Mate, coffee and tea shop
Every day deserves its ritual.
Mate and tereré · Coffee and tea from around the world
Three different traditions, one shared gesture: heat the water and then sit down. In the shop you will find the leaves, the beans and the right objects, plus the time to work out which ritual is yours.
- 3
- Traditions under one roof
- 40+
- Selected yerbas, coffees and teas
- 10′
- The time a proper pause takes
The gesture that makes the ritual
Three rituals, any time of day
- Mate and tereré
Water, never boiling
Water at 75-80°C, always poured in the same spot, bombilla left still. Then the mate goes to whoever is next to you and lasts as long as the conversation.
- Coffee
Low flame, lid open
The moka pot rises slowly: take it off as soon as the coffee turns golden, before it gurgles, and stir it in the cup before serving.
- Tea
Every minute counts
Warm the teapot first, use water at the right temperature for your tea, then respect the minutes. Take the leaves out in time: after that, the tea won’t get any better.
There is no right time, only a right way: the rest is below, ritual by ritual.
The rituals
Three ways of stopping time.
Three different gestures, the same pause. Pick the one that sounds like you and find out what it takes to do it properly.
OriginA gourd passed from hand to hand
You prepare it for the others before yourself.
Mate is not a drink to swallow on the move: it is a round that passes from hand to hand. Whoever prepares it — el cebador — drinks last and refills every single time. It is the most social of the three rituals, and the hardest to explain to anyone who has not tried it yet.
Read the history of mate: origins and benefits¿Hacemos unos mates?
How it is done
- 01Fill the mate three quarters full with yerba, then tilt it and tap gently to separate the dust.
- 02Wet the yerba with a finger of warm water and let it swell for a minute.
- 03Slide the bombilla into the dry side, keeping your thumb over the opening.
- 04Pour water at 75-80°C always in the same spot: never boiling, never in the middle.
What you will find in the shop
- Traditional and flavoured yerba
- Mate gourds, wood, ceramic or steel
- Bombillas in alpaca silver and steel
- Glass or steel mates for tereré and herbs to pound
- Flasks and travel mate holders
The shop
Leaves, beans and everything around them.
Half the shop is raw material, half is the objects that turn it into a ritual.
Yerba mate
Traditional and flavoured yerba, from round and mild to properly bitter.
- Traditional and flavoured
- Barbacuá and toasted
- Blended with herbs
Mates and bombillas
The vessel changes the taste: gourd for tradition, glass or steel for tereré and for everyday life.
- Hand-cured gourds
- Glass and steel mates
- Bombillas and brushes
Coffee
Beans roasted by small roasters, ground on the spot for the method you use at home.
- Blends and single origins
- Ground to order
- Whole-bean decaf
Moka pots
From one cup to six, with all the spare parts nobody ever has at hand.
- Aluminium and steel
- Gaskets and filters
- Hand grinders
Tea and infusions
Loose-leaf tea weighed out for you, with the temperature and the minutes written on the bag.
- Black, green, oolong, white
- Caffeine-free infusions
- Sardinian herbs
Teapots and cups
Cast iron that holds the heat, glass to watch the steeping, ceramic for the table.
- Cast iron and glass teapots
- Cups and mugs
- Infusers and timers
Gift ideas
Complete sets to start a ritual from scratch: vessel, raw material and handwritten instructions.
- Beginner mate set
- Moka and coffee set
- Tea set with teapot
The selection shifts with the seasons and with what we manage to find.
“We do not sell drinks. We sell the ten minutes you take to make them.”
Aroma & Tradition
About us
Forty years in Argentina, a ritual to share online.
Behind Rituale is someone who spent forty years in Argentina: there mate is not an exotic curiosity, it is how the day opens and how people sit together.
That habit met the moka pot sitting on every hob and the tea you drink on rainy afternoons. Traditions that looked far apart were in fact doing the same job: putting a pause where there was none.
That is how Rituale started: a project where good raw material is not enough, because the right vessel, the right temperature and someone to show you how also count — in Italian or in Spanish, whichever you prefer.
- A selection chosen and tasted by hand
- Advice made to measure, never rushed
- Ground and weighed to order
- Gift wrapping, done with care
What we do besides selling
A guide to your first mate
If you have never had mate, a step-by-step guide walks you through it, made for first-timers.
In-depth product notes
We describe the taste, origin and method behind every coffee and tea, so you know what you will like before you order.
Objects ready to use
Ask us how to cure a new gourd or look after your moka pot and teapot: whatever we sell you, we also teach you how to make it last.