Saw a metal straw (strainer/filter) used to drink yerba mate from a glass holding the yerba mate leaves (along w/ some added ingredients for more flavor) & the brew. A lot of leaf is put in the glass which is filled once w/ some cold water (which to be sucked up a straw only to be spit out) & refilled w/ off-the-boil water for about 2 hours of drinking for family & friends sharing the one glass & one straw. The straw is a strainer w/ a wide bottom that fans out > 1/2 inch & has tiny holes to pull the liquid up. In Argentina called bombilla (which translates as light bulb & is not pronouinced as it looks).
Fortunately, I dislike this beverage so am not confronted w/ the moral dilemma involved in a product (yerba mate) which is harvested by children who do not attend school. I am attracted to the bombilla.
Nov 21st, '16, 09:39
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Re: bombilla, tea straw
The other crazy thing about this metal straw is that there is no way not to burn your tongue… I once asked Urugayan friends how they do it, and they simply replied “you just get used to it” …ethan wrote:Saw a metal straw (strainer/filter) used to drink yerba mate from a glass holding the yerba mate leaves (along w/ some added ingredients for more flavor) & the brew. A lot of leaf is put in the glass which is filled once w/ some cold water (which to be sucked up a straw only to be spit out) & refilled w/ off-the-boil water for about 2 hours of drinking for family & friends sharing the one glass & one straw. The straw is a strainer w/ a wide bottom that fans out > 1/2 inch & has tiny holes to pull the liquid up. In Argentina called bombilla (which translates as light bulb & is not pronouinced as it looks).
Fortunately, I dislike this beverage so am not confronted w/ the moral dilemma involved in a product (yerba mate) which is harvested by children who do not attend school. I am attracted to the bombilla.
There seems to be a higher rate of mouth located cancers though among avid yerba mate consumers like the gouchos
Re: bombilla, tea straw
I can't imagine drinking yerba with anything hotter than 130°F, that's just painful.Bok wrote:The other crazy thing about this metal straw is that there is no way not to burn your tongue… I once asked Urugayan friends how they do it, and they simply replied “you just get used to it” …ethan wrote:Saw a metal straw (strainer/filter) used to drink yerba mate from a glass holding the yerba mate leaves (along w/ some added ingredients for more flavor) & the brew. A lot of leaf is put in the glass which is filled once w/ some cold water (which to be sucked up a straw only to be spit out) & refilled w/ off-the-boil water for about 2 hours of drinking for family & friends sharing the one glass & one straw. The straw is a strainer w/ a wide bottom that fans out > 1/2 inch & has tiny holes to pull the liquid up. In Argentina called bombilla (which translates as light bulb & is not pronouinced as it looks).
Fortunately, I dislike this beverage so am not confronted w/ the moral dilemma involved in a product (yerba mate) which is harvested by children who do not attend school. I am attracted to the bombilla.
There seems to be a higher rate of mouth located cancers though among avid yerba mate consumers like the gouchos
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Yep, gotta drink mate cool or you'll think young factory sheng is sweet in comparison! I can't drink mate--makes me a nervous, jittery wreck!yalokinh wrote:I can't imagine drinking yerba with anything hotter than 130°F, that's just painful.Bok wrote:The other crazy thing about this metal straw is that there is no way not to burn your tongue… I once asked Urugayan friends how they do it, and they simply replied “you just get used to it” …ethan wrote:Saw a metal straw (strainer/filter) used to drink yerba mate from a glass holding the yerba mate leaves (along w/ some added ingredients for more flavor) & the brew. A lot of leaf is put in the glass which is filled once w/ some cold water (which to be sucked up a straw only to be spit out) & refilled w/ off-the-boil water for about 2 hours of drinking for family & friends sharing the one glass & one straw. The straw is a strainer w/ a wide bottom that fans out > 1/2 inch & has tiny holes to pull the liquid up. In Argentina called bombilla (which translates as light bulb & is not pronouinced as it looks).
Fortunately, I dislike this beverage so am not confronted w/ the moral dilemma involved in a product (yerba mate) which is harvested by children who do not attend school. I am attracted to the bombilla.
There seems to be a higher rate of mouth located cancers though among avid yerba mate consumers like the gouchos
The standard bombillas are cheap metal. I'm sure there are better stainless ones out there. I had a glass/mesh/plastic one for coffee that worked quite well, but it let fine grit through.
Nov 22nd, '16, 10:37
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Amazon offers these. The ? is, would we use them? While one is drinking, tea continues steeping.
Re: bombilla, tea straw
I do 1/2 of a 120ml gourd, water temp at 130°F, not to much different than gong fu really, the only problem begin the first two infusions will kick you in the teeth. It is possible to do a ton of leafjayinhk wrote:Grandpa brewing. A smsll amount of leaf in a lot of water