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Originally Posted by churley

Now...back to those gourds..lol. I want all the details! do you really drink tea from a gourd?

Yup. Have a look..

Originally Posted by xman

Your gourds may be sexier, but I'm pretty sure min is bigger. I have a HUGE gourd I brought back from South America, but I don't use it because it has a veeeeeerrrrry slow leak. I just use a mug. I get even more in that way. I typically drink 3 or 4 cups a day. My FIL introduced me to it about 5 or 6 years ago. I never did have a problem with rotting yerba though. You shouldn't let it sit there. Clean it out as soon as you're done and you should be good.

X

I've got a nice mate gourd on an aluminum base, a really big mate made from bull horn with alpaca artwork, and a plain mate gourd with aztek artwork.

The tea is generally drank from the gourd by multiple people. Half the gourd is filled with tea and water continually added as needed until the tea taste has virtually completely gone. I usually drink 2 to 3 gourds a day and thought that would keep the tea from going bad but it isn't I've tried putting the gourd in the fridge at night but that doesn't seem to help either. I've taken to using a tea ball in the gourd and just getting 2 cups from the tea ball but I'd like to get back to drinking it the traditional way .

Remind me again what a Gourd is. it's like a melon or a cantelope right?

I only drink herbal teas myself. At the moment we have a...uhm...what's Rooibos in Enghlish? anyway. Rooibos with Orange tea that's very nice. I do add some sugar because I have a sweet tooth but if you do just enough it enhances the flavour while not covering it up. Lovely stuff.

Originally Posted by xman

Your gourds may be sexier, but I'm pretty sure min is bigger. I have a HUGE gourd I brought back from South America, but I don't use it because it has a veeeeeerrrrry slow leak. I just use a mug. I get even more in that way. I typically drink 3 or 4 cups a day. My FIL introduced me to it about 5 or 6 years ago. I never did have a problem with rotting yerba though. You shouldn't let it sit there. Clean it out as soon as you're done and you should be good.

X

I spent a little time looking at the Yerba Mate site this morning. Very Interesting!! My Mom likes to drink tea....I think I will purchase some items for her from the site.

X.....my Mom likes to drink flavored herbal teas on occasion but mostly drinks "Green Tea"....do you have any suggestions for which might be a good choice for her ?

Colleen

Originally Posted by LX_Emergency

At the moment we have a...uhm...what's Rooibos in Enghlish?

=Rooibos.

I just finished a cup of green Rooibos. Delightful stuff...

Nenad

Originally Posted by churley

Mom likes to drink flavored herbal teas on occasion but mostly drinks "Green Tea"....do you have any suggestions for which might be a good choice for her ?

Colleen

Rooibos, African tea contains no caffeine is a very good tea, and Jasmine Green tea is a blast too...

Nenad

Originally Posted by superfly

Rooibos, African tea contains no caffeine is a very good tea, and Jasmine Green tea is a blast too...

Nenad

She drinks the "Jasmine Green"....and I have a pound of Rooibos red downstairs in the soap shop...lol. I use it sometimes in my Bath soaps and gives a very nice depth of color when dyeing muslin bags, much nicer than dyeing with coffee.

What color is the Rooibos green?

Colleen

green perhaps? I don't know. I've never had it.

Originally Posted by LX_Emergency

green perhaps? I don't know. I've never had it.

Chuckle.....yeessss, I do suppose green would be the most likely choice

Soapmistress

Originally Posted by churley

What color is the Rooibos green?

Colleen

uhm.. Green. It also has lighter taste than the red stuff, I like it as well. You should also try that Rooibos you use for coloring

too much tea, too little time. I have around 15 different teas in my kitchen, all loose leaf. And I am not enjoying them enough lately...

cheers,
Nenad