Mate Cocido

I have wrote written previously about "Mate" and "Tereré" but today I want to write about "Mate Cocido", the last of the three infusions that you can obtain make from the leaves of the "Yerba Mate".

The leaves of the "Yerba Mate" are collected by hand and are dried for storage. The leaves are collected along with some pieces of wood of from the branches.

After they have been dried, the leaves are ground up into on different sizes to obtain stronger or smoother flavors. One of the sizes is almost the consistency of a  dust, and it is sold in teabags.

In During the milling process, the pieces of wood can be separated or not, giving to the clients which gives customers more options like (such as) "Con Palo" (with which contains small pieces of wood and has a smoother flavor) and so on.

The "Mate Cocido" is prepared just like you would prepare a tea. You can buy the teabags type variety or put some of the standard sized mate in a strainer and pass hot water through on it. The water temperature can be anywhere from hot to almost boiling, it depends on how strong you want to make the infusion.

Like tea, you can add ice to it and make a cool beverage. 

I drink a "Mate Cocido" in the mornings, tea on the at lunch and a coffee in the afternoon.

I love the coffee, but I can't drink more than a cup daily (because it gives me the heartburn) and I only like tea when it is iced, so the "Mate Cocido" is a great alternative to for me.

Very interesting Cristian!  You certainly have many choices in Argentina when it comes to beverages!

Mate Cocido

I have wrote  wriitten about "Mate" and "Tereré". Today I want to write about "Mate Cocido", the last of the three infusions that you can obtain from the leaves of the "Yerba Mate".

The leaves of the "Yerba Mate" are collected by hand and are dried for storage. The leaves are collected along with some pieces of wood of the branches.

After they have been dried, the leaves are ground onto different sizes to obtain stronger or smoother flavors. One of the sizes is almost a like  dust, and it is sold in teabags.

In the milling process, the pieces of wood can be separated or not, giving to the clients more options like "Con Palo" (with small pieces of wood and smooth flavor) and so on.

The "Mate Cocido" is prepared just like you prepare a tea, you can buy the teabags type or put some of the standard size in a strainer and pass pour hot water on it. The water temperature can be from hot to almost boiling, it depends on how strong you want to make the infusion.

Like tea, you can add ice to it and make a cool beverage

I drink a "Mate Cocido" in the mornings, tea on   during  the lunch and a coffee in the afternoon.

I love the coffee, but I can't drink more than a cup daily (because the heartburn) and I only like tea when it is iced, so the "Mate Cocido" is a great alternative to for me.pr

Cuando viajabamos en Argentina, hemos probado yerba mate. Nos gustó con alguna azucar. No me di cuenta de que habia varias maneras de prepararlo