---
product_id: 44057618
title: "Yerba Mate Playadito 500gm"
brand: "playadito"
price: "NZ$36"
currency: NZD
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 13
category: "Playadito"
url: https://www.desertcart.nz/products/44057618-yerba-mate-playadito-500gm
store_origin: NZ
region: New Zealand
---

# 75-100 servings per pack Optimal steeping temp 160°F 500g premium loose leaf Yerba Mate Playadito 500gm

**Brand:** playadito
**Price:** NZ$36
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🍃 Elevate your focus with the smooth power of Playadito Yerba Mate

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Yerba Mate Playadito 500gm by playadito
- **How much does it cost?** NZ$36 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.nz](https://www.desertcart.nz/products/44057618-yerba-mate-playadito-500gm)

## Best For

- playadito enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted playadito brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Precision Brewing:** Steep at 160°F to unlock full flavor and preserve beneficial compounds
- • **Maximize Your Energy:** Gentle caffeine kick without jitters or crashes—goodbye coffee anxiety
- • **Savor the Smooth Boost:** Balanced, non-bitter flavor perfect for beginners and connoisseurs alike
- • **Top-Rated Mate Experience:** 4.6⭐ from 3,400+ reviews, ranked #3 in Mate Tea—join the elite sip club
- • **Economical Wellness Ritual:** Up to 100 servings per 500g bag, far cheaper than canned mates or energy drinks

## Overview

Playadito Yerba Mate 500g offers a premium loose leaf yerba mate experience with a smooth, balanced flavor profile. Ideal for health-conscious professionals seeking a clean caffeine boost, it delivers up to 100 servings per pack. Steeped optimally at 160°F, it preserves natural compounds for enhanced energy and digestion support. Highly rated and economical, it’s the smart alternative to coffee and sugary energy drinks.

## Description

The Best Yerba Mate

Review: 10/10 - I’ve been drinking Playadito Yerba Mate for a while now, and it’s easily one of my favorites. The flavor is smooth, balanced, and not too bitter, making it perfect for both beginners and experienced mate drinkers. The quality is excellent, and the 500g package lasts a long time. It gives me a nice boost of energy and focus without the jitters of coffee. Great taste, great value, and definitely a product I will continue to buy. Highly recommended
Review: Economical way to enjoy potent yerba mate. - I love yerba mate and I’m trying to wean myself off of energy drinks. I bought this 1 pound+ bag of loose leaf mate and a pack of fillable drawstring tea bags. I’ll probably get 75 to 100 servings from it depending on how I fill the bags. I can barely buy three of the canned mate drinks at the corner store for this price! Upon opening, it was clear that this is fresh and of good quality. It tastes and smells amazing and is not bitter to my pallate. I fill a blank (that’s what I call them) tea bag with a spoonful of mate and steep it upward of 5 minutes in filtered water heated in the electric kettle to about 160F. I add a pinch of brown sugar and I’m on my way! It’s said that mate should generally steep in hot, but not boiling water. The ‘green tea’ or ‘delicate’ settings on my kettle work perfectly. Hot enough to stay warm in my travel mug but not scald myself, and it keeps the tea from becoming bitter. Lower temps also supposedly preserve the good compounds and maximize caffeine release (so ‘they’ say). I’m weirdly excited about this purchase. The tea is good and the wakefulness is far more pronounced than what I get from canned yerba mate drinks, or high sugar energy drinks. Coffee makes me weird and sweaty and unpleasantly manic and can induce what feels like a bloodsugar crash. Yerba mate has always been kind to me even when consuming up to 5 mugs a day (on the rare high end). I try not to have it after late afternoon as it can keep me awake. This is a great way to enjoy yerba mate at a lower cost than buying packs of ready-made tea bags and it’s a WAY better deal than shelling out the daily cost of a pair of canned mate drinks or energy drinks. Get yourself some fillable drawstring tea bags to go with this big bag of tea!

## Features

- Item Package Length: 7.37cm
- Item Package Width: 9.91cm
- Item Package Height: 21.84cm
- Item Package Weight: 0.520kg

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B006JYGURS |
| Best Sellers Rank | #3,517 in Grocery & Gourmet Food ( See Top 100 in Grocery & Gourmet Food ) #3 in Mate Tea |
| Brand | Playadito |
| Brand Name | Playadito |
| Caffeine Content Description | Caffeinated |
| Container Type | Bag |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 3,425 Reviews |
| Flavor | mate,yerba |
| Item Dimensions | 7.87 x 3.15 x 7.87 inches |
| Item Form | Loose Leaves |
| Item Type Name | Yerba mate |
| Item Volume | 500 Milliliters |
| Item Weight | 500 Grams |
| Manufacturer | Playadito |
| Model Number | FBA_102082 |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Package Size Name | 500gm |
| Part Number | FBA_102082 |
| Product Benefits | Increase Energy |
| Recommended Uses For Product | Digestion |
| Specialty | Yerba Mate |
| Sweetness Description | Not Sweetened |
| Tea Variety | Yerba Mate |
| Unit Count | 17.5 Ounce |
| Warranty Description | 1 year |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Playadito
- **Flavor:** mate,yerba
- **Item Form:** Loose Leaves
- **Tea Variety:** Yerba Mate
- **Unit Count:** 17.5 Ounce

## Images

![Yerba Mate Playadito 500gm - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71dLyRjHqQL.jpg)

## Available Options

This product comes in different **Size** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: Hola! Son dos paquetes de 1 kilo?**
A: Siii son dos paquetes de un kilo !!!! Es muy rica esta Yerba!!

**Q: how much tea should be used to brew an 8 oz cup.  the package says 50 grams per 16.9 oz. but that can't be right.  is this tea really that weak?**
A: I used a French press. In it I put 2 tablespoons of tea with about 16 oz. of water. Of course how long you let it sit makes a difference but in my case it steeped for about 4 minutes and then pushed the plunger down. It was actually a little strong for my taste but close to just right.

**Q: What are the ingredients besides the yerba mate? one reviewer mentioned sugar. do you add additional caffeine from green tea or other sources?**
A: This item - only pure Yerba Mate; this mix of the Yerba Mate includes 'leaf stems' (con palo). There is no added sugar, nor sugar to speak of in leaf and stem and there is no reason to add caffeine. The caffeine content is less than coffee and more like tea, about 40mg/8oz infusion (of course caffeine content for non-decaffeinated infusions (Mate or Teas) depends on brewing time, leaf type, and leaf preparation (e.g., roasting, decaffeinating, etc.) similar to how different coffee beans, grinds, and brewing vary the caffeine in coffee.  Still, in general, a cup of Yerba Mate ranks between coffees and teas in caffeine.

**Q: Is this a unsmoked variety of Yerba Mate?**
A: It is yerba mate, regular yerba mate

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 10/10
*by W***D on June 20, 2026*

I’ve been drinking Playadito Yerba Mate for a while now, and it’s easily one of my favorites. The flavor is smooth, balanced, and not too bitter, making it perfect for both beginners and experienced mate drinkers. The quality is excellent, and the 500g package lasts a long time. It gives me a nice boost of energy and focus without the jitters of coffee. Great taste, great value, and definitely a product I will continue to buy. Highly recommended

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Economical way to enjoy potent yerba mate.
*by S***S on May 18, 2025*

I love yerba mate and I’m trying to wean myself off of energy drinks. I bought this 1 pound+ bag of loose leaf mate and a pack of fillable drawstring tea bags. I’ll probably get 75 to 100 servings from it depending on how I fill the bags. I can barely buy three of the canned mate drinks at the corner store for this price! Upon opening, it was clear that this is fresh and of good quality. It tastes and smells amazing and is not bitter to my pallate. I fill a blank (that’s what I call them) tea bag with a spoonful of mate and steep it upward of 5 minutes in filtered water heated in the electric kettle to about 160F. I add a pinch of brown sugar and I’m on my way! It’s said that mate should generally steep in hot, but not boiling water. The ‘green tea’ or ‘delicate’ settings on my kettle work perfectly. Hot enough to stay warm in my travel mug but not scald myself, and it keeps the tea from becoming bitter. Lower temps also supposedly preserve the good compounds and maximize caffeine release (so ‘they’ say). I’m weirdly excited about this purchase. The tea is good and the wakefulness is far more pronounced than what I get from canned yerba mate drinks, or high sugar energy drinks. Coffee makes me weird and sweaty and unpleasantly manic and can induce what feels like a bloodsugar crash. Yerba mate has always been kind to me even when consuming up to 5 mugs a day (on the rare high end). I try not to have it after late afternoon as it can keep me awake. This is a great way to enjoy yerba mate at a lower cost than buying packs of ready-made tea bags and it’s a WAY better deal than shelling out the daily cost of a pair of canned mate drinks or energy drinks. Get yourself some fillable drawstring tea bags to go with this big bag of tea!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good coffee alternative
*by J***N on June 2, 2026*

Got this to help not drink as much coffee. Taste just like green tea. I add a bit of honey to the tea I make. Overall, not bad, feel like it does just as good as coffee.

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*Store origin: NZ*
*Last updated: 2026-07-07*