@Spica For a morning, tea, which I dislike. I convinced them, with the docs approval, to replace it with "mate cocido", made with same "Yerba" as argentinian Mate, but prepaired as a tea. Also cookies, recently.
@Spica I like mate cocido, at least better than tea. By when back home I will replace it by the tradditional "Mate". I will add, by when I can do it again, my homemade yoguhrt with fresh fruits. And also homemade baked cookies.
@Spica I´ve tasted most of teas but...I don´t like them. I have, sometimes, herbs teas (some of them from my garden) before lunch, but by that time and only.
I think I will extend having Argentinian Mate to also breakfast. It´s healthy and I love it!
@Spica An ancestor of mine, from the small Italian branch of my family, used to have it (I have a pair of the old jars from her house). Not necessarily related to that, she lived till 103 years and made her errands riding her bike at that age!
@Spica Yes, I´ve tried it, here and visiting Italy (long ago). Not TOO bad. But mild for my coffee related taste (like its good when coffee don´t fall out of the mug when it is up side down 😁).
Never had it myself. I once had a coffee alternative made of figs, guarana and barely. It was surprisingly good. Rich and nutty. I believe it's different from the Italian stuff. How about hot chocolate!
@Spica Mate is special, so with friends as being alone.
I LOVE hot chocolate. Specially in Winter (we are here now at Spring in our way to Summer). Though, I restrict it´s frequency as it promotes a trend to grow...horizontally. 😊