Compañera

Brand: Compañera
Country of Origin: Paraguay

I found Compañera to have a very average flavor. It also has a horrible logo, which is the real reason anyone drinks yerba at all right? ;) I am such a nerd. It met my needs for certain, but the flavor did not last very long for some reason, which is a nuisance really so it affects my overall rating of this product.

Overall Rating ... 2 stars

Terere

Terere

Another nice way to drink yerba is as Tereré. This is best when sweetened with stevia or some other way. Fill a thermos with ice water & maybe add mint or lemon peels to the yerba if you like to make a refreshing drink. This is especially refreshing on hot summer days. I use this guampa which, if nothing else makes me look cool at the office.

Brand: Colon
Country of Origin: Paraguay

This is the worst yerba I have ever tried. don't get me wrong, I like it better than no yerba of course, but I mostly used it to cure my gourds since I loath using up my favorite brands for that task...

overall rating ... 1 star

Mista lova lova mmmmmm

Brand: Romance

Country of Origin: Argentina

Nothing says "I love you baby" like a bag of Yerba. I have not tried this brand yet, but it is on my to do list & would like to share it with my special someone at some point...

Cruz De Malta

Product: Cruz De Malta

Country of Origin: Argentina

This was the next type of Yerba I tried. I met a great friend from Argentina who showed me the proper way to drink it, & he put a grapefruit peel in with it as well as sugar. This is a great way to drink it. Cruz De Malta has a nice smoky flavour, & large leaves which is nice because it doesn't clog the bombilla as easily.

On a side note, I also love the logo for this company & would like a T-shirt or cap with this emblem on it.

This is a desirable product, which I would purchase again & again, & I usually do when it is in stock.

Overall Rating: 4 stars

AMANDA

Product: Amanda

Country of Origin: Argentina

Website: http://www.yerbamanda.com.ar

The first type of yerba I ever tried was Amanda. I had never tried it before, but the words "Yerba Mate" always stood out to me, so I just grabbed a kilo off the shelf to start experimenting with. After googling a bit, I found some instructions, but had no bombilla or proper mate's to drink from so I used a smaller mason jar. I probably oversteeped it & ended up making more of a mate cocido, and a few hours after drinking it I found I could smell the haunting smoky flavour of the yerba on my skin...

From there I messed around with tea balls & strainers until I got my first bombilla on ebay.

I recently found a nice amanda set which I purchased which looked like this:

Even with only half a kilo, the ceramic gourd & stainless bombilla was an excellent value. Overall, I really enjoy Amanda yerba & will buy it again when I see it somewhere. The flavour in this kit was slightly different from the first bag I tried for some reason... but still good.

Overall rating: 3 Stars