Comments on: The Maté Experiment and Its Dangers http://www.uruguayliving.com/2008/09/19/the-mate-experiment-and-its-dangers/ Sun, 10 Jul 2011 12:30:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: izmir2 http://www.uruguayliving.com/2008/09/19/the-mate-experiment-and-its-dangers/comment-page-1/#comment-734 izmir2 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:59:53 +0000 http://www.uruguayliving.com/2008/09/19/the-mate-experiment-and-its-dangers/#comment-734 Oh man, I can't stop laughing! Being an avid mate drinker myself, if you were willing to crack the mate code (anyone who bears a hot water burning on his skin is entitled to it), I'd be delighed to provide detailed step-by-step guidance in English on how to: * buy the best wooden mate (not bacteria-prone gourd), * 'tan' (curar) the mate prior to first use, * 'feed' (cebar) the mate (i.e. pour water in order to drink) without having it 'washed' (i.e. lavado, or undrinkably tasteless), * take appropriate care of mate gadgetry in order to prolong taste and avoid bacteria * reveal the right water temperature in degrees Fahrenheit (NEW) This for free, if you promise to remove the tilde (´) from the word mate in future posts. I mean it. izmir2 (at) hotmail dot co dot uk Oh man, I can’t stop laughing!

Being an avid mate drinker myself, if you were willing to crack the mate code (anyone who bears a hot water burning on his skin is entitled to it), I’d be delighed to provide detailed step-by-step guidance in English on how to:
* buy the best wooden mate (not bacteria-prone gourd),
* ‘tan’ (curar) the mate prior to first use,
* ‘feed’ (cebar) the mate (i.e. pour water in order to drink) without having it ‘washed’ (i.e. lavado, or undrinkably tasteless),
* take appropriate care of mate gadgetry in order to prolong taste and avoid bacteria
* reveal the right water temperature in degrees Fahrenheit (NEW)

This for free, if you promise to remove the tilde (´) from the word mate in future posts.
I mean it. izmir2 (at) hotmail dot co dot uk

]]> By: Wally Glass http://www.uruguayliving.com/2008/09/19/the-mate-experiment-and-its-dangers/comment-page-1/#comment-730 Wally Glass Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:43:05 +0000 http://www.uruguayliving.com/2008/09/19/the-mate-experiment-and-its-dangers/#comment-730 David- I'll give you 3 weeks before you are back to coffee. Before moving here, we read about the extensive benefits of Maté. I was so impressed that we bought some leaves and also a maté and bombilla (though even after viewing all of the videos on the subject was too much trouble). Having decided to brew and consume this healthy alternative to coffee was our plan. Let us know how long you keep it up...... David- I’ll give you 3 weeks before you are back to coffee. Before moving here, we read about the extensive benefits of Maté. I was so impressed that we bought some leaves and also a maté and bombilla (though even after viewing all of the videos on the subject was too much trouble). Having decided to brew and consume this healthy alternative to coffee was our plan.

Let us know how long you keep it up……

]]> By: Alberto http://www.uruguayliving.com/2008/09/19/the-mate-experiment-and-its-dangers/comment-page-1/#comment-728 Alberto Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:04:32 +0000 http://www.uruguayliving.com/2008/09/19/the-mate-experiment-and-its-dangers/#comment-728 David, better go away before you become completely Uruguayan! Drinking mate is the first step; before you know Borko will be driving you in a 1976 FIAT with a piece of iron wire instead of the original radio anthena. Now, if you insist in staying, let me give you a couple of tips: 1) It's not "maté" but "mate". It's pronounced stressing "ma", not "te". 2) If you grab the gourd with the same hand where you wear your watch, pass the gourd to the other hand whenever you're asked for the time. David, better go away before you become completely Uruguayan! Drinking mate is the first step; before you know Borko will be driving you in a 1976 FIAT with a piece of iron wire instead of the original radio anthena.

Now, if you insist in staying, let me give you a couple of tips:

1) It’s not “maté” but “mate”. It’s pronounced stressing “ma”, not “te”.
2) If you grab the gourd with the same hand where you wear your watch, pass the gourd to the other hand whenever you’re asked for the time.

]]> By: muffterry http://www.uruguayliving.com/2008/09/19/the-mate-experiment-and-its-dangers/comment-page-1/#comment-725 muffterry Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:51:20 +0000 http://www.uruguayliving.com/2008/09/19/the-mate-experiment-and-its-dangers/#comment-725 Hello Mr. Southron: Could you expound a little more on the reason for switching from coffee to Yerba tea? Even though in your previous descriptions of the taste and rigamarole that one has to go through in order to brew and use the tea. What is the real reason for switching? Don't get me wrong I'm all for trying new things and if the end product ( can justify means ) increases the energy level with out the jittery result of drinking coffee; I want to give it a go. Hopefully, I'll be able to experience it first hand when I get there in November. I'll have a 4 hour wait at the BA airport before catching a flight to MVD; is there any place in BA to get a good yerba maté close to the airport? Or, should I wait until I get to MVD? Thanks, Muffterry Hello Mr. Southron:

Could you expound a little more on the reason for switching from coffee to Yerba tea? Even though in your previous descriptions of the taste and rigamarole that one has to go through in order to brew and use the tea. What is the real reason for switching? Don’t get me wrong I’m all for trying new things and if the end product ( can justify means ) increases the energy level with out the jittery result of drinking coffee; I want to give it a go. Hopefully, I’ll be able to experience it first hand when I get there in November. I’ll have a 4 hour wait at the BA airport before catching a flight to MVD; is there any place in BA to get a good yerba maté close to the airport? Or, should I wait until I get to MVD?

Thanks,

Muffterry

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