Yerba Mate
 

I quit drinking coffee a couple of years ago because it absolutely tears me apart. You're welcome for that information. It's not the caffeine that does me in, so I've been a dedicated tea drinker since then, and have all manner of fancy teas and teapots, etc. Someone gave me some Yerba Mate as a holiday gift and I'm really enjoying it. Does anyone drink this stuff? Is some witch doctor going to come enslave me? Any other thoughts on this delicious nectar?

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yes it's good.

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Che Guevara wrote in his book that people in South America drink mate more often than water. Where can I get my hands on some?

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This is where mine is from. I love this store.

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Yerba Mate is awesome. Every year at the Natural Products Expo the mate booth is rocking. My gf always has some around and I drink it occasionally, I guess I'm still partial to coffee/espresso.

handsome,
Didn't Che's family own a mate plantation? It's been forever since I read that book.

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A guy who used to work upstairs from me would come down to our lab and make mate all the time. I never really got into it.

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Mate is pretty much the best thing ever. I've spent hours doing nothing but sitting around, talking, and passing the mate.

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I love the stuff,been drinking it for years.My favorite way to make it is to brew if very strong in a french press with a little orange juice,crystalized ginger and about a tablespoon of ganja tinture.Good ol hippy speedball.

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I lived in Argentina for a year a while back and we used to drink this stuff 4 or 5 times a day. Its fantastic. We used to drink it by putting the leaves in a gourd, adding a little hot water and sucking it up through a metal straw. It was then refilled and passed onto the next person and so on. Kind of like pass the bong I guess. Of all of the things I miss about Argentina, this has the fondest memories for me.

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I drink it frequently, but usually only in cycles. I generally switch between frequently drinking Mate and frequently drinking Coffee.

It's truly amazing stuff. I generally just brew mine in a teapot but I'd like to get a gourd+straw as well.

Rob

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I have only tried mate once on the recommendation of a friend because I do not really drink coffee, but love tea. When I went to get some at a tea shoppe, I asked for some cream with it. The server looked like I [censored] in her mouth, and would not give me any milk to put into it. She said it would be 'gross'.

WTF? Does it curdle? Is this like putting cream into green tea? I like my tea very English, extremely milky and somewhat washed out... was this good advice or can I try it again with cream in it? I didn't really dig on it black.

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Is this stuff good for your stomach? I can't drink coffee anymore nor can I drink tea. I will get acid dyspepsia.

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Yerba Mate plus Agave Nectar is that [censored]. Putting milk in Yerba is not gross, my cousin does it and it tastes good.

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Is this stuff good for your stomach? I can't drink coffee anymore nor can I drink tea. I will get acid dyspepsia.

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If you can't drink coffee OR tea, I doubt you can drink mate.

Putting milk in mate would be good.

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I've been drinking the stuff my whole life (my family is from Argentina). If you want to make it extra good, pour some sugar in a bowl, add lemon, mix it, and apply a small amount in the mate at every water fill. It tastes amazing.