I have officially designated Thursdays as Ironing Day. I’ve got a fair amount of goodies to iron today but I’m extraordinarily tired. I need a good oomph to get me through the long ironing ahead. Mate is supposed to give quite a nice buzz and I’ve had this sample from Arbor Teas sitting on my counter for a few days to remind me to try it. Mate scares me a little bit, so I’m using the energy need for my ironing marathon as an excuse to bust this one open.
The dry leaf smells dusty and herbal-y and faintly sweet. Post-steeping, the smell is still a bit musty and herbal with an almost menthol-like whoosh to it. The taste is milder and less offensive than the other mates I’ve had (Samovar blends). It’s pretty much like it smells – somewhat earthy, hay-y, herbal. There’s a little ting on the end that is the menthol smell but the taste is a almost ginger-y warm. It’s a little rough but nothing that makes me think this would benefit in any way from additives.
I haven’t really felt all that buzzed but I am getting through my ironing without wanting to nap so that could be the mate at work. I’m not sure if I’d seek out this (or any mate) for a pleasure drink, but the sweetness definitely makes it my preferred mate drink of the ones I’ve had.
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Ironing makes me so tired too. I’ve managed to jiggle things around and live with some wrinkles so that every other saturday is ironing day :) My grandmother used to iron EVERYTHING and ENJOYED it (!!!)!
I must be weird … ironing relaxes me; I wait till I have a whole laundry basket full and put on a good movie and unwind and unwrinkle, literally and emotionally.
I really have only particularly liked the peppermint yerba mate from Samovar. I have two others that came in the tasting set they offered as a Select a while back, but I haven’t touched the other ones at all. Strangely, I really do like the mint (extra-strange, actually, because I don’t usually like mint tea either).
Ironing makes me physically tired but I like the payoff so it’s (oddly) emotionally fulfilling. Doing the dishes is the chore that relaxes me most. Maybe one day ironing will rank up there!
I thought Samovar’s Peppermint YM was the better between that one and the Sweet YM which, even before the massive heartburn it gave me, was a little too granola for me. (And I don’t normally go for mint, either.)
Ironing makes me so tired too. I’ve managed to jiggle things around and live with some wrinkles so that every other saturday is ironing day :) My grandmother used to iron EVERYTHING and ENJOYED it (!!!)!
I must be weird … ironing relaxes me; I wait till I have a whole laundry basket full and put on a good movie and unwind and unwrinkle, literally and emotionally.
I really have only particularly liked the peppermint yerba mate from Samovar. I have two others that came in the tasting set they offered as a Select a while back, but I haven’t touched the other ones at all. Strangely, I really do like the mint (extra-strange, actually, because I don’t usually like mint tea either).
Ironing makes me physically tired but I like the payoff so it’s (oddly) emotionally fulfilling. Doing the dishes is the chore that relaxes me most. Maybe one day ironing will rank up there!
I thought Samovar’s Peppermint YM was the better between that one and the Sweet YM which, even before the massive heartburn it gave me, was a little too granola for me. (And I don’t normally go for mint, either.)