Just as the English have their tea, the Scottish have their Whisky, the Columbians have their coffee and the Yankees their soft drinks; we are forever bound to our yerba mate. Being the good Brazilian that I am, I truly enjoy drinking mate in all of it’s forms: At the beach there is nothing better than a nice cold …
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Plants are green, yerba mate is a plant, yerba mate is green, therefore yerba mate is good for my plants, right? Well…almost. In countries where one doesn’t go a day without a sip of the bombilla, it is believed that fershly consumed yerba mate makes a perfect natural fertilizer. The truth is that this practice may not …
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Yerba mate is a cultural legacy of the ancient Aymara natives, Quechua and Guarani peoples and is enjoyed throughout the Southern Cone, but only in Brazil it is known as chimarrão. Just like in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, there is also a world of customs, idioms and folklore surrounding this drink in Brazil. The term chimarrão, which …
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There are several yerba mate tutorials circling around the internet, instructing people to shake their gourds vigorously in order to allow the larger yerba stems to “sink to the bottom” before pouring in the water. Most “big shot” mate experts out there who recommend this technique, do so because of the following reasons: Stems at …
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In countries where drinking yerba mate is part of the local culture, it is not at all unusual to see people carrying thermos flasks all the time. They are a faithful ally that allow people to enjoy a hot mate virtually anywhere: at work, at the beach, at the park and during their travels. Modern aluminum thermos flasks are …
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It is not at all unusual to see yerba mate being consumed in South American cities like Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Assunción. It´s a fact. Just take a walk around any neighbourhood and you will see mates everywhere: some made of gourds, some made of wood and others improvised out of plastic water bottles. Recently, …
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It’s no secret that yerba mate has come a long way from the Pampas of South America to tea houses and mate circles around the world. In this article you will meet our top 5 international celebrities materos #5 – Alicia Silverstone Scoring 5th place in our top 5 matero list is Alicia Silverstone. This muse …
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Club-Mate is a non-alcoholic beverage composed mostly of yerba mate extract (0.4 grams per 100ml), sugar and caffeine. Originally called Sekt-Bronte, this unusual drink has been brewed in the German town of Dietenhofen since 1924. Sometime in the 1950s it changed it’s commercial name to Club-Mate, but sales remained restricted to regions around Nüremberg and Würzburg. In 1994 the …
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