Yerba Mate tea.

[internope]

Yerba Mate is just another caffiene source. The bulk green variety and the toasted in bulk or tea bags are available at Brazilian groceries for a lot less than you'll pay for a US brand of Mate marketed as some sort of healthy alternative to coffee.

I have tried Yerba Mate a few times. No matter if I brew it strong or weak the green stuff tastes like tea made from bitter lawn clippings with a hint of diesel oil. The brown is a little bit easier, it tastes toasty and bitter. I think that Yerba Mate is an acquired taste, like black coffee. If I had no other source of caffiene I suppose I could grow to enjoy it in time.

[MJ26]

I'll recommend this:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club-Mate

[Yerbamate Fan]

Alright, thanks. Think I'm going for the wooden cup, Just saw that they had one of those. This tea is supposed to be the shit !

The aluminium is only on the outside of the cup, so the tea and water dont come in contact with the metal, It is infact a wooden cup.

[timholian]

A truly awesome "energy drink". ; )))

[PipenSnus]

I used to drink Celestial Seasonings Morning Thunder tea, which is a blend of black tea and yerba maté. Tastes like a good cup of strong black tea, but with a kick like a double espresso.

[Yerbamate Fan]

I used to drink Celestial Seasonings Morning Thunder tea, which is a blend of black tea and yerba maté. Tastes like a good cup of strong black tea, but with a kick like a double espresso.

you should try the mix with yerba mate and guarana,...

it does wonders for me

[PipenSnus]

you should try the mix with yerba mate and guarana,...

it does wonders for me

Note that I said "used to." These days I have to limit my intake of caffeine and other stimulants for health reasons.

[Snusdog]

I knew it..................I JUST KNEW IT

I knew I should have pass right over this thread and not opened it


now thanks to everyone who posted here.....................I've got some Mate on order...........along with a gourd.................and a little straw thingie (bambino, bamboozal......whatever...........I know it had bam in it somewhere)

I'll probably love it.................then I bet Swedish Match will buy out all the little organic farms..........cut the quality.......... jack the price.................then it will get banned in the US.................or restricted to UPS only delivery...............

Finland will start selling it under the sly and blow it for the whole of Europe................Northerner will allegedly own the Yerbaon website....................some old dude will start a contest "guess how many gourds I have right now"....................and then.......

and then I'll be right back where I started just moments before I said to myself ................I probably shouldn't open this thread

Damn it

[Mr. Snuffleupagus]

A truly awesome "energy drink". ; )))

guay aki LMAO classic.

[Ansel]

Okay some say it's very good for you some say it's very bad for you. I don't care! Been off it for a couple/few months and completely forgot about it. Much easier to quit than coffee. But boy did i miss this stuff. And it works amazingly with snus, in synergy or something. Amazing stuff.

Good review of the stuff, here: http://circleofdrink.com/kraus-organ...-new-favorite/

[Ansel]

Beats cannabis hands-down in my humble opinion...

[Ansel]

you should try the mix with yerba mate and guarana,...

it does wonders for me

I don't like Guarana! :-(

[Ansel]

You know that MAOI warm glow feeling you get with tobacco as opposed to just solely nicotine... well i get it in bucketloads with this stuff.

[lxskllr]

I'll have to try it some time. I've had bottled mate drink, but I imagine it's pretty far from a home brewed product.

[Ansel]

I'll have to try it some time. I've had bottled mate drink, but I imagine it's pretty far from a home brewed product.

i imagine it will do the same... i think the bottled stuff uses real yerba mate though maybe low amounts (i use a couple/few teabags in a cup and let it brew for about 8 minutes)