My coffee has a bit of a grassy note today.

I've already finished drinking it. I had about 600-700 ml. On the downside, the calabash turned out to be not very convenient in terms of the amount of yerba it holds. It’s not visible here, but I put in 25 grams. To fill it to the brim and make it look nice, I would need to put in 35 grams, or even all 50. But that would exceed my usual caffeine intake. I might consider filling this gap with chamomile, mint, or fireweed in the future.

As for the taste, I drank regular Playadito from the yellow pack. The aroma was like tobacco, and the taste reminded me of a Russian sauna broom and lemongrass. Honestly, it wasn’t exactly what I was looking for 😅 I’ll try other brands, including different processing methods.

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Playadito is one of the cheapest and most common ones. There are premium, organic, smoked you name it.

And don't worry about filling it up because it's not normally the case with large mates like that one. Just keep enough in it to cover the low part of the straw and about 1/3rd of the mate and not make a soup out of it. The yerba will gain size as you pour water.

Be aware of a common story shared among old folks here: no one likes mate at first. But gradually and then suddenly:

You will find yourself walking the streets like this.

🇦🇷🧉🫶🏼 mate lovers

Cheers

🧉🇦🇷 el mejor compañero para todo trabajo

sweet mate here

Now I want a wooden calabash too 🤭