- Hi I'm Parris and a couple months back I did a review
of Yerba Mate, it's kind of like a tea, kind of like
an herbal drink, kind of like a coffee,
it's very popular in South America
and some other places in the world, I had never heard
of it before and I was fortunate enough to have someone
who explained to me, step by step the procedure, how you
take this and almost boiling, but not quite boiling water,
and the gourd, traditional or silicone, and the
bombilla, even made out of metal, with a built in filter
and make this very interesting drink that's at the source
of a lot of social interaction in different places
in the world.
Well, and there were comments on the video, were that,
man, that's a lot of work to get a drink, however,
you don't, if you want to experience yerba mate, but
you don't wan to invest in the hardware and learn
the techniques, there is an easier way to go.
And that is, have someone prepare it for you
and put it in a can, I found these over at our local
Sprouts supermarket, they go for just under three dollars,
so it's not an inexpensive drink, now these both
have added flavors, this one is orange exuberance,
and this one is revel berry.
Now this is a 16 ounce can, if you drink the entire
can it's about 120 calories, perhaps more importantly,
this can has 150 milligrams of caffeine, so it does
give you some kick, there is added cane sugar and
some natural flavors, to find out more about the canned
version of Yerba Mate, check out the link,
download this video.
I do like the hot version of yerba mate, made in a
high tech silicone gourd, but still in the traditional
way, I like the process of making it, I do add some
sweetener however, I'm not a daily drinker of it,
but it is a nice hot beverage that you can have,
and you can keep this on the desk and drink by adding
hot water over several hours.
I'm not sure what to make of the canned version,
but let's see what it smells and tastes like.
This is non-carbonated, so I don't know if it's gonna
be more like a soda or a canned tea, or canned coffee.
Here's what it looks like, this is the revel berry.
It's not completely clear, it's a pretty hardy drink,
so I think you can see it's sorta cloudy with some
of the organic matter, and the orange exuberance.
These are both from the refrigerator, it says best
served chilled, and there is a whole 'nother train of
thought on preparing the yerba mate in a way that you
drink it cold sometimes with fruit juice.
Let's see about the revel berry.
Mm, it's a nice berry smell,
don't smell any of the mate though.
Okay, I taste more berry than mate,
but I do taste this as a background taste
with the berry taste sort of on top of it.
It's like a mild version of having it this way,
sort of a milder, watered down version with some
sweetener put in it, that's not bad.
Let's see about the orange exuberance.
Stays on your tongue too.
Nice.
Yeah, the same, the mate's there with the flavoring
over it, that's not bad.
I wonder how the health benefits are of drinking
it processed, while brewed and then processed
and preserved, versus having it fresh.
At three dollars a can, it's a little on the pricey
side, not quite comparable to soda, certainly
far healthier for you than soda, I'm thinking,
especially since they talk about high energy and fusion
over here, and just the general look of it,
and names like, orange exuberance, I wonder if they're
pushing this more towards the energy drink market?
Because it does have 150 milligrams of caffeine, a cup
of coffee is just under 100, so this equals a cup and
a half of coffee, in terms of the caffeine.
Then you have some added sugar, and you have a healthful
drink, which is sort of based on, or behind that,
it sounds like some of the energy drinks.
I wonder if that's what they're going for?
I like it, and I've heard they sell this in Argentina,
I don't know if it's the same formulation, but I'd almost
say this is like an Americanized version of the
yerba mate drink, it's not quite as strong as if you
make it yourself and brew it and drink it in the
traditional way, it sort of for taste buds that like
something sweeter.
But it is April 5th, 2017, which means it's time
to announce the winners of a couple giveaways that we've
had running for a while now, things over here in the corner.
First up is the Water Wubble giveaway, we have two
extra sets, thanks to the people at Wubble Bubble,
who sent these to try out, you can check out our
video review of this, playing out in the backyard at
the end of this video, I'll link to that.
We said we would pick two people who commented below
that original video and then send these out to them,
those two people are, these are their YouTube names,
Candsbroadway, c-a-n-d-s-broadway, and Nicole Cargo.
So those are both commenters from below our Water Wubble
video review, you each get one of these.
Now if you're under 18, please ask your parent first
before getting in touch with us, 'cause we'll need to
get your address to send this out to you, but I will
respond to your comment on the video and,
hopefully you're watching this video as well,
get in touch with me right away so we can get these
to you for spring and summer.
The other giveaway winner we're choosing today,
is for the Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty, Easter edition,
and there are three little tins of Easter putty in here,
each with brand new characteristics, reviewed this about
a month ago, and I'll put a link to this at the end of
this video as well.
The winner of this set is, Cathy Davis, who commented
on the video, so thank you for that, Cathy Davis again,
if you're under 18, check with your parents first,
and then get in touch with me so we can get these in
the mail to you, hopefully you'll have them by Easter.
Now there is a bonus giveaway that we're doing,
sort of as a surprise here, choosing from someone who
commented on that Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty
Easter video, if you didn't win this set,
you may have won the
Valentine's set Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty,
the very first scented Thinking Putty, the winner
of this never came forward to claim it, so we're going
to give it to someone who watched our Easter video
and commented, and that person is, Kim Wilson.
Same applies to you, if you're under 18,
check with your parents first, get in touch with
me and we'll send you out the
Valentine's Thinking Putty set.
Thanks for everyone for commenting and trying out
on those giveaway videos.
And one last thing, about the yerba mate, I learned
from one of our viewers in Brazil, that there,
rather thank drinking it from a gourd, they drink
it from a horn, sounds so cool.
They nowadays sell these glass replica horns that you
can use a straw with to drink the yerba mate,
I'm really tempted to get one and give that a try.
You can keep checking back on the chance you may see
me drinking from a horn in a future video,
and we may be doing more giveaways, you can keep
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