Drinking Yerba Mate is an absolute must if you're visiting Argentina and especially the capital - Buenos Aires. Come join us as we show you how to prepare mate tea straight from the bag using traditional gourds and straws to drink it. Did we do it well? Any tips for how we could have made it better or more authentically like an Argentine?

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How to make Yerba Mate Tea preparation in Buenos Aires, Argentina Travel Video Transcript:

Alright, so as you can probably guess from this for today's video we are in our kitchen in Buenos Aires and we are going to be teaching you how to make Yerba Mate. So, one thing we've noticed here in the supermarkets is that they have entire aisles dedicated to Mate. There must be like fifty varieties out there at least. Seriously, it was like a daunting task. Yeah, how do we choose? Which one is the right one? Um, but if you've never heard of Mate before it is kind of like a green tea. It is basically a green leaf that they kind of like smash together. Um, and you use it to make tea but not in a tea cup. We're going to be using these little things. These little mugs. Um, and normally they are made out of gourd. So that is kind of like a hollowed out pumpkin or something like that. But these are a bit more modern. I've got my matryoshka here. Show them my Monsieur Mustache. My Mr. Mustache. So this one is Sam's. Yeah, I'm excited to try that. Yeah, so you can get some that are made out of wood, there is metal ones, there is a whole bunch to choose from. But anyways, let's start making this thing.

Anyways, so then we're going to take our little straw. This is called bombila and just stick it right in there at an angle. And then we're going to grab our water which I boiled earlier. You don't want to use boiling hot water so we've had this sitting for a few minutes. Yes, they say the key is 75 degrees. 75 degrees. So that is what we're going for. So, well, I didn't really check the temperature guys, but let's just go with that.

So ready for the first sip. I didn't add any sugar to mine because I don't normally have sugar with my tea. Oh natural. Oh natural. Let's have a sip of this.

Yes. It's been a while since I had this. I never really enjoyed it as a kid when I was living in Argentina. I always thought it was gross and bitter. Haha. So it is interesting trying it as an adult. How many years later. Have your taste buds matured a little bit? Would you say? Yeah, I'm used to drinking green tea now so I do like this. It is a little bit bitter and it kind of has a grassy flavor. Can you taste those herbs? Yeah, I mean it tastes green.

Yeah, so it is actually nice. I am enjoying it. Um, and as you can see the water level has kind of gone down so you just grab some more hot water and keep refilling this. And the cool thing about this is you can fill it up upwards to 10 to 20 times before you need to replace the Mate. Yeah, so you can just. And it is a very social drink. Like if you see people drinking this on the streets of Buenos Aires you'll notice they'll be passing around the same gourd and the same straw.

So, the question is tea or mate? Which do you prefer? Well, when you're in South America, especially in Argentina you're going to want to prefer mate. Because this is like the national drink here. Yeah, we've seen people drinking this during demonstrations, during their lunch breaks, while they're hanging out at the park. Yes. Everywhere. It is an everyday part of life and if you come to Argentina - especially Buenos Aires - you're going to want to try it.

And all the other items that we used are super easy to pickup at a supermarket. And they are also really cheap. Yeah, you can also go get them at the different fairs. You can get them at the Sunday San Telmo Market or the Recoleta Sunday Fair. And you're going to pay a bit more, you're going to pay a touristy prices but you'll get something that is a bit more like artesanal. Yeah.

This is part of our Travel in Argentina series. We're making a series of videos showcasing Argentine culture, Argentine cuisine, Argentine food, Argentinian food & Argentinian cuisine.

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