![]() The number for Syria is especially astounding, considering the impact of the current civil war. In fact, Syria is the second-largest importer of Yerba maté in the world, next to Bolivia, with Argentina exporting 34.5 million kilos to Syria in 2018. While visiting the Middle East, visitors are often surprised by the ubiquitous presence of Yerba maté, especially in Syria and Lebanon. The drink is loved especially across Latin and Arab cultures and has a rich history. The beverage looks like loose green tea leaves in water with a filtered straw. The leaves are handpicked, dried, roasted, and ground to create the drink. From this standpoint this mate very much resembles of a coffee - every time I drank Taragüi Sin Palo I felt an incredible surge of energy! This mate is bound to be the morning mate - the clarity of mind and energy are present throughout the day, but unlike coffee I haven’t experienced the so called “caffeine hangover” and increased heartbeat.Yerba maté is a naturally caffeinated beverage made from the leaves of a holly tree, Ilex paraguariensis, found in the rainforests of Latin America. No matter if it's hot mate or cold tereré,Īfter I finished drinking Taragüi Sin Palo I started to comprehend the true nature of this mate - the effects it gave truly impressed me. The last thing you want while drinking mate is to constantly re-heat your water or add more ice to it. I would say that the drinking duration of Taragüi Sin Palo is moderate. Taste is completely gone after around 20 refills which is fairly good in my book. It continues uninteresting taste of Taragüi Sin Palo and disappoints.īecause of the faint flavors it is somewhat hard to tell when Taragüi Sin Palo becomes lavado. The aftertaste of this mate is short, simple and tobaccoey. It’s not sweet, it’s not tart and combined with the fact that the flavors are so weak, this mate feels like water in the mouth, so I would say that Taragüi Sin Palo has light body. Taragüi Sin Palo is moderately bitter and strong, but it’s not full-bodied mate, I would even say that it’s not medium-bodied. Prunes and dry fruits are gone completely and the slightly-sweet wooden flavor is so faint that it doesn’t really adds anything to the whole picture. It is simple, flat, with a huge dominance of earthy and tobacco flavors. Honestly, the taste of Taragüi Sin Palo slightly disappointed me. If you prefer traditional kettle you can use a Most convenient way to get ideal water temperature is to use an ![]() There is no need to try it with lower or higher temperatures - you won’t find any hidden flavors in different water. In my experience the temperature of water for preparing Taragüi Sin Palo doesn’t play a huge role - standard temperature ofħ0☌ / 160☏ is ideal for this mate. ![]() It should help new mate drinkers and people looking for coffee alternatives enjoy the taste and benefits of yerba mate with no difficulties. On their website manufacturer also points out alternative way of preparing Taragüi Sin Palo using french press, which is certainly more simple and accessible way of preparing yerba mate. Spring bombilla will surely let some of leaves in or may even clog. It will take you few pours of water to tame Taragüi Sin Palo, and after each pour expect to mold the mountain of yerba with your bombilla, otherwise it will crumble again - this yerba mate is definitely not newbie-friendly when it comes to traditional preparation.īomba - the cut of Taragüi Sin Palo is not the hardest to drink through, but This yerba mate consists of pure leaf and is hard to prepare in the gourd - dry mountain of yerba easily crumbles from the slightest movements and yerba doesn’t absorb the first pour of room temperature water. PreparationĪs I expected, Taragüi Sin Palo proved to be uneasy in traditional preparation. I am adherent of more balanced cuts both in terms of taste and comfort of drinking, so when I first saw Taragüi Sin Palo I was immediately interested in what Las Marias tried to achieve with this yerba mate, for what reason they made those compromises by creating such clean pure leaf cut. The absence of powder and stems takes away the “grip” of yerba mate in the gourd and can lead to difficulties during the traditional preparation. The first thing I noticed was that this yerba mate is very loose. The leaves themselves are chopped finely for Argentine despalada, although not as fine Uruguayan yerba mate. There are absolutely no stems and powder in the cut of Taragüi Sin Palo. Manufacturer claims that they harvested and processed only pure leaf for this despalada and I believe them. Light hint of wood finishes this sour-sweet and pleasant combination on smells. Taragüi Sin Palo has very interesting aroma - the dominant role takes, of course, distinctive Taragüi smell of dry tobacco, but it is quickly replaced by strong aromas of dried plums and dry fruits.
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