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Best Yerba Mate for Beginners

Based on Extensive Reviews

Dec 29, 2025

Top yerba mates that are easy on the palate and serve as a great introduction to mate and specific regional types and cuts for novice drinkers.

Sol y Lluvia Barbacuá — Yerba Mate Review
Sol y Lluvia Barbacuá — Yerba Mate Review
Feb 19, 2021
The lack of complex variety of flavors compensated with balanced taste and perfectly executed essentials is enough to make a good mate.
La Rubia Organica — Yerba Mate Review
La Rubia Organica — Yerba Mate Review
Feb 12, 2021
Complex, organic and quite rare — La Rubia Organica instantly shows that it is not going to be as vanilla as the most of the mass-produced yerba mates out there.
Sinceridad Naranja — Yerba Mate Review
Sinceridad Naranja — Yerba Mate Review
Jan 29, 2021
A great example of what flavored yerba mate should be like — fun and friendly enough to appease novice materos, but not too overloaded with flavoring to repulse conservative drinkers.
Piporé Sublime — Yerba Mate Review
Piporé Sublime — Yerba Mate Review
May 5, 2020
A surprising addition to an already solid lineup of Piporé, this yerba mate offers a unique composition of con palo cut to take the flavor and durability to the next level.
Playadito Despalada — Yerba Mate Review
Playadito Despalada — Yerba Mate Review
Feb 9, 2020
An exemplary despalada that is actually balanced and tasty without compromising on things that people love sin palo yerba mates for — durability and effects.
Sara Tradicional — Yerba Mate Review
Sara Tradicional — Yerba Mate Review
Dec 19, 2019
Sitting somewhere between Del Cebador Clásica and Canarias Tradicional in terms of taste, Sara tradicional is an interesting yerba mate that definitely has its own place in a Uruguayan lineup.
Rosamonte Selección Especial — Yerba Mate Review
Rosamonte Selección Especial — Yerba Mate Review
Oct 21, 2019
Special selection of one of the most popular and recognized yerba mate brands in Argentina feels more like a spin-off, rather than improvement over the Rosamonte Tradicional.
Cruz de Malta Boldo y Menta — Yerba Mate Review
Cruz de Malta Boldo y Menta — Yerba Mate Review
Jul 21, 2019
Interesting break from regular mates, especially in the hot summer days — flavored with mint and boldo, this yerba is great for both hot mate and cold tereré.
Nobleza Gaucha Tradicional — Yerba Mate Review
Nobleza Gaucha Tradicional — Yerba Mate Review
Jun 5, 2019
Produced by the same parent company as famous Cruz de Malta, this yerba gives no reason to dislike it.
Taragüi Vitality — Yerba Mate Review
Taragüi Vitality — Yerba Mate Review
May 4, 2019
An interesting twist on Taragüi Sin Palo — same cut, same drying and aging methods, with only difference in a harvesting time.