Buenos Aires: Take a Mate Break in 45 Minutes

Veronica was an incredible guide for the mate experience. She explained mate culture and history while walking us through the steps of preparing and enjoying mate. We would recommend this to anyone visiting Argentina. Thank you, Veronica!

It was a great experience. Veronica had a lot of knowledge about Mate (not only argentinien mate) It was so fun and enjoyable! I would recommend it to everyone who wants to know how to prepare it, what the goes and no goes are, learn about the background and differences of mate. The location is very cute. We did the Mate experience and the Asado and would recommend both and do them again when we are in Buenos Aires again.

The Mate Experience was a fun and interesting start to the Asada Experience. Thank you to Veronica for explaining Mate to us and helping us appreciate this aspect of the Argentine life. So glad we included this to start our evening!

Learnt a lot about the tradition

This was my first visit to Buenos Aires. Everyone talked about drinking Mate. I was curious and wanted to learn about the drink and custom. I learned the history, components, and proper preparation of this drink. It was an informative and enjoyable experience, and I highly recommend.

Fun and educational experience with great, clear explanations of Mate’s history, customs and instructions Great way to learn about a quintessential Argentina tradition. Absolutely recommend!

We really enjoyed the Mate experience, thoroughly recommended

We had the most beautiful mate experience at Betty and Marcelo’s in Buenos Aires – truly something special. The experience is run by their daughter Veronica, and you can immediately feel how much heart she puts into it. She explains everything in such a warm, engaging way, from the history and cultural importance of mate in Argentina to the small rituals and social traditions around sharing it. What I loved most is that she doesn’t just talk about it, she really teaches you how to prepare mate properly. From choosing the yerba to filling the mate correctly and placing the straw, she walks you through every step with patience and passion. You leave not only having tasted mate, but actually understanding it. It’s the perfect experience before the asado, intimate, authentic, and incredibly welcoming. It feels like being invited into someone’s home to learn a meaningful tradition. Highly, highly recommend this to anyone wanting a genuine cultural experience in Buenos Aires!

This was a great introduction to the culture and process of mate drinking in Argentina, with information about other countries as well. Each guest gets to prepare and sample their own cup of mate, and a sweet treat is also provided to offset the bitterness of the mate. Veronica gave advice about purchasing mate, cups and straws, and discussed how Argentinians consume mate at home, at work, and at leisure. She is super personable and helpful. I highly recommend this experience, and if you want to also experience asado, they offer that as well—you can book both experiences for the same day, the mate is at 6 and asado at 7.

Very educational experience, we learnt about lot about the history and the preparation of Mate. Highly recommended! We will drink more.