In the last few months I’ve received a fair amount of e-mails from readers asking my serious opinion of Guayakí Yerba Mate. The majority of these emails seem to come from North American readers who have recently started to drink mate and are apparently concerned about the “authenticity” of their yerba mate experience.  If often get …
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When I first started this blog back in 2014, my main goal was to write as much as I could about yerba mate. I wanted to pass on the little I knew about my favorite drink. I had no idea, that my ideas would propagate so far and put me in contact with so many …
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After having lived in several places around the world, I hereby declare that Berlin is one of my favorite places to be. When people ask me what it’s like to live in Germany, I often say: – well…it’s complicated. To which most people often reply: – What?? I have a friend who lives in Berlin and they …
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These days I came across a really neat blog, which definitely deserves to be mentioned here. Ruta del Mate is a travel log kept by Flor and Juan, two materos from the town of Pergamino in Argentina. Flor and Juan are a couple who have been travelling around the world with their beloved mate since …
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