How to drink yerba mate

How to prepare yerba mate in the traditional yerba mate gourd.

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Howto & Style

Tags:

• yerba
• mate
• gourd
• guayaki

[jeiser73]

My yerba mate tastes like oil paint and cigarettes........this can't be right?

[cebador]

It's not, you should drink organic shade grown mate. You have no idea what kind of oils could find their way into commercial product. be safe

[unacarafea]

Having been a mate drinker since childhood, I can tell you that the stems should be on the bottom of the gourd, not the top. You should shake the mate while upside down only. The stems on the bottom keep the bombilla from getting clogged.  That is the point of shaking it. (Get rid of the creepy music and it will be a little more credible.)

[cebador]

Hi, Yes the stems are shown to be on the bottom of the gourd, as you say they help the filtration action. Perhaps it is not a clear as it could be. I'll have to redo it again someday with different music as well. thanks for the feedback.

[davidkarr]

the cool water protects the leaf which yields a smoother brew. if you add real hot water directly, it can taste a bit "burned".

[yonmoore]

The music in this video is hilarious and awesome. Good job dude. I love yerba. I switched to a glass mate though cause I had a hard time keeping my gourd from adding flavor to the yerba.

[yonmoore]

@jeiser73 Sounds about right, haha jk. It can be really strong at times though and I've had it taste like an ash tray. My favorite brand is rosamonte - from Argentina. It's a little more mild.

[nachoijp]

@beholderlt Hey, late but hope it helps, if you can't get yerba mate cheaper then you can use the same even if it's already used, but if you're going to use after a whole day then you should dry it by letting it at the sun light or something so it doesn't rot :D

Of couse it won't taste as good as if it where new yerba, but it's good enough

[firuinthehouse]

nice gourd :)

[gold5225]

@beholderlt

You can find it much much cheaper online. You are over paying for your mate.

[TheTemporaryTemp]

I used to drink mate with my Nonno every morning when I was a really young girl. Loved it.

[hydrollama]

Nothing better than mate and a cuban cigar.

[BurlFish79]

@larvatrong Virreinato del Rio de La Plata, born 1776, death 1810, only 34y! In 1776 borned USA!, and here the colony mounted an obsolete system! Paraguay existed before conquerors, is "the land without evil", ancient territory of guarani tribes. Argentina isn't reference, is an invention of plutocracy of Buenos Aires of 1816. NEVER the Paraguay was a territory of "Argentina", more of actual Argentina was territory of the big and antique Paraguay, with spaniard government over the Asuncion City

[larvatrong]

@BurlFish79 you are almost right, BUT the mate is originary of the whole area, including paraguay, south of brazil, uruguay and north east of argentina, and 400 hundred years ago neither paraguay or argentina existed, it was all the Virreinate del Peru, wich later on it divided into others, and argentina and paraguay belong to the Virreinato del Rio de la Plata.

[larvatrong]

@beholderlt you should look for cheaper yerbas, there are much cheaper ones than the one you say. If you dont find, you can use the yerba until it looses the flavor, and if you want to reuse it, just dont, its kind of disgusting... hope you find a cheeper one!