Oddbean

This is my collection right now. All wooden except for one calabash in the upper shelf and below there are glass, plastic and ceramic ones. But I never use the ones below. I stick to woody ones. Yours is very beautiful I would use indeed. And the straw looks really good aswell. Have a really nice experience! https://image.nostr.build/1aebc5b4d3d2468bf6f8a32557510d58f52dbedabe26e4b4408b2fa475a90460.jpg

Awesome collection! 😲 I don’t have that many coffee accessories, and I love coffee so much! That's actually my problem. I've been on caffeine my whole life, and to be honest, I'm a little tired of it. When I don't have coffee, I drink a lot of tea. 😅 Yerba mate does contain a lot of caffeine, but much less than arabica or even matcha. I hope this will help me distract myself from coffee or excessive tea consumption. Thank God I never liked energy drinks.

It's just that there is an inflation of mates here. Everyone has at least three of them and when you grow older you acquire more because it's one of the common gifts adults receive. Sometimes even you have to discard some or convert them into small plants pottery because you get your shelves crowded. I didn't even knew I had so many until I took the picture. I would throw away all the ones I don't use. Mate is a great alternative to receive caffeine. Coffee can have some acidic downside and give you more jitters (in my experience). So alternating coffee and mate is a great healthy chance. Then consider getting more herbs of your taste to add to the mix or even to the inside of the kettle. Like I told you, you can have caffeine and digestive herbs at the same time , ginger, gingko biloba for brains, chamomile. Mushrooms!! I used a lot of magic mushrooms microdose inside the hot water, or reishi mushrooms. Very practical and purposeful. Coca leaves also, great choice for everything in life. People often here uses Huachuma and call it Huachumate and its San Pedro cacti brew (mescaline) inside the water. It's up to your own personal taste and imagination.

People often also mix in a pinch of ground coffee. Also people use sugar every two or three sips (I find it horrible) Or mix a pinch of dried coconut. Or lavender. Yesterday I got green tea and dried moringa leaves to add to it.