Manuel, co-founder of WebTea
Fullstack Developer & Trainer

Manuel

Freelancer since 2014, but he built his first site at 15, in 2008, when best practices hadn't been written yet. 18 years of production code, frameworks loved-hated-loved-again, architectures picked for context and not for fashion.

Since 2018 he teaches development and architecture to companies and internal teams. Author of the digital accessibility handbook (coming 2026), not a technical book, but an operational manual for content, PMs, UX, developers and stakeholders who need to work together for accessibility to actually work.

Practices the art of "give me the exact problem, not the solution you've already imagined".

Key skills
  • TypeScript & Node.js
  • API architecture & integrations
  • Accessibility
  • Custom WordPress (themes & plugins from scratch)
  • WooCommerce
  • Laravel

Telling the story of the Internet is like narrating Batman's origins: we all kind of know it. But every so often it's worth a refresher., from "The Digital Accessibility Handbook"

Portrait of Estephany, co-founder of WebTea
UX/UI Designer & SEO Content

Estephany

Freelancer since 2020, she partners with Manuel on everything that touches the user. She learned to read people before she learned Figma, research and writing background before diving into design.

Passion for cooking, animals, and anything that can be observed with patience. If Manuel is the bridge between problem and code, Estephany is the bridge between person and product.

Key skills
  • Figma & design systems
  • User research & user testing
  • SEO content strategy
  • Wireframing & prototyping
  • Heuristic evaluation

Good design isn't what makes you say "that's pretty". It's what makes you take the action without having to think about it.

Portrait of Pixel, WebTea's mascot
Chief Quality Officer

Pixel

Arrived home as a kitten and never left. Official head of physical monitor QA, pre-call warm-up (paw on the keyboard), and random UI prototype oversight during lunch breaks.

Since 2026 he has a column on social, PixTips, very serious advice on digital productivity, given by a very relaxed cat.

Key skills
  • Chair resistance testing
  • Keyboard acoustic audit
  • Pre-release hardware validation
  • Morale booster
  • Content curation (selective)
  • Strategic power napping

Meow.

Three honest numbers

The data that's actually about us, without vanity.

  • 18 Years on the web From Manuel's first site at 15, back in 2008
  • 3.500+ Training hours delivered Manuel has been teaching since 2018
  • 25 Times Estephany has re-watched The Mummy (1999) Unbeaten record! And no, she doesn't get tired of it

Rigor, data, zero surprises.

A method built for companies and startups that need technical predictability and operational continuity, not consulting-by-chatter.

1

We analyze first

No quote without probing the context. If we don't know the problem, we can't price it, nor solve it.

2

We execute without shortcuts

No patterns copied from the competition, no "we do it this way because everyone else does". Every technical and design decision is justified by your reality and documented for whoever comes after us.

3

We measure what matters

Readable reports, not flashing dashboards. If a metric doesn't change a decision, we stop tracking it.

Let's talk about your project

Tell us what you need. We reply within 48 business hours with a call or a direct email, no marketing fluff, no "we'll send the quote as soon as possible".

Few new slots each quarter: we tell you immediately if there's space.

Tell us about your project

We reply within 24 business hours with a call or an honest email.

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