Bro consuming enough caffeine to paralyze an elephant. Any yerba-mate drinkers on hexbear? I’m looking for a source of caffeine cheaper than coffee. Last two months I’ve seen the largest food price increase since the pandemic and coffee is just about off the menu at this point. I kept going cheaper but I realized that as you go down the cost structure the coffee has less caffeine (img below) and I’m at diminishing return level now. Yerba-mate is a sub tropical woody long growing plant so even If I could grow it I probably wouldn’t be able to get enough caffeine out of one plant but if I can get seeds I might give it a try. Amazon has a 4.4 lb bag for $19. Thats much cheaper than coffee but I can’t get good info on how mate compares lb for lb wrt caffeine.
Damn when my mom told me Brazilians drank on a big mate I didn’t think it’d be THAT big, lol
E: I didn’t even look at the post lmao, I don’t think you’re gonna get thoe amounts in that chart from yerba, at least not fast like with coffee. You’d normally put a small portion of yerba and you may drink 1 liter (unless you make mate cocido), but you’re gonna get less caffeine than stated by weight, if stated at all. I drink Canarias (goated 😏) and if I drink a bit fast I get kinda worked up, though I don’t consume anything else caffeinated so I may not have tolerance. They don’t state the amount of caffeine.
Prepare to piss a lot lmao