The Mate Guys

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• Follow-up
  • Emails! Huzzah!
• Heretic Yerba
  • Their site: https://hereticyerba.com
  • Traditional
    • Just air dried organic yerba
  • Guayusa Blend
    • Yerba blended with organic Ilex guayusa from Ecuador
  • Guayusa Blend w/ Mint
    • Now, with mint!
  • Chai
    • Yerba blended with chai spices (whole allspice, green cardamom, ginger, cinnamon, black pepper)

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• Follow-up
  • No one emailed us 🙁
  • Issue with Spotify is fixed (for now anyway…)
• Katú pt. 2
  • Their site: https://drinkkatu.com
• Rosella (blend with hibiscus, peppermint, stevia)
  • We drank this wrong last time. We drank it right this time.
• Ramblings about sweeteners, stevia, allulose…
  • Study about allulose
  • Yerba Colon Compuesta with the bikini lady (no longer being used)
  • Yerba Adelga packaging
  • The “prostate yerba”

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• Follow-up
  • No one emailed us 🙁
  • Issues with Spotify (potentially resolved at time of publish)
• Katú
  • Their site: https://drinkkatu.com
• Their Products
  • Ka’a (traditional, air dried loose leaf)
  • Kojoi (roasted)
  • Rosella (blend with hibiscus, peppermint, stevia)
    • We drank this wrong. Oops! Will rectify in the future.
  • Nitro Cold Brew (canned roasted cold brew)
  • Nitro Latte (cold brew with MCT oil and agave)

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• Not South American brands that are still around (and newish)
  • Mad Flow
  • Mate Caps
  • Native Leaf
  • Agua Mate
  • Kalmateh
• Not South American brands that have gone out of business recently 🙁
  • Inato
  • Mate Nativa
    • Have not heard a response from them. Most likely dead until proof otherwise.
  • Mate Bros
  • YMateína
  • The online store: Yerba Matero

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• Reintroduction:
  • Who are we?
  • Where are we?
  • Who are you?
• Today’s Episode:
  • The Stanley mate system…

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• Anna Park
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• Meta Mate Raw
  • Photo of the cut
  • Info about the erva
    
    

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• Follow-up
  • Yerberos
  • Anna Park
• What’s new
  • Clark’s gourd
  • Stephen’s Gourd

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• Follow-up
  • Giveaway winner
  • What chimarrão is available in the UK?
• FD La Especial and La Potente
  • Company
  • Cut
  • Blended herbs
  • Flavor

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• Follow-up
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• FEDE Rico & La Mejor
  • Company
  • Cut
  • Flavor
  • The sugar-apple, called the “pinha” in Brazil.
  • Use code “federico-15” to get 15% off of FD FEDE Rico or FD La Mejor at Tango Foods USA!
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  • Send your entry with the required info and phrase to mateguys@gmail.com! Wink wink nudge nudge

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• Reflecting on the last 5 years of mate drinking
  • I’m not doing an outline for this
  • Sorry

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• Follow-up
  • Why is my mate getting lavado after only 5 refills?
• Armiño Compuesta & Suave
  • Company
  • Cut
  • Flavor
    • Carqueja
  • Use code “mateguys15” to get 15% off of any Armiño yerba at Tango Foods USA!
    • Code valid until 11/11/2020

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• Follow-up
  • If we were to start a brand of our own, what would it be like?
  • What is the history of gourd sizes/shapes? When did the fancy silver ones come into being?
  • Why did so many brands start in the last half century?
• Armiño
  • Company/shenanigans
  • Cut
  • Flavor
  • Use code “mateguys15” to get 15% off of any Armiño yerba at Tango Foods USA!
    • Code valid until 11/11/2020

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• Follow-up
  • Mate projects in Uruguay 
  • Guayusa?
  • Chia seeds in Ruvicha
  • Non-smoked yerba?
  • Difference between suave and normal yerba?
    • Unión Suave Relax
• Cultyvada Moída Grossa
  • Company
  • Cut
  • Flavor
  • Thoughts

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• Follow-up
  • Why doesn’t Uruguay grow their own yerba?
• Ruvicha Chia
  • Company
  • Cut
  • Flavor
  • Thoughts

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• Follow-up
  • Corrections and additional info about Ruvicha
  • Mate negative rumors? Downsides?
  • Strangest ingredient we’ve seen in a blend
  • If we could create a blend, what would it be?
• Campesino Cedrón
  • Company
  • Cut
  • Flavor
  • Thoughts/Impressions

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• Follow-up
  • Nada
• Ruvicha Pantanal
  • Company
    • http://www.ruvicha.com.py
  • Cut
  • Flavor
  • Thoughts/Impressions

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• Our message

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• Follow-up
  • Water quality and mate
• Piporé Sublime
  • Company
  • Cut
  • Flavor
  • Thoughts/Impressions
  • www.tangofoodsusa.com
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