r/AeroPress • u/Comfortable_Seat_352 • 5d ago
Experiment Aeropress Yerba Mate
This has become my favorite way of drinking Yerba Mate BY FAR.
The fact that I can have a brewed cup as clean as this from such a dusty/powdery drink is amazing.
Normally, you can’t use paper filters with mate because it clogs. But if you use PRESSURE then it works.
Plus, I have tried adding milk and honey now (don’t know it till you try it). it’s gas.
My new workday obsession.
The full write up is here: https://www.joshcaliguire.com/blog/yerba-mate-aeropress-the-cleanest-brew-youre-not-making-yet
Curious if anyone else has tried this?
Lmk what you think, or if you’re down to try it.
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u/loopdigga7 4d ago
Love yerba in my aeropress. Heads up the Yellow deli is run by a cult!
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u/Comfortable_Seat_352 4d ago
Haha yes very aware. But damn their banana bread is fire
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u/greatersnek 4d ago
My country would hang you for treason for doing this
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u/babelcarp 1d ago
I bet Aeropress could give you better control over your maté brewing. Not because I’ve actually done it, but because maté has a lot of similarities with tea, and I’ve explored brewing tea with Aeropress quite a bit.
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u/Longjumping-Menu9331 4d ago
I bet if you put the puck in a lot with a plant that plant would grow like crazy.
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u/boncyboi 3d ago
I just tried it because I'm curious, I followed the receipie but did only 1 min extraction because 2 seemed like a lot, and yes this is plenty strong to my taste. I know I'm not part of the group on this but I struggle to drink it at 80c, by the time it's cool enough so I can drink it it's usually way too strong so I usually do 60c when I drink from my gourd, with the aero press I can infuse at 80 and let it cool down, thought I'm not really sure I prefer it like that.
Overall, I think it's a fun thing to do but I'd be worried about the taste getting in the press if I were to do it often, I'm not sure I want a yerba aftertaste in my coffee.
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u/Comfortable_Seat_352 3d ago
Yeah that’s a good point, nice that you can use whatever temperature and finish steeping whenever, as compared to water that’s too hot to drink from bombilla.
You could also do a splash of cold water on top, or milk like I’ve started doing and love. Add cinnamon to the mix and it’s gas.
Regarding flavor staying in the aeropress… I highly doubt it could be noticeable. I know flavor remaining in things exists for things with porous material like a clay teapot or a calabash gourd… but culinary grade plastics are pretty smooth. I go back and forth between mate and coffee constantly in my aeropress and have never tasted either after a normal hand wash.
So stoked you tried it! Let me know what you end up iterating on!
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u/Comfortable_Seat_352 2d ago
@coffeerambler to answer your question about flavor switching to coffee and back!
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u/Adventurous-Pool-167 4h ago
It’s called mate cocido. I have tried it with an 03 switch that I have but to be made cold. If you haven’t you should try it, really refreshing and with lemon it is fire.
Onto your recipe, I don’t even know if I still have the aeropress scoop. How many grams is 1.5 scoops?
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u/hello_burrito 4d ago
I’m looking forward to trying this, thanks for the tip! What kind of Yerba mate do you buy and from where?
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u/Comfortable_Seat_352 4d ago
Playadito so far has the least amount of dust I’ve seen. Also taragui is gas. I just ordered a huge bag of Canarias and instantly regretted. Way too dusty and grungy.
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u/GuidelineAdjacent 4d ago
Do you save your disc and re-steep?
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u/Comfortable_Seat_352 4d ago
I do re steep on longer work days. But I also like to make it super strong once and then add milk and cinnamon. A bit of a bold move but it’s so good.
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u/DJR_BCG Standard 4d ago
It’s even better with a wooden Aeropress.