Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
I randomly bought a box of this today after Poch kept mentioning it in his book. Apparently it's Argentina's national drink. I've not tried making it yet. Has anyone had any before/got any thoughts on it?
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Chris Jones
I saw Phil Neville try some of Zabaleta's, during the World Cup.
He said "Oeoeerughhh that's dizzzguzting that erererrr... it's just hot water and some herbs.... it tastes of nothing except disgusting..." so I guess it is one of those "grown up" drinks like Green Tea which are revolting, but if you persevere for weeks you start to like it
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
It is like green tea, but a bit of a smokey flavour too. Not bad. I've got 39 more bags of it now to acquire a taste or not
ShipOfTheseus
Clint Dempsey
It’s habit-forming, isn’t it? When the 39th bag is gone you’ll be climbing the walls. Or perhaps doing lines of CoffeeMatè.
awesome dawson
Chris Armstrong
Argentinians are addicted to it. As you say it's basically green tea. Has calming benefits and is a good way of hydrating. More of a daily ritual for them than a cuppa is for an Englishman, which is saying something.
I traveled with an Argentinian girl for a couple of months and she was constantly drinking it with hot water, cold water and orange fanta. Nutter.
I traveled with an Argentinian girl for a couple of months and she was constantly drinking it with hot water, cold water and orange fanta. Nutter.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
Don't they drink it in metal cups with straws, and with the leaves exposed on the top, so it looks a bit like a massive hash pipe?
The stuff I found here was just tea bags
The stuff I found here was just tea bags
Iirc they drink it in a little pot with the herbs loose in the water and it's not like english tea where you have a small amount of tea- half the bloody cup is the herbs almost and yeah they drink via a straw to get to the liquid which sits at the bottom
Bloody disgusting stuff but the argies are mad for it
Bloody disgusting stuff but the argies are mad for it
Danishfurniturelover
the prettiest spice girl
90291Spur
Cecil Poynton
It's traditionally drunk from a hollowed out gourd and the straw is called a bombilla. It's also a national drink in Uruguay - you get it everywhere and they have hot water in many shops/petrol stations where you can fill up. I bought a set on ebay and glug the stuff all day.
SteveAWOL
Jimmy Cantrell
StephenH
David Ginola
I drank it a bit when I was in Argentina. The trick is to use enough sugar to drown out the horrible taste.but then again, it's better to just not drink it, hehehehe.
Ok, as recommendations go that wasn’t!