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Live Reports from Brasil
We have been experiencing some difficulties with our website and are posting reports from Brasil under Metamateberlin.de https://www.metamateberlin.de/a-royal-reception/ https://www.metamateberlin.de/meeting-of-mates-1/...
Mate Workshops at Fusion & Summer Tereres
This summer we pass the cuia to the next generation of Materos. And as long as the sun keeps shining at a minimum of 23°, our junior Cebadors will be happy to serve you a refreshing terere. Stop by and enjoy a calm moment. For the Month of July we will have...
Celebrating Caa’s Cuia
With its roots in the realm of the wild Gauchos, modern day mate culture is mostly male dominated. Similar to the monocultural landscapes from where mate is sourced, its production sphere is generally dominated by patriarchal structures. Both are aimed at increasing...
Knowledge
Yaupon Holly Craft
A German Gaucho is inspired from his grandfather to make Ilex Paraguariensis as craft: Ricardo Lorenz – The inspiration or The God Father – Meta Mate Brasil Growing up with Mate, Ricardo started to produce craft Mate do Alemao (German Mate) in 2005 as a hobby...
Krithika à yerba-mate – an english ode to precision
Correcting yerba-mate, erva-mate, or mate tea, attempts to educate mate drinkers about an important mistake in its linguistic history. The name yerba-mate is a neologism coined centuries ago by combining the Spanish word yerba (herb) with the Quechua mate (vessel)....
Mate Production & Consumption: Ecological Footprint
Meta Mate Berlin and the Mate e.V. want to promote awareness about the ecological footprint of consuming mate, targeting to inform both consumers and producers of the different options. There are different sources of the mate herb, different ways of drying it in...
Products
Yaupon Holly Craft
A German Gaucho is inspired from his grandfather to make Ilex Paraguariensis as craft: Ricardo Lorenz – The inspiration or The God Father – Meta Mate Brasil Growing up with Mate, Ricardo started to produce craft Mate do Alemao (German Mate) in 2005 as a hobby...
Chaga Mate
In a joint venture with Essential Living, we were fortunate to have the opportunity to harvest some wild Chaga in the Baltic Birch forests this summer. Swedish Meta Matero, Kevala, shared with us the wonders of a healing herb (actually a mushroom) from his region....
Cuia Critics….
No words can express how it feels to drink a fresh mate, it cannot be judged by one sip, one must drink it in silence, and get to know the mate, sometimes it takes a few cuias to familiarize ones self with. It is hard for us to define how the mate tastes when someone...
Tutorials
How to make a Mate
There are many ways to make a mate and everyone has their own technique with special tricks. Most tutorials however are more suitable for leafy cut Mates while fine cut tutorials are often made by and for a public that has grown up in the chimarrao culture. drinking...
Tutorial Menu
As we aim for the highest quality mate this includes a high level of education. On our you tube channel you will find tutorials in other languages and other videos such as reviews, mate harvesting and presentations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQgk-JC5Jes We...
Raw Recipes with Mate
Meta Mate Raw lends itself to numerous possibilities in the kitchen for those wishing to experiment Energy Balls: Grind the following ingredients separately: 200g of Nuts (Almonds, Cashews, Hazelnuts & ParaNuts) 250g of Dried Fruits (Dates, Apricotes, Apples) 25g...
