If you like to wake up with yerba mate and wind down with organic beer, you can now combine your two daily desires in one cool drink: MateVeza Yerba Mate Ale.
That’s what green-minded revelers did last night at Cupcakes and Cocktails for a Cause, a fundraiser for environmental nonprofit Global Green USA at Byu-ti salon in Santa Monica. Instead of cocktails, many went for the MateVeza Organic India Pale Ale — and socialized excitedly in a caffeinated buzz.
I’m not much of a beer drinker myself, and found the finish rather too bitter. However, more experienced beer drinkers — like Tracy Hepler (above) of environmental website Your Daily Thread, one of the organizers of the fundraiser — raved about the caffeinated brew. For more detailed tasting notes, read the reviews at SFist and About.com Beer.
If you’re caffeine-sensitive, drink responsibly. Each 12-ounce bottle has as much caffeine as a half cup of coffee — and I didn’t sleep well last night! I’ll find out from Tracy how well she slept.
Ready to mix stimulants with depressants? Find MateVeza at some Whole Foods stores, local co-ops, and other specialty shops using MateVeza’s online store locator.
Love this post Siel. As you probably noticed, MateVeza was the only thing I drank all night and there were one options like wine and vodka.
I think what I liked best about it was that you didn’t feel tired after drinking it which is what typically happens when people drink.
In terms of sleeping, I slept like a baby, but caffeine doesn’t affect me as much as the average person. I think this is in part that my mom grew up on a coffee plantation in Honduras and has been drinking it since she was 5 years old so I think some of her tolerance must have rubbed off on me.
Definitely a yummy brew either way :)
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Comment by Tracy Hepler — April 12, 2010 @ 11:45 am
Mmmm Tracy just sent me this link. I can’t wait to try it!
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Comment by Lauren — April 12, 2010 @ 12:04 pm
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Comment by Green T — April 12, 2010 @ 7:35 pm
Tracy — You should become a model-spokesperson for this beer :)
Comment by Siel — April 14, 2010 @ 2:21 pm
Wow, my buddy drinks yerba mate, and we decided to try to stay away from alcohol. And now.. I see the loophole. lol. I wonder what it tastes like.
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Comment by Andy — August 13, 2010 @ 1:40 pm