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I hate to say this, but "you're doing it wrong". Mate is not prepared like herbal tea, which is why you don't like it: you're preparing it wrong. It's also a l

by the_af 4y ago

I hate to say this, but "you're doing it wrong". Mate is not prepared like herbal tea, which is why you don't like it: you're preparing it wrong. It's also a low brow infusion, people from lower social strata drink it as much as well offs, so it has nothing to do with being hipster. Again, go watch an Argentinian YouTube video to learn how it's supposed to be prepared. It's OK if you don't like it -- don't tell other Argies, but I don't like it either -- but at least first learn how you should brew it!

sombragris 4y ago
In fact it could be. It's one way of preparing the tea known as "mate cocido" or just "cocido". You brew it as you would brew regular tea leaves. People here prefer "cocido quemado", which is yerba mate roasted with sugar on charcoal for brewing tea, but brewing cocido as an herbal tea is quite well known and accepted. And I admit the taste is somewhat different not only to other teas, but to other mate brews and beverages, as well. If you would like to try yerba mate, I'd suggest you do tereré. Nothing like ice-cold tereré in a scorching summer day.
- the_af 4y ago
  I'm an Argie. I've tried mate in all its forms. I liked mate cocido as a young kid, but not anymore. I've of course tried tereré as well. My wife is a heavy mate drinker, and she takes it with a spoonful of sugar -- tried it, didn't like it either. Nothing could make me like it now, trust me. Just pointing out the parent commenter thought he was buying a kind of herbal tea, which mate is not, and he prepared it wrong (though I suppose mate en saquitos is the closest to a tea). No surprise he didn't enjoy it! Calling mate "a hipster thing" hints at ignorance, don't you think? It's like calling green tea a hipster thing just because you aren't used to it. Millions of Chinese people would disagree!

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I hate to say this, but "you're doing it wrong". Mate is not prepared like herbal tea, which is why you don't like it: you're preparing it wrong. It's also a l

by the_af 4y ago

sombragris 4y ago
In fact it could be. It's one way of preparing the tea known as "mate cocido" or just "cocido". You brew it as you would brew regular tea leaves. People here prefer "cocido quemado", which is yerba mate roasted with sugar on charcoal for brewing tea, but brewing cocido as an herbal tea is quite well known and accepted. And I admit the taste is somewhat different not only to other teas, but to other mate brews and beverages, as well. If you would like to try yerba mate, I'd suggest you do tereré. Nothing like ice-cold tereré in a scorching summer day.
- the_af 4y ago
  I'm an Argie. I've tried mate in all its forms. I liked mate cocido as a young kid, but not anymore. I've of course tried tereré as well. My wife is a heavy mate drinker, and she takes it with a spoonful of sugar -- tried it, didn't like it either. Nothing could make me like it now, trust me. Just pointing out the parent commenter thought he was buying a kind of herbal tea, which mate is not, and he prepared it wrong (though I suppose mate en saquitos is the closest to a tea). No surprise he didn't enjoy it! Calling mate "a hipster thing" hints at ignorance, don't you think? It's like calling green tea a hipster thing just because you aren't used to it. Millions of Chinese people would disagree!