How much yerba mate should you drink? I guess there is no single answer to this question because much depends on the habits, health and particularities of each consumer. Despite of this, it is safe to say that excesses should always be avoided. In general, there is no limitation to how much yerba mate you can …
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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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An important element of Argentine culture deserves to have it’s own day marked on the calendar. Thanks to a government ratification made in January of this year, Argentina will now officially celebrate National Yerba Mate Day on the 30th of November. Why the 30th of November? This day coincides with the birth date of Andrés Guazurarí y Artigas. Born in …
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I cannot go a week without drinking my mate, but this love for the yerba has sometimes caused me quite a lot of trouble when going through airport security. It turns out, I’m also not alone. In 2008, Airport Security Agents held Viggo Mortensen up for confusing his yerba mate with marijuana, according to People magazine. Born …
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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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Drinking mate together is a an authentic South American way to bond. Some people claim to have mastered the “art of mate making” by adding their own unique touch to the infusion. These personal ways of preparing mate often convey hidden meanings that have become popular in South American culture. Below you will find a list …
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