How To Prepare YERBA MATE (Like Argentines)

As an Argentinian I was raised enjoying Yerba Mate every single day. I want to share how to prepare it like a local so next time you travel to South America or meet people from there, you know it! ;-)
PART 1: • What Is YERBA MATE !? ...
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DISCLAIMER
🚨 Some photos were taken from Wikimedia Commons (Hope Place and Gauchos Mateando). The Guaraní drawing is from YerbaMateArgentina.org.ar

[@ThunderousThrasher]

I bought my first patch of Yerba mate and I’m waiting it to arrive. Can’t wait to experience my first sip

[@yusufanbarfirdausi621]

man... your calm voice with the story, everything about your video are all addicting. I hope more people discover this amazing channel.

[@AleSalvino]

Thank you so much Yusuf!! So glad you liked some of the videos! 🇦🇷 🧉

[@malalalalalala]

I'm from germany and started drinking yerba mate a week ago and already love it! Wish more people here would drink it!

[@AleSalvino]

that's amazing! glad you liked it and enjoy drinking it! I know in Germany they like Club Mate as well but it's great you like the proper Yerba Mate drink :) 🧉

[@eugeniah25]

Nice video! I can’t live without mate, I drink it everyday since I was 10 years old😂❤

[@andreaalexis1484]

The passion for the drink people from your region seem to share, that having a hot thermos to top it off so you can have more is considered the standard, is just such an absolutely beautifully unique cultural difference! Love your videos and your genuine enthusiasm to share something from where youre from with this quality of a video is a serious treat(: god bless from the USA!

[@AleSalvino]

Definitely love mate 🧉 and sharing here with the world means a lot :) It's all about sharing and having a god company for whatever you need to do during the day, I couldn't find that in coffee or tea, so I'm always excited when it's mate time. Thanks a lot again for your nice comments and let me know if I can help you in anything with your mate journey! Have a great weekend 🙏

[@iDoPew]

Amazingly well done video! WOW!

[@AleSalvino]

thank you, have a great week!

[@Unesology]

I have never heard of it. You got me curious to try it, i will have to try to find it. Great videos btw i like the editing skills - brilliant

[@AleSalvino]

Thank you so much! Yes definitely give it a go, if you want to get "Yerba" in London there's a place called "Casa Argentina" near Wimbledon Park, otherwise they take orders online. Amazon works too but it's a bit more expensive. Keep up the great work on your channel too!

[@Abrpatel]

Thought i heard you talking about your favorite drink before. Nice cinematic history lesson on the drink!

[@AleSalvino]

Thank you Abhi! I'm trying to share this passion with more people as I feel Yerba Mate is not super well known around the world (compared to coffee, tea, etc.). 🧉

[@Abrpatel]

@@AleSalvino You should make an amazon video on getting the supplies and put links in the description for those new to this and want to try it. Like a starters kit for trying the drink.

[@AleSalvino]

@@Abrpatel great idea! it could be interesting at some point to put a guide "from zero to hero" 🚀

[@viking1977]

Otro argentino que se suscribe.gracias por divulgar nuestras costumbres hermano.saludos desde buenos aires

[@AleSalvino]

Gracias por mirar el video y el buen comentario hermano, un abrazo grande! 🇦🇷

[@rodolfogustavofernandez3647]

Jajaja maravilloso!, Y el vínculo que crea al compartirlo con nuestros afectos es único, extraño no poder compartirlo con mi esposa cuando estoy de viaje!, Gracias por hacer trascender costumbres tan nuestras!, Slds

[@AleSalvino]

Tal cual! El vínculo que crea con nuestros afectos es único! 🧉 yo lo extraño mucho al viajar también ya que no me lo puedo llevar siempre jeje 😀

[@SarahandMarek]

Ale!! Please can you make an editing tutorial!? We sit here, jaws dropped, every time we watch one of your films! Absolutely incredible :D

[@AleSalvino]

Haha actually it's on my to-do list for next year, have a bunch of videos I want to make about gear, planning and editing, you read my mind guys! 😀 Love your vlogs as always :)

[@SarahandMarek]

@@AleSalvino that is excellent news! 🥳

[@bewfern]

good present yerba mate. Enjoy it !

[@AleSalvino]

for sure! ✌️

[@nealhardison904]

Fuerza amigo! Aguante el mate! Saludos desde Córdoba! Y hacete un vídeo del Fernet con Coca! Jaja

[@AleSalvino]

Gracias Neal! Tengo que hacer uno así más adelante jaja. Qué haces por Córdoba?

[@nealhardison904]

@@AleSalvino Nacido acá! Ahora ando de paseo por Catamarca! Te ganaste un subscriptor !

[@AleSalvino]

@@nealhardison904 wow por un momento pensé que andabas de viaje por ahí! Qué crack, gracias! En algún momento me gustaría viajar un poco más por las provincias en Argentina para mostrar en el canal lo lindo que es el país! 🇦🇷🧉

[@KrisKazlauskaite]

I joined the 'Mate Club' 8 years ago and as you drink it everyday, i like the taste, keeps me awake when i need to stay long or generally after work day brings me back on feet! Honestly - one of the best discoveries ever! Thanks for sharing that!🧉👏

[@AleSalvino]

We need to introduce mate in Lithuania too! 🧉🇱🇹We can frame it as a "strong tea" to switch the usual herbal 🌿ones! Glad you're a "matera" now! 🤟

[@AleSalvino]

Have you ever tried mate? 🧉 *PART 1* here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYW9qZeknrx7i8k (longer version and using Yerba Mate Rosamonte instead of Taragüi)

[@H0108811]

I just started drinking mate and loving it!! I'm just wondering can I make it using cold water since it's pretty hot here in Vietnam!! Thank you

[@AleSalvino]

that's so cool Tony! 🇻🇳 🧉 You can definitely make it using cold water, ice and some pieces of lemon or any other fruit if you like it. That's how they normally drink it in Paraguay, it's called "tereré". 😀

[@H0108811]

@@AleSalvino thank you Ale! So after shaking the gourd, I just pour in warm water for the mate to brew a bit, then insert the bombilla and then use cold water instead of hot water? Am I right? Thanks a lot

[@AleSalvino]

@@H0108811 exactly! give it a go and let me know ;-) that version is called Tereré (not Mate anymore) and really popular in Paraguay as it was invented by Guaraní people.🧉

[@H0108811]

Thank you Ale!! You're the man! The "tereré" is a real savior for me during the hot and humid weather over here!!

[@AleSalvino]

@@H0108811 I can imagine! I visited Vietnam in 2015 around July... and it was soooo hot that I can see why 🤪

[@jenniferwong1860]

i would love to drink it at night but even drinking it in the late afternoon keeps me up all night 😭😭

[@AleSalvino]

Oh that's true! worth paying attention due to the caffeine factor, you don't want to interrupt your sleep! For me because I started drinking mate from such a young age, not sure it affects me so much anymore haha :)

[@reptilefrenzyllc3721]

So do you keep adding water to the same leaves all day or make a new batch everytime?

[@AleSalvino]

Not all day, just as much as it takes you to finish one thermos (0.5 litres). I normally change the Yerba after I finish 0.5 / 1 litres because it "washes" out, you can see the Yerba is floating so that means it's not fresh anymore, the flavour is almost gone, that's also a good indication that it's time to change it. ✌🏼

[@Del-Canada]

This reminds me of the 1970s Paypal Buttermilk version of John Pesci.

[@gustavomuela3935]

Do you know places to buy the gourd and the bombilla?

[@AleSalvino]

in what country?

[@gustavomuela3935]

@@AleSalvino the US

[@AleSalvino]

@@gustavomuela3935 never bought there but checking online I see GoYerbaMate, YerbaCrew, YerbaMatero, MyMateWorld and Walmart. Check them out. I was in Miami earlier this year and saw in many of these Latino shops Yerba and Mates (gourds/bombillas etc).

[@RareAirTwo4]

What is the taste of mate? Like a bitter green tea?

[@AleSalvino]

Mate is more bitter, more pronounced and bolder than green tea or other herbal teas. I also find most yerba mate to be more or less tobaccoey and earthy than most of the teas. It's amazing, you should try it! :)

[@functorsandthecity]

Yerba is incredibly variable from brand to brand, even in the same "category". There are major categories though: Argentine con palo (sometimes very suave like Union, sometimes very strong like La Tranquera), Argentine despalada, Uruguayan, chimarrao (Brazilian), terere (Paraguayan, consumed ice cold). Each of these is a whole category, maybe more dissimilar from each other than white/red wine. Generally speaking mate is very bitter. Yerbas that have bits of stems (palo) will be less bitter and easier on the stomach (if you have like acidity issues) than yerbas without stem. But you could write reviews like wine reviews on specific brands. It's a very rich universe -- much much richer than coffee in terms of how much there is to explore flavor-wise.

[@LaureninGermany]

Ok, I have tried mate, but not like this! I‘ll be right over….

[@AleSalvino]

Oh yes Lauren, I tried in Germany "Club Mate" drink, it's certainly made from the yerba tea shrub but more like a "soft drink" and not the mate we drink in South America. Worth giving it a go :)

[@45-Subscribers]

Married to a Uruguayan. Don’t need to “shake it”.

[@AleSalvino]

What would be the best way then? 🤔

[@redcapote4760]

Those of you who drink this daily, are you able to sleep okay at night? I worry about that.

[@AleSalvino]

It depends on how much you drink. I’ve been drinking mate since I was a little kid so I can drink in the morning, afternoon and night and still ok to sleep. But if you start now, I’d recommend you have it in the morning only 🧉 🇦🇷:)

[@redcapote4760]

@@AleSalvino That’s interesting because some people want to claim it helps you sleep better at night. But caffeine is caffeine.

[@desahanayam]

Why is this guy calling it sherba hahahaha

[@AleSalvino]

That’s how we pronounce it in Buenos Aires, Argentina 🇦🇷 🧉 and also in Uruguay 🇺🇾

[@ishrendon6435]

It didnt help me lol coffee is still the best

[@AleSalvino]

oops, sorry to hear that, hope you give it another chance 🧉 ✌️