The Many Ways to Prepare Yerba Mate
The Traditional Way:
- Heat up the water and bring it to a simmer (around 170-180 degrees Fahrenheit).
- While the water heats up, fill the gourd with 3/4 of yerba mate.
- Cover the top of the mate gourd with the palm of your hand, turn the gourd over while covering it and give it a light shake. This step helps mix & blend all of the properties of the yerba together.
- Add a little bit of cold water to the middle of the yerba in the gourd to hydrate it.
- Place the bombilla into the mate until the filter touches the bottom, and the bombilla itself rests on the border of the gourd.
- By now the water should be heated, which then one transfers it into the thermos.
- For a sweeter, less bitter taste, you can add a sweetener of choice either to the yerba in the gourd, or to the water in the thermos.
- Pour hot water into the gourd, aiming near the bombilla that is placed in the center of the yerba.
- Enjoy your mate all day and the multitude of benefits it has to offer!
French Press
- Use 1.5 tsp of Yerba Mate per serving, and put it into the French Press.
- Bring water to a simmer, and pour the water into a French Press.
- Let the water and the Yerba leaves steep for 3-10 minutes, depending on how strong you want it.
Coffee Maker
- Place 1.5 tsp of Yerba Mate per serving in the filter basket.
- Brew normally, and adjust to desired strength.
Mateccino or Mate Latte
- Brew an 8 oz cup of hot Yerba Mate in your french press or coffee maker.
- Add sweetener of choice (stevia, honey, maple syrup, agave or sugar).
- Heat up your milk of choice (regular milk, almond, coconut or oat milk).
- Pour the hot milk over the 8 oz of brewed Yerba Mate.
- Enjoy it hot or iced.
Terere
- Brew an 8 oz cup of hot Yerba Mate.
- Pour into a cup and add ice.
- Garnish it with fruit and herbs (lemon, ginger, fresh mint, basil, oranges).
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