Yerba mate.
What is Yerba mate? Yerba mate is a herb. Really. Yerba, in spanish, means herb. And it grows in form of the trees as shown below. It grows in South America and mainly in Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil and in Uruguay.
Yerba have been discovered by Indians „Guarani”. It is them
who discovered that from cut leafes and sticks it is possible to create
infusion which is full of microelements and witamins.
Yerba is appreciated because of its stimulating properties.
It can be a replacement for the coffe. In its operation it is slightly
different than coffe is. The effects are felt after longer period then effects
of coffe but the effect of arousal stays for a few hours (about 8-10) if yerba
is drinking constantly during that period.
The flavor is bitter and tart. Depending on the make of the
yerba mate it can have more or less flavor.
To brew a Yerba mate you need:
1. Some kind of a vessle, it can be anything even regular glass, but if you want something more sophisticated on the market you can find a lot of different kind of matero’s, which means a vessle for drinking yerba. Below is shown matero from Palo Santo tree.
1. Some kind of a vessle, it can be anything even regular glass, but if you want something more sophisticated on the market you can find a lot of different kind of matero’s, which means a vessle for drinking yerba. Below is shown matero from Palo Santo tree.
2. Bombilla, which is a straw with strainer at the end of
it. Its because you dont want grounds getting to your mouth.
3. Yerba mate
How to brew Yerba mate?
You have to fill the
vessle with Yerba to about half of the hight of the vessle. You can of course
pour less but it is recomended to fill it from half to two-third of the hight
of the vessle. Later stick bombilla to the drought, deep inside and flood it
with water. The temperature of water must be below 85 deegrees celcius. Its
because if you flood yerba with boiling hot water it will get burned and will
lose some of it’s properties and will taste worse then it would if you flood it
with proper temperature. How to know if water have good temperature? You dont
have to own a termometer to check the water temperature. After bolining water
in the kettle open it on the top and wait for a few minutes (4-5 minutes).
After that the water should be around the 85 deegrees and ready to flood the
yerba. Dont fill the vessle all the way up with water. Fill it just above the
drought and let it rest for 5 minutes. Its because yerba will now soak with
water and release all of the microalements and witamins to the drink. After 5
minutes fill the vessle all the way up with water and wait again just a few
minnutes. After that the drink is ready and you can enjoy your yerba mate.
The procedure shown above is not for only one drink. The way of drinking yerba is that you make it in the morning and later in the day you flood it with water over and over again. It can stand up to 10 floods before you have to change the drought part.
The procedure shown above is not for only one drink. The way of drinking yerba is that you make it in the morning and later in the day you flood it with water over and over again. It can stand up to 10 floods before you have to change the drought part.
And another greate thing of yerba is that it can be flooded
not only with hot water but also with cold water. The cold version is called
terere.
There developed a lot of myths about carcinogenic properties
of yerba mate. Its because policylic organic matter (POM) which are in deed
carcinogenic. They arise as a result of smoking some makes of yerba. But they
also appears in coffe and the coffe contains more then 5 times of POM than
yerba mate does because of roasting the coffe seeds. So is drinking yerba mate
dangerous for your health? In my opinion no more dangerous that drinking coffe
or eating barbecue.
Questions:
1.
Have you ever tried Yerba Mate? Did you liked
it?/Are you interested in trying yerba mate?
2.
Are you suprised that you can use both hot and
cold water?
3.
What do you think about the process of brewing
yerba mate?
Comments
2. I'm not surprised because I knew it before, anyway it's quite interesting that it persists it's properties when either cold or hot water is used.
3. I feel it's a little bit long process, but like you mentioned it could be flooded multiple times during the day so it compensate the initial brewing time for sure.
So I have heard that yerba mate is not that good. When I was younger, I used to use this one. But I didn't like it. But if I had to say it now I would say it's better than the other kind. But sometimes I use it without any herbs to make it more strong.
2. Are you surprised that you can use both hot and cold water?
Not really, I have a teapot, that can boil water to a certain degree, so I was aware of using both cold and hot water. What is more, I was using cold water to prepare my tea.
3. What do you think about the process of brewing yerba mate?
Over the years I always look for good recipes that I can reproduce at home. My main contribution has been the quality of my resulting drinks, and of course, this is how I show my friends and relatives. I am also sure, that many friends from Peru make the best yerba mate from the highland region.
I used to drink yerba for a long time. And I never imagined life without it. At some point I stopped because I came to the conclusion that it would be worth throwing at least one stimulant. When I returned to the same yerba after a few months, it did not taste the same as before. Now I don't drink yerba at all, I'm anxious after it.
2. Are you suprised that you can use both hot and cold water?
I'm not surprised. I preferred to drink Yerba, which was prepared with cold water. The Yerba Mate cold is not as strong as a classic hot water infusion. A temperature above 85 degrees destroys vitamins and makes the infusion much less valuable.
3. What do you think about the process of brewing yerba mate?
In my opinion, the descriptions of how yerbe should be brewed are a little too complicated. I boil water, wait 3 minutes until it cools down a bit and pour it. I don't have time to compile it additionally. I used to drink professionally brewed yerbe and I did not notice the difference.
Yes I've tried yerba mate. I even bought brewing and drinking tool, but unfortunately I don't like the taste of it. After half an hour I have a strong headache and I don't feel any positive effects like energy or good frame of mind.
2. Are you suprised that you can use both hot and cold water?
I was suprised, because the cold version tastes better for me and it is very refreshing.
3. What do you think about the process of brewing yerba mate?
I think this is strange that you can use the same leaves for several brews and the drinking straw (bombilla) fascinated me very much. It has unique shape.
2. Not really :). She was telling me quite a lot of things about it. But I was surprised that you won't feel sick after drinking it, same this is with coffee that you make with cold water, and add ice.
3. I was surprised when I saw how much it can like shoot up when you leave it in water for quite some time. It is interesting for me that in few months yerba mate become really popular in social media.
2 . Yes, a bit. It is a bit surprising as you get used to the fact that tea should be brew in hot (but not too hot, I know) water. I would like to try the cold version of Yerba Mate, maybe it wouldn’t be so bitter?
3. It resembles a bit some kind of ritual, because you have to spend fairly large amount of time to prepare it, but on the other hand, there is something magical and interesting in the whole process. And this straw, bombilla was always really funny looking, yet very intriguing.
2. I knew it but i haven’t tried to cold method yet.
3. I think it very controversial in yerba community. I have heard opinions to you must shake matero while jumping on one leg singing yellow submarine. I also heard opinion that you should not care how much of it you put in your glass and brew it with boiling water. I think that the method you have written is the best optimal.
1. Have you ever tried Yerba Mate? Did you liked it?/Are you interested in trying yerba mate?
I've never tried Yerba Mate, I have no intention of trying it. If it is true that it stimulates more than coffee, I would definitely not sleep for a few days. After drinking coffee I can't sleep two days ....
2. Are you suprised that you can use both hot and cold water?
I'm not surprised by this, many of my friends drink Yerba Mate, so I've seen how they flood the yerba more than once.
3. What do you think about the process of brewing yerba mate?
I am not surprised that yerba mat can be brewed many times. I am a tea lover and I only drink leaf teas. I cover them with non-boiling water and I also brew the same leaves many times.
I am a big fan of tea but a fun fact is that... I have never tried yerba! But after this post, you convinced me to give it a try.
2. Are you surprised that you can use both hot and cold water?
Yes, I didn’t know that. Interesting property, worth to check how it tastes with cold water.
3. What do you think about the process of brewing yerba mate?
I was trying to imagine it. It’s more addictive than preparing a cup of tea (which I love) but it’s also a kind of ritual and I guess that I would enjoy it totally, as I enjoy a way of brewing coffee, with its beans grinding, etc.
Yes, I've drank it a lot in the past, but stoped doing so. I think it's too strong for me, and I didn't enjoy the taste that much.
2.
Nope, in the summer I used to do terere which was very convinient for me (I didn't had to use a thermometer to measure the temperature of the water) so the process became faster, and also drinking warm yerba in summer is not nice.
3.
It's like any other process or ritual. I think it's quite simple compared to some processes of making tea or matcha.
2. I'm not surprised. After all, you can drink iced coffee and iced tea. Sometimes frozen meals and dishes taste better than those served hot.
3. I am curious how the traditional Yerba brewing process looks like. Just like real Indians did. How did they check the water temperature, how did they know which leaves and herbs were good - so that they would not poison.
3.
I've recently purchased a few test packets of yerba when I was ordering a restock of my tea supplies and well, I think I'll rather stick to coffee. To me it smells and tastes like some old, sweaty socks. Though to be honest `i didn't really pay too much attention to its "how to", so I might have spoiled it.
2. Are you surprised that you can use both hot and cold water?
Not really. Sometimes I use cold water to brew my coffee or tea, so it's not surprising that it also works for yerba. `Actually, I might give it a try - hopefully its taste won't be that harsh to my taste buds.
3. What do you think about the process of brewing yerba mate?
Looks far too complicated and time consuming for me to follow, I usually don't spend that much time brewing my tea or coffee.
1. I tried Yerba a few times, but every time I got it already prepared in a restaurant. I really like it. I was thinking about implementing yerba in my everyday life, but until now I didn't realize how complex the process of its preparation is.
2. It is quite interesting. I wonder about the difference in taste.
3. It is a bit complicated but not that hard. I think I will give it a try. Thank you for instructions.
I like drinking tea a lot, but unfortunately, I have never tried about this herb before, I am not sure will I like it, I hope I could try it someday.
2. Are you surprised that you can use both hot and cold water?
To be honest, I use cold water for some tea too, Japanese matcha is one of my favorite teas, and sometimes I use cold water for it.
3. What do you think about the process of brewing yerba mate?
Making yerba mate is more complicated than making other teas, so I prefer to drink tea that is easy to brew, I like Chinese green tea, and it is like yerba mate that can be brewed many times.
I haven`t heard about Yerba Mate, thus cannot comment on how I like it, however this article encouraged me to make the research and get to know more about this herb. I would really like to try how it tastes, as I understood technology of brewing it is quite important as it defines the taste of it.
2. Are you suprised that you can use both hot and cold water?
Yes, I am quite surprised, would be interesting to taste both versions: cold and hot. May be if it is cold the taste is not that intense, would be interesting which one tastes better for me.
3. What do you think about the process of brewing yerba mate?
I think this process is a bit time consuming, however otherwise you would not benefit from the healthy components of this herb and it relates not only to yerba mate, but also to the tea brewing - boiled water is not the case, only moderate temperature, however I hate warm tea, so it will be hard for me to change my taste preferences.
An intereseting part of this is using bombilla, quite new to me, never heard.
Thank you
Hmm, I tried to start drinking Yerba Mate and didn't like it. I love coffee and I wanted to change my habit from coffee to Yerba, but it wasn't;t succeeded. I will try at least one more time after reading your article.
2. Are you suprised that you can use both hot and cold water?
Wow, yeees. I was pretty sure that Yerba Mate needs to be brewed with hot water. Hmmm maybe I will like one with cold instead of hot?
3. What do you think about the process of brewing yerba mate?
Hmm, I knew about it and I think everyone should follow it, because only then we feel the best taste. Also I really like brewing few times the same grounds and different tastes depends on which time we brew Yerba Mate.
2) I already knew about making tea using cold water. There are even special kinds of that sold on the market, called Ice Tea ;) So it is not surprising for me, but to be honest, I am a bit too lazy to wait all night for my tea.
3) It is not that complicated. If you have a vessel and bombilla it can be done easily, but some time is required. That is mainly why I usually make tea from bags because I want an instant one.
No, I haven't. I am more of a regular tea drinker.
2. Are you suprised that you can use both hot and cold water?
No, not really. There are many chemical reactions exist that use both extreme hot and cold in combustion.
3. What do you think about the process of brewing yerba mate?
Interesting, I wonder how this process was developed and how the inventors came to it.
1. No, I have never tried yerba mate. Why? Because I am convinced that she is said to be highly addictive and really works strongly on the body. Would I like to try it? I do not know, maybe someday.
2. Yes, I did not expect that you can use cold water for yerba mate. I always thought that we pour tea with boiling water. This is a little shock for me.
3. In my opinion, the yerba mate brewing process is time consuming, but it is simple. But it probably all aims to get the best flavors and aromas out of tea.
2 / Yes, I heard about it, but when I read how to cook it correctly, I was very surprised ...
3 / This is a very calm and relaxing process, it can be considered as relaxation or as a separate art form.
2. Noo, I'm not, I've heard about yerba before so I'm not suprised by this news. As I remember correctly yerba with cold water is called terere
3. It's time consuming, but definitely worth the effort
No, I have never tried yerba mate. Why? Because I am convinced that she is said to be highly addictive and really works strongly on the body. Would I like to try it? I do not know, maybe someday.
2. Are you suprised that you can use both hot and cold water?
I already knew about making tea using cold water. There are even special kinds of that sold on the market, called Ice Tea ;) So it is not surprising for me, but to be honest, I am a bit too lazy to wait all night for my tea.
3. What do you think about the process of brewing yerba mate?
I think this process is a bit time consuming, however otherwise you would not benefit from the healthy components of this herb and it relates not only to yerba mate, but also to the tea brewing - boiled water is not the case, only moderate temperature, however I hate warm tea, so it will be hard for me to change my taste preferences.
An intereseting part of this is using bombilla, quite new to me, never heard.
2. Yes, it is quite surprising for me, because usually hot water is required to prepare drinks out of herbs, or seeds. For me it sounds very promising, because I hate hot food, or drinks.
3. It’s not very typical and definitely more time consuming than making a tea, or coffee. To be honest, I don’t think that I’ll ever start to drink such think regularly, because I am too lazy to do it on a daily basis 😊. To make a coffee in the office, all I have to do is press one button, and it’s free.
2. No, I read about it during my "experiments" with yerba.
3. I prepared my Yerba Mat exactly the same way. The process may seem difficult, but it's actually simple.
Yes, I have tried Yerba Mate. I really like it, but not that much to start drinking it on my own. The taste of it is really hard to describe, but I like the profits of drinking it.
2. Are you suprised that you can use both hot and cold water?
Yes, it is really interesting that we can use not only hot water. I think that the better one is with hot water rather than cold, but if I have a chance I would like to try it.
3. What do you think about the process of brewing yerba mate?
I have never been doing it, it looks really difficult to be done in proper way, on the other hand a lot of people are doing it so it shouldn’t be that hard to prepare.
Yes, I drink Yerba Mate quite a lot, I even have a special cup and a straw at home but I prefer the taste of regular coffee.
2. Are you suprised that you can use both hot and cold water?
Yes, I thought you can only brew the Yerba Mate with hot (but not too hot) water. I am not gonna try the cold brewing though.
3. What do you think about the process of brewing yerba mate?
I think it is very similar to brewing tea, not really complicated... It takes my exactly a much time as making coffee in a French press.
I have never tried yerba. I would like to feel what it tastes like. But for now, only once. I would like to read more and learn about the beneficial and harmful properties of this drink. It is unlikely that I would include this drink in my daily using, as I try to exclude caffeine from my daily intake.
2. Are you suprised that you can use both hot and cold water?
Not really. I just heard before that some types of tea are also best brewed in cold water. Well, the advantage of brewing in cold water is that the beneficial properties are not destroyed by high temperature. Therefore, I think this is good.
3. What do you think about the process of brewing yerba mate?
I think this is one of the classic brewing methods. This method is not so complicated, but still requires considerable time. It seems to me that it takes the same amount of time to brew any other tea. Therefore, I can say that brewing Yerba is very convenient in this case.
2. Are you suprised that you can use both hot and cold water?
3. What do you think about the process of brewing yerba mate?
1.I tried yerba mate a few years ago and I liked it very much. I like drink yerba mate.
I like the way it is prepared and drunk. The taste is very specific and some love it, others hate it. I like the yerba mate taste. It should also be mentioned that many people spoil the taste of yerba mate by pouring boiling water over them, which makes yerba mate more bitter than normal.
2. I was not surprised that you can use cold and warm water for pouring yerba mate.
I tried both variants. You can also add juice completely changing the taste of the drink.
3. There is nothing difficult in the brewing process of Yerba mate. It is practically no different from brewing tea - maybe except that you don't use boiling water and you need to shake the dust before pouring it. As for pouring herbs many times - I know people who do the same with ordinary tea: P
Gross !!
2. No, I wasn't surprised. I usually like mine warm, however, when I drink third or fourth brew I normally use cold water.
3. The process of brewing Yerba Mate is like a ritual which makes the whole experience kinda magical. Quite like the art of brewing and drinking tea in Japan or China but more casual. Also, I have a kettle that can be set to the chosen temperature so I don't have to wait for the water to cool down. I wholeheartedly recommend it. It wasn't even an expensive kettle or hard to come by, I bought mine in Auchan one day.
You made me make a cup at this time! I'm never going to sleep now :D
Yes, my colleague gave me a sip once. I try to recall, I think I liked it, but wasn't delighted.
2. Are you surprised that you can use both hot and cold water?
I am not, I got to know about making also other kind of tea with cold water before.
3. What do you think about the process of brewing yerba mate?
One thing that makes me reserved is when someone drinks same yerba mate for a week or after a weekend. Would he be able to recognize that his drink is moldy?
Yes, I sometimes drinks it, it have many pro-health capabilities and it is pretty tasty soft drink
2. Are you suprised that you can use both hot and cold water?
Not really, because I have some equipment and knowledge about it
3. What do you think about the process of brewing yerba mate?
Well it is really simillar to any other kind of drink to me
No, I have never tried Yerba Mate before but yes, I’m interested in trying it. You have to try new things to make life a little more interesting
2. Are you surprised that you can use both hot and cold water?
I'm a little surprised, usually soaking the leaves / herbs in cold water does not give too much effect and the drinks are not very tasty but as we can see there are always exceptions.
3. What do you think about the process of brewing yerba mate?
I don't think anything special about it, brewing like brewing it’s a little complicated like any drink that is brewed in a traditional way but this Bombilla looks interesting I would like to have one
Yes I tried Yerba Mate and I'm planning to buy myself cup set and leaves.
2. Are you suprised that you can use both hot and cold water?
Yes, I prefer cold over hot. It's refreshing and quenches thirst.
3. What do you think about the process of brewing yerba mate?
Brewing process is complicated as much as you want to. If you don't have time you just buy type that does not required special brewing.
2.I'm not surprised since I did try it many times. Both equally good methods.
3.The process is nice because it can be treated as a daily ritual. And I like little rituals like that. People say it takes a lot of time but I don't mind.
2. I was not surprised because, as I mentioned above, I drink yerba mate
3.This is a very specific process and certainly different from brewing regular tea
2. As I have already mentioned, I drank yerba mate so I know more or less how to prepare it, so it is not surprising to me that it can be brewed in both hot and cold water.
3. The brewing process is not particularly complicated. It seems to me that these recipes for brewing yerba mate are more complicated than reality. It is interesting here that the leaves can be brewed several times, not like in ordinary tea.
I heard about but never tried. Some of my friends drink it regularly and they recommended yerba to me but I love coffee and don't feel like switching. I am interested in coffee brewing and stuff but not yerba.
2. Are you surprised that you can use both hot and cold water?
Not really, in coffee brewing proccess you can use both too and some ways of doing it can amaze you. For example there is a type of coffee called cold brew which is coffee made in a process of around 10 hours in the fridge. Taste is really good and it has high content of coffeine
3. What do you think about the process of brewing yerba mate?
I don't think it is very hard. Probably you can simplify it and if you are experienced yerba drinker and brewer it becomes even easier.
Unfortunately, I have never tried Yerba Mate before but I would like to try it after having read this article. In the last few years, it became a very popular drink through young people and I'm sure that there are many restaurants where we could taste it.
2. Are you suprised that you can use both hot and cold water?
Yes, that's not typical for herb drinks.
3. What do you think about the process of brewing yerba mate?
The brewing process is pretty simple. Moreover, I'm sure that those recipes are described in a more complicated way that it is done in day-to-day life as well as brewing tea.
And you can warm up in a cold day and cool down in hot day.
After a while you shorten the preces with experience :)
With ther brewing process its of course getting easier with time and experience. You speed up things.
Fun fuct is that spoon like shape its because its easier to pull out old leaves from the matero after drinking.
Yes, I have bought all the stuff needed to properly drink it, and I do it occasionally. The taste is not really for my likings, but I bought classical version, so maybe the flavored ones are tasting much better.
2. Are you suprised that you can use both hot and cold water?
Yes, I'm kinda surprised. My main drawback for Yerba Mate was the long process of brewing, like waiting for water to be below 85 degrees. I'll definitely try drinking it with cold water.
3. What do you think about the process of brewing yerba mate?
It's much more complicated than the process of brewing black or green tea for sure, so many people that are too lazy to spend 15 minutes on making it, won't have fun drinking it.
Never tried it and even heard about it. Not interesting in this, i prefer hamburgers and kfc chickens.
2. Are you suprised that you can use both hot and cold water?
Yes i was surprised ! when i heard about that i called my friend to tell him about that and we both were stunned ! Its something new in chemistry or physics.
3. What do you think about the process of brewing yerba mate?
I think its pretty difficult, ofcorse i couldnt make it myself and even if somebody would tell me how i wont understand from first time.
I have tried Yerba Mate maybe once or twice. I liked it, but it isn't something that I would buy and drink on a regular basis.
2. Are you suprised that you can use both hot and cold water?
Yes, I thought that you have to use hot water, and that's the way I drank it. Maybe if I drank it with cold water I would like it more, because I don't really like hot drinks especially when it isn't cold outside.
3. What do you think about the process of brewing yerba mate?
I think that it's interesting, and some people drink it because of the rituals associated with it.