A perfect match for ethical mate The global rights to UK based yerba mate infusions brand YUYO DRINKS LTD1 have been acquired by German mate company META MATE2. The two ethical and organic brands are joining forces as a partnership, and operations for both companies...
With its roots in the realm of the wild Gauchos, modern day mate culture is mostly male dominated. Similar to the monocultural landscapes from where mate is sourced, its production sphere is generally dominated by patriarchal structures. Both are aimed at increasing...
A German Gaucho is inspired from his grandfather to make Ilex Paraguariensis as craft: Ricardo Lorenz – The inspiration or The God Father – Meta Mate Brasil Growing up with Mate, Ricardo started to produce craft Mate do Alemao (German Mate) in 2005 as a hobby...
The past few months have been busy times for Meta Mate as we continue with our efforts to spread and share the Mate culture. Besides Fabricio's travels to South America to make the mate, and then to the US and now UK to present it, we have also been receiving many...
Meta Mate has been infiltrating the globe this past summer with a US tour to set the ball rolling for Meta Mate USA We had the pleasure to visit our friends at Noisebridge in the Bay Area for a mate hacking workshop and show them how to get wired in a natural way...
There are many ways to make a mate and everyone has their own technique with special tricks. Most tutorials however are more suitable for leafy cut Mates while fine cut tutorials are often made by and for a public that has grown up in the chimarrao culture. drinking...
Great news to be shared is that the Gehm Barbacua is ready and will be inaugurated with the 2018 Dream Harvest on June 16th, 2018. This is a milestone in our efforts to legalise the craft mate production by autonomous family producers. A museum will be dedicated in...
The Meta Mate team has gathered and commenced the season's harvest. According to ancient knowledge and new-age recommendations, Mate should be only harvested in the months without the letter 'R' and medicinal plants under the full moon. Though we do not judge the...
Yesterday was the premiere of the movie Ex-Pajé (Ex-Shaman) in the Berlinale. This movie about the Surui Paiter folk denounced an ongoing ethnocide. It beautifully starts with 1969 aerial footage from Jorge Bodanzky, showing the lands of the Surui at the time of their...
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