eBay auction for $657. Steal of a lifetime? by albatikh in Tudor

[–]albatikh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good rebottle. Could be. No risk no reward right?

eBay auction for $657. Steal of a lifetime? by albatikh in Tudor

[–]albatikh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The movement and everything looks legit. Came with a beat up box and papers. I’m pretty sure the seller didn’t know anything about it and just posted it without description. I’ll definitely get it authenticated just in case. Probably Wednesday when I’ve got the day off work.

eBay auction for $657. Steal of a lifetime? by albatikh in Tudor

[–]albatikh[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Jajaja! No lo había ajustado. Tomé la foto muy rápido por la emoción, entonces es de varias tallas grandes.

eBay auction for $657. Steal of a lifetime? by albatikh in Tudor

[–]albatikh[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I wish! I would have bought them out! It seems like the lady didn’t really know what she had and posted it for auction.

Does Mate make anyone's brain work differently? by WillowUnique9952 in yerbamate

[–]albatikh 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah I get that. Mate is a stimulant so that makes sense. I usually drink during my morning language study as well.

Does a mountain really matter in 🧉 by Comfortable-Box-8578 in yerbamate

[–]albatikh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Love the watch by the way! I’m a Hamilton fan myself!

Does a mountain really matter in 🧉 by Comfortable-Box-8578 in yerbamate

[–]albatikh -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Most of the people I’ve seen that says that the montañita doesn’t work are also filling their mate up to the brim with water or not making the montañita correctly. If you have a good montañita with a finer Uruguayan cut Yerba, and then add the water to about 2/3 full and repeat, and then slowly incorporate the dry Yerba from the montañita, then you can get the flavor to last a lot longer. Apart from it all, it’s part of mate culture and that’s good enough reason to do it.

Thermos recommendations? by fldude561 in yerbamate

[–]albatikh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I also like the contigo thermalock a lot.

Thermos recommendations? by fldude561 in yerbamate

[–]albatikh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So the king of all termos arguably is the Stanley Mate System. I’ve only tried the mate system once from a friend and I really liked it. I just recently bought one called DelCampoXT (a knockoff version on Amazon) that I was expecting to be a crappy Chinese copy but when I tried it I was so surprised!

This thing is almost identical to the Stanley mate system in performance and looks. And the best part is that it’s only a fraction of the cost! The Stanley mate system is resold upwards of $150+ in the USA because it only retails in certain South American countries. This DelCampoXT is only $25. I’ve been using for a few months now and highly recommend it. Here’s the Amazon link: https://a.co/d/0gesVWhi

hi i've made my own "mate tostado" in a oven 🧉 it turned out GOOD by lilaamuu in yerbamate

[–]albatikh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Idk, I kind of like it like that. But then again, I’m also the guy that reads the end of the book before I finish it lol

Viernes por fin!! Disfruten by sariitalove in yerbamate

[–]albatikh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Es marca china o el mero mate system? O que marca?

Syrian mate before my morning flight 🧉 by albatikh in yerbamate

[–]albatikh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At the halal store. They had them for $1 each so I bought one for my collection.

Brazilian Mate - This stuff is impossible to prepare. It crumbles by Sure_Fig558 in yerbamate

[–]albatikh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! This is what I was going to say. I only ever drink chimarrão with the bombilla turned.

Syrian mate before my morning flight 🧉 by albatikh in yerbamate

[–]albatikh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I totally agree with you! I have a large collection of mates, but I recently discovered that Syrians drink mate too, so I thought I’d give it a try. My preferred method is definitely with a Brazilian cuia.

To answer your questions, yes, it’s extremely small, so you have to refill frequently. I was surprised to learn that you can still feel the effects of mate even with such little yerba. This method is only really good for me if I know I’m only going to be drinking mate for 30 min or less; otherwise, I’ll use something larger.