Having 'Yerba Mate' Tea

[b i o n i c]

Damn this shit is so good. I grew up watching my mom drink it all the time from the gourde with a metal 'straw'. i decided to get my own. a bag of yerba mate is about $7. you throw some herbs in the gourde, put the bombilla (straw) in and fill up the rest - leave some room for water. then you boil a kettle, pour a quarter teaspoon of sugar in and pour in the hot water...


... yum!

this is my favorite 'tea' experience. its awesome for work because it has some properties in it that give you focus, some say caffeine, but others call it mateine because apparently it gives you a different type of buzz than you get from regular caffeine, no crashing, no jitters, just an even keeled, warm fuzzy focus that lasts a while. the tea also contains high levels of potassium, b-complex, magnesium, minerals etc. is that common for teas?

anyway - try it... its good

[b i o n i c]

skye, whered you have that? neva hoid of it

try it this (http://www.elmatecreativos.com/images/un-buen-mate.jpg) way sometime

[monkey]

where did you get mate? sometimes it's hard to find the real deal, not just the tea that they bag and sell at the markets. i like the leafs. we have mate cups with those straws as well, but we have no mate :(

[b i o n i c]

where did you get mate? sometimes it's hard to find the real deal, not just the tea that they bag and sell at the markets. i like the leafs. we have mate cups with those straws as well, but we have no mate :(

i looked everywhere and a friend of mine found it at a health food store up the block from me. try the health food joints. soooo good! sooo worth it

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haha skye: when i was a kid a friend of mine came over and asked me if what my mom was doing was smoking weed from her bong.

[cosmo105]

yerba mate's good shit. still too much caf for me, but it's a great coffee alternative. it may or may not have an effect on sugar cravings too, so that's rad.

[b i o n i c]

^^
the cravings, yeah

do they sell this at starbucks yet??