Mate in Colombia

We knew that we would be able to find mate in Colombia…. but the question was… WHEN?! It seemed that only Medellín, Bogota, and a couple of the coastal cities would have any….  we arrived from Ecuador with a limited supply, and it was a long way to Medellín…

Yes, we rationed ourselves a bit… but the dreaded day came…. the FIRST DAY since we left Uruguay over a year ago that we didn’t have any mate left… there had been quite a few days where we hadn’t drunk it of course – due to lack of hot water, not feeling like it, and not having time to fit it in…. but this was different – for the first time we didn’t actually have any left?!?!?

We congratulated ourselves on lasting this long without running out – it’s not like it’s available in every corner shop… and with steely resolve we accepted that it would be at least THREE days before we could get any in Medellín… yes, it’s a tough life we lead 🙂

Arriving in Medellín, we found that not only was there mate in the big supermarkets… but that we actually had a choice of brands! 🙂

We had some Rosamonte for old time’s sake, and then moved on to some Taragui – our mate supply for Colombia was secured… now we only had to worry about Central America…