>hear people talking about how good yerba is
>Buy a can
>Tastes like water with artificial fruit flavour
Explain yourselves yerbafags
It's just lipton canned tea for fags with more money than sense
>>8815208
>hear people talking about how good tea is
>buy a can
>tastes like water with artificial fruit flavour
Explain yourselves teafags
>>8815208
>buys commercialised soft drink 'yerba'
>complains it sucks
That's like complaining coffee's bad because you drunk Nescafe. Buy a bag of leaves and brew your own, then post again.
>>8815208
>>8815217
seriously though, buy the real stuff and not a "yerba flavored beverage"
>>8815208
>hear people talking about how good jarritos is
>Buy a bottle
>Tastes like water with artificial fruit flavor
You should have joined the club.
>>8815208
>hear people talking about how good water is
>tastes like nothing
fucking liberals
>>8815208
Did you shake it? Sounds like you didn't shake it.
>>8815224
>yerba mate, elaborate
I think I just came up with a new ad campaign for them.
>>8815758
lmao
>2017
>not consuming liquid throat cancer
>>8816091
admittedly coffee is probably just as cancerogenic, especially if you smoke while drinking
>>8815433
the can doesnt say to shake
enlightenmint > revl berry = bluephoria > lemon elation > orange exhuberance
>>8817496
Fucking god incarnate, the Staib.
>>8815208
Argentinean here, maybe you should try making the real thing. I could teach you
What is yerba mate? A tea? Is it cancerous?
only white girls drink that shit. its their market.
does this stuff make you stoned?
>>8817591
Fuck it, might as well post it, maybe someone here would like to know
First of all, this is the yerba I'm using
>>8817624
Then you need to fill your mate with this much yerba, to much and you'll make a mess, too little and it'll be flavorless
>>8817627
Then you cover the top of the Mate with the palm of your hand, tilt it sideways and shake, in order to make this slope, this is where the water will go
>>8815208
If you think that's bad, try a bottle of German Club Mate. It tastes like someone boiled rotting raisins in water, bottled it and sold it to people.
>>8817629
Then you add a bit of cold or warm water and let it rest for a few minutes
>>8817634
Then you add some hot water, and stick the bombilla in there. And wa-la there is your mate. Remember to pour the water where the bombilla is, try to keep half the yerba dry for as long as you can, to extend the flavor
>>8817640
Thanks anon
>>8817640
so good! most of the time when i drink it it's usually with other people, like it brings people together, maybe just me
>>8817650
Well, it's a social drink, wherever you go you'll see people sharing mate. But it's also a very comforting drink when alone, I think Cortazar called it Argentinean's third lung
>>8815758
it's pronounced "mah-tay" not mate like "oi mate yer a fookin cunt"
ya fookin cunt
>>8817733
>Most of the times i see such specific instructions is for drugs.
You've never heard of coffee or tea, then?
>>8817733
It's a stimulant, in the same vein as coffee, that's as much of a drug as it gets
>>8817640
So you keep refilling with hot water after you drink until all the yerba is wet?
>>8817627
How much do you use for a regular size mug for those of us who do not have the appropriate vessel to drink from?
>>8818517
yep, refill untill you lose flavour (usually about 10 refills). if you did the slope thing you can also reform the slope on the other side, that should give you some bonus refills
if you're drinking alone it's better to pick a small cup since you'll be drinking at least several of them
>>8818538
try 1/3 of the tea cup if you're just starting out, though most seasoned drinkers use 2/3 to 3/4
don't use a mug if you're drinking alone, they're too big
>>8815208
buy it as loose leaf tea, you fag.
>>8818500
You do the slope thing in order to keep half the yerba dry for as long as possible, as you refill you should gradually work towards the other end with the water. Doing it the lazy way is just, well, lazy, any picture you see on the internet where the entirety of the Yerba is wet is the wrong way to make mate, imo. See this pic >>8816091. I can already tell that mate will be flavorless in 2 or 3 fefills
>>8818913
it does lose it's flavour faster but that's not necessarily a bad thing. when I'm having my morning yerba 10 refills is more than enough, 15 would take too much time and it's not like that's wasting the yerba, it's just slightly stronger and there's slightly less refills
>>8819460
Well, you are right, I guess it's a preference thing, I just like my mate really strong