Tesserete is a village and former municipality in the canton of Ticino , Switzerland .

In 1976 the neighboring municipality Campestro was incorporated into Tesserete.

In 2001 Tesserete municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities Cagiallo , Lopagno , Roveredo, Sala Capriasca and Vaglio to form a new and larger municipality Capriasca.

The village is famous in Ticino for its Carnival "Or Penagin".