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Drinking Yerba Maté

Tea bags:

Hot tea: Pour one cup of hot (but not boiling!) water over one tea bag. Steep 4-5 minutes or to desired strength. Can be used for two cups of tea.
Iced tea: Just add cold water and steep 5-8 minutes. No hot water required! Try a tea bag in your sport bottle to give you that extra energy you need after a tough workout.

Loose tea: When using a tea ball or french press, use one teaspoon of yerba maté for each cup of water. Steep 4-5 minutes or to desired strength. Either hot or cold water can be used.

Traditional: When using a maté glass, gourd or other traditional South American container, fill it a third of the way with yerba maté and insert the bombilla. Then add water and wait for the yerba maté to become moist. When the water has been absorbed, begin filling with fresh hot (but not boiling!) or iced cold water. Promptly drink the maté glass dry, as loose yerba maté is very robust and requires no steeping. The yerba maté will mellow with each refill of water. The glass should be refilled 10-15 times until all of the nutrients are extracted!

Novice yerba maté drinkers may want to start out with just a couple of tablespoons. Also, resist the urge to stir the yerba mate with the bombilla! This produces dust and makes for difficult drinking.

	Drinking Yerba Maté Tea bags: Hot tea: Pour one cup of hot (but not boiling!) water over one tea bag. Steep 4-5 minutes or to desired strength. Can be used for two cups of tea. *Iced tea:* Just add cold water and steep 5-8 minutes. No hot water required! Try a tea bag in your sport bottle to give you that extra energy you need after a tough workout. Loose tea: When using a tea ball or french press, use one teaspoon of yerba maté for each cup of water. Steep 4-5 minutes or to desired strength. Either hot or cold water can be used. Traditional: When using a maté glass, gourd or other traditional South American container, fill it a third of the way with yerba maté and insert the bombilla. Then add water and wait for the yerba maté to become moist. When the water has been absorbed, begin filling with fresh hot (but not boiling!) or iced cold water. Promptly drink the maté glass dry, as loose yerba maté is very robust and requires no steeping. The yerba maté will mellow with each refill of water. The glass should be refilled 10-15 times until all of the nutrients are extracted! Novice yerba maté drinkers may want to start out with just a couple of tablespoons. Also, resist the urge to stir the yerba mate with the bombilla! This produces dust and makes for difficult drinking.