Yerbador Mate Blog

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Yerba Mate Set for Two – Which One to Choose as a Gift or for Drinking Together?

A yerba mate set for two is a simple way to avoid arguing over a single matero in the morning. It makes sense when two people drink at home, or when you’re looking for a gift for a couple who already know yerba mate and want to drink it together, rather than taking turns from…

Blue Yerbador thermos with a cup, matero and bombilla in a box

Yerba Mate Starter Set – What Should It Include and Which One to Choose?

Buying your first yerba mate ever and not sure where to start? That’s completely normal. The leaves themselves are only half the story – without the right vessel and a bombilla, you simply won’t be able to brew it the way Argentinians or Paraguayans have done for generations. That’s why a yerba mate starter set…

Hand-painted Oaza matero with yerba and a bombilla by turquoise water

Yerba Mate and Iodine – Is It a Good Source of This Mineral?

Yerba mate and iodine is a topic that differs from potassium, calcium, magnesium, zinc, sodium and phosphorus, which we’ve already covered in this series, in one important respect – iodine simply doesn’t occur in significant amounts in land plants, including yerba mate. This element is associated primarily with the sea: with seaweed, fish and iodised…

Green Yerbador matero with yerba and a bombilla on a kitchen countertop

Yerba Mate and Phosphorus – Is It a Good Source of This Mineral?

Yerba Mate and phosphorus is a pairing that rarely comes up in conversations about this plant – we usually talk about caffeine, metabolism or the ritual of drinking from a bombilla. Yet phosphorus is the second most abundant mineral in the body after calcium, present in every bone and every cell, because without it neither…