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Great video! Wished you would have mentioned sizing, is it true to size?

Hi Leo, great review. I need to try the one with herbs. 🌿 Bert is lovely. 😊 Cheers, Ross

Waiting for La Merced's review, thats a fantastic yerba

Rain, sleet, snow. I prefer the liner is so basic and not a flannel. If it gets wet you don't really have to worry so much about drying it out. Same thing with the pockets. Do you want wet pockets? I bought this as a durable jacket that will repel rain. If I want a liner and such there's Thursday or Flint and Tinder waxed jackets.

Hey Leo, good to see you! The problem I see with the notion of wokeness is when it enters the sanctimonious phase i.e. self-righteous tesla drivers who've bought hook, line and sinker the greenwash of their 60% fossil fuel, 18% nuclear, 6% hydro, 11% wind and 3% solar powered badge of 'holier than thou.' The other point of concern which few raise re gender issues is the burgeoning billion dollar medical/pharmaceutical industry of transitioning drugs and procedures along with the massive normalization campaigns of the symptomatic dysphoria (funded by the same industries) due to the abundance of endocrine disruptors from agricultural to healthcare products, Atrazine, glyphosate, BPAs, PFAS etc, that shit is everywhere and it's been taking a large and obvious toll on developing children for the last 2-3 decades. Rather than address the cause, the parasite class creates a lucrative and often tragic 'cure.' Some may have more faith in those industries, but after doing A LOT of digging and discussing, It's clear to me and the investors who advise on these medical/pharma corps, this is engineering a market and creating customers who are often in dire straits. An example, a large corporation has moved into ME, about 12 years ago IIRC, bought up and consolidated most health care providers in the state. By all accounts they are horrific, doctors/nurses fleeing in droves while administrators increased by 2500%. It's an absolute sham. Now, said corporation has a state representative on its board of directors who recently wrote a bill declaring ME a "sanctuary state" meaning any minor brought across state lines for transitioning drugs or procedures by an adult, even if against parental wishes, that adult is immune from prosecution. This was the bill's language, written by said rep and board member for Northern Light 'healthcare' (the largest sponsor to the lgbt parades/fairs here, that I saw, simply buttering up customers!): "Prohibitions- A law enforcement agency may not knowingly make or participate in the arrest or participate in any extradition of an individual pursuant to an out-of-state arrest warrant for violation of another state's law against providing, receiving or allowing a child to receive gender-affirming health care or gender-affirming mental health care in this State, if that care is lawful under the laws of this State, to the fullest extent permitted by federal law. A state or local law enforcement agency may not cooperate with or provide information to any individual (i.e. parent) or out-of-state agency or department regarding the provision of lawful gender-affirming health care or gender-affirming mental health care performed in this State." This is the pharma and medical industries attempting to create a market here in Maine, a specialty pilgrimage site really. Bill has thus far not passed. The way this whole agenda came down the pipeline, in global sync should tell us much. The endocrine disruptor problem is real, it is rampant and it is being covered up with DEI wokeness. Don't believe me, give PubMed and the medical servers a search, give Dr Shanna Swan an ear for a spell. czcams.com/video/OJNcV12xJfw/video.html To even say this is to bring on the wrath of the woke fundamentalist. Bottom line for me personally, just the old school: if you're a decent person of ANY color or persuasion, you have my respect and I have your back. And for the record: here in the US and I suspect most established countries, the right and left are of the same parasite class that has always clawed it's way to dominion over the Earth and its plebs. It's time to depolarize, try it next time in a heated or not so heated political debate, point out both sides are shit and most times you'll quickly be faced with a human again rather than an entrenched repeater unit! Plebs unite, there is ONE class of parasite running us into the ground, on all fronts. Well, you asked what we thought Leo!:)

To be honest, there is another method witch is not as popular but it is much easier to do. You put a spoon of erva inside cuya and then fill water til the narrowest part of the neck of cuia. then you put a lot of yerba to fill it up and just slowly insert bomba in one corner. Move bomba a bit to form space for for water similar as with traditional method, add more water and after second refill you basically get same result as with the traditional method. Here is the video where that method is used czcams.com/users/shortsqM61Nlew85Y

Nice Review. Been drinking Yerba Mate for about 17 years. To be honest I got tired of Smoked Yerbas and Kraus is very lovely company witch I can call my Bread and Butter of Yerbas. My one of all time favorite Yerba was CANARIAS Yellow Package. I just love the creamy texture it has. Learned one nice trick if you want something similar but unsmoked - Try Mixing Yerbas. I take unsmoked Argentinian yerbas and usually mix it with little of Brazillian Yerba like Yacui or Barao Premium and the result is - similar to PU1 cut as Uruguayan mates tend to be. You simply add that dust that gives this creamy grassy taste later without the smoky notes.

Any way to get in Scotland if anyone knows 😊

Hello Leo, I was not the type of person afraid of the future. I always thought that progress would find a way to get through. But for the past decade or so, with the election of Trump, I began to wonder where we were going as a civilisation. Conservatism didn't only become more popular in the US, but in a lot of other countries (Canada included). I think we have about the same age. Like you, I saw and live and grow in gender, race and diversity tolerance. We saw reconciliation between population/people (for example: the breaking of the Berlin wall, the end of Apartheid). I do not consider myself climato-anxious, or futur-anxious but I wonder what will reverse the tide of this grow of conservatism. I do not know if I will see it in what I have left in my lifetime. Best wishes my friend!

Life was never simpler. Fucking nostalgia trap. Punching down is about fear of change. 14:37

Thank you Leo. My heart needed this. Living in a "red" state here in the US and feeling surrounded by ignorant small minded idiots, it does me well to hear a level headed conversation in this regard. I'm not much for labels either, but was touched when our friend TimberDrifter called me a Progressive. I certainly fit that mold and wear it proudly. Having served on a Diversity committee for many years I just can't get my head around how it could be looked down upon. I shall continue down the road, kind, compassionate and woke as hell. Be well my friend, Stephen

Hear, f-ing hear! This is not about being on the right or left, it is about being a decent human being. I grew up in a small rural town and I just did not understand what people were so afraid of. Personally, I don’t hate liberals but they do often disappoint me. Capitalism, being the dominant economic system, so much relies on creating minority enemies to kick down on, that is why we have to abandon capitalism as the dominent economic framework. Be well my friend. Emil

I get where you're coming from. Like any concept, it's extremes that ruin it. By that I mean that the concepts are well intentioned and valid but not always so much the way they're executed.

I generally agree - I feel like talking about the concept of "woke" lends validity to the ridiculous label. I'm just a crabby Gen-X dude that doesn't like labels generally. DEI is the new CRT, and it goes on and on - just racists being racists. Be who you want to be, I'll respect you - but I might just nod and walk away if you scream at me that your pronoun is "butterfly" or something like that. Not a big fan or right wing c#nts myself either. Had to comment though - all 3 comments so far are from the U.S. Pacific Northwest, a hotbed of dissention.

Abso-fucking-lutely well said! My god. I wish I were as well-stated as you are. Thank you for sharing this!!

Well Leo my friend! I quite fucking agree...I just usually don't say it quite so frankly! The world is going to progress, we just need to decide how we want it to....for all or just for some? The alternatives to "wokeness" are intolerable to me: childish, ignorant, backward, selfish, hateful, rude, self-centered, non-inclusive, unawares and "asleep"! All things I try to purge from myself, from childhood....as you've said! Thank you for so eloquently speaking your mind! Take care, Corey

Conservatism has become a cloak for prejudice and racism

You sill smoke a pipe! Ha! 😅 Pipe related channels worth a damn are few and far between these days. A lot of (right wing) political and religious garbage muddying the waters. Like the ink - got a full sleeve for my 50th birthday "mid-life crisis" - bright and colorful. Completely opposite of my personality. 🤣 Glad to hear you (and the "missus") are in a good place.

Good to see you alive and well

Greetings Mate! Hope you're doing well Leo! Good to at least see you back on here... ....one of the strange things about the YTPC is that you become attached to some people. Then when they "disappear," you feel like something is missing. ....and then you realize that you really do wonder about that person....and miss them. Glad you found a job that suits you...and feeds you! Take care my friend! Corey

Good to hear your dulcet Dorset tones, mate! 10:06

There he IS! 0:18

Great to see you again, Leo. No fear, I don't take anyone 'too' seriously and quite a few I don't take seriously at all 😉That's a lovely Canadian - a shape equally suited for sitting or walking. Your new ink is impressive. The persecution of Palestine is certainly a sign of the dysfunction and hypocrisy prevalent among the human species. World bodies and courts are established to promote equity and equality among the people regardless of nation, but every nation seems to quite selective as to which decisions of those institutions they will honor. The biggest among them places itself beyond their jurisdiction. But as you say, that is another discussion. Lol - the ersatz Spanish beer reminds me of a ketchup I found in Sainsbury's when living in the North. It proclaimed itself to be America's Favourite Catsup - it was a tomato pineapple concoction to boot! I'd never see in on the shelf of any state in which I've lived nor did it appear anywhere online. Surprisingly British food products tend to be legitimate in US supermarkets and grocery stores. You don't find a 'British Favorite' made in Mississippi. Good to hear that your new job is working well for you. It sounds much more conducive to having a home life. Cigars versus Pipes is an interesting topic. I find that in hot summer weather, especially with the higher humidity where I live, makes a cigar a preferred choice. The conditions seems to open up a rich flavor profile. A pipe seems to go well with somewhat cooler and dryer weather, but, in the end, the mood of the moment drives the decision. Squirrel 😂my friend I do identify with that. It's probably why I enjoy walking my dogs. I am as distractable as they are 🤣Be well and keep it on the awesome side - peace ✌

Hello Leo. Nice to catch up with you. Be well mate.

Good to see you Leo. ✊🏾🇵🇸

Always good to hear from you, Leo! Take care ✊

Nice to see you back, Veermaster is such a great blend. Love the tree leaf tattoos with corresponding Ogham symbols

good to see a video from you mate, hopefully catch you on zoom later.

Very nice to see you my friend, It is a very nice looking canadian shape pipe you have there! Very nice ink you have. I wonder what will happen with Palestine... one of the sad thing, is that if you say something wrong about Israel shouting civilians and/or wrongly occupying the place, you are being called "antisemitic". The world is going in a weird place! Take care!

.. £1k?! I was thinking like £150-300 for both jacket and liner, there is no possible way in any world, that this is worth that much. I'd expect a LOT more for a grand... Like a Kevlar weave integrated to the inner surface of the jacket for a grand. This is like when people buy a Mercedes TSHIRT, it's ALL brand at that point. Great video, definitely made me rethink aspiring to having a Filson jacket.

Saudações do Brasil, camarada! Recomendo este vídeo czcams.com/video/M9cmf2hBsig/video.html. Nesse canal há outros vídeos com dicas para desentupir ou para não entupir a bomba. Escrevo tomando uma erva brasileira agroflorestal secada em barbaquá. Abraços!

Hello, Sir! How are you? Amazing video as always! There is a way to make chimarrao that we call: Chimarrao de 11 segundos (Eleven seconds chimarrao), the bomb never getts clogged! The secret is not putting a lot of erva in the bottom of the cuia (less than one spoon, it may vary based on your cuia size!). Here is the video: czcams.com/video/laZ72qWdBSQ/video.html Hope you enjoy it! I'm also looking for another video that is single-handed the best video on yt on how to make chimarrao, but it was very old and i think they deleted it :(

Hello sir, Always interesting videos. Hope you'll be able to have help soon with your Erva Mate. Take care!

Lovely vibrant looking stuff. Id be tempted to put it in a French press but i know that is unacceptable behavior 😂.

Many thanks 👍

Hello, Friend! Have you ever tried Brazilian Erva Mates? They are easier on the caffeine. Smoother but delicious. Uruguayan ones give me headaches/stomachaches bc of the caffeine content! But i still drink them a lot (1/2L dont seem to affect me that much). Baldo is easier on my head and stomach and to me the flavour is richer and smoother (it has a very long flavor in my mouth). Love from Brasil! Edit: by ervas brasileiras i meant the fine cut. Almost powder brazilian cut! Also try moida-grossa! Also powder but with some leaves and a more intense flavor! That one is my favorite.

What temperature have you found the best to make it?

Great review,I have been drinking it from my carob gourd and really loving it. I appreciate your video,and information. Kudos to you brother...

rude to give the bitter one to someone else... always be rude to me in this regard :D

Love Kraus - it has an uplifting herbaceous flavour. Great that it's organic and unsmoked too. Sin T.A.C.C means 'gluten free'.

Nice view into the Mate Universe, Greetings from Germany

very nice Video and always enjoy those leaves

Imperial gourds are Uruguayan my brother.(also, awesome video)

Your video has just popped up onto my feed, as I’m sitting here smoking my very first Condor plug :) I’m thoroughly enjoying it, and find it very different to the ready rubbed. Strong dry taste, slow burning, and leaves the pallet with a rich aftertaste. Have a large bowl filled, a Peterson System 307, and find it ideal. Thanks for the video, and the company, while I enjoy my first Condor Plug. Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪 P.S. It’s expensive due to Irish tax, we get rinsed over here with tax on any type of tobacco

"P.U.1" .. that's right. you mentioned something that few people know when it comes to mate. There are not many brands pruducing a yerba of this quality.

Baldo... Canarias... are all brazilians mate brands... all produced in Brazil for uruguayans and local market. In Uruguay there are no yerba mate production and yerba plants. Baldo and Canarias are considered the best yerba mate premium brands on market.

That's a very good erva. I buy it all the time here in Brazil, but I find it intense. I've been drinking Rei Verde Premium export (black package), it's also a very good erva but less intense in caffeine.

excellent video as per - this was one of my absolute favourites in terms of organic brands, but since living in Argentina I've found ones which I prefer - still, it's one of the ones which most made me fall in love with mate, and a brand which has never failed me! Appreciate the shoutout too :) very kind.

Hello Sir!! It was a pleasure to hear your review of BALDO yerba mate. I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to get to know the premises of the Baldo Company and the process of manufacturing yerba mate. If you have the opportunity to come to the south of Brazil, please let us know, and it will be an honor to welcome you. We are now waiting for the Canary Islands rewied, in which Baldo also has a stake. Thank you for your attention!

Helo Sir, Baldo acctually is the surname of the founder and main person responsible for this spetacular product. I hope you enjoy the product for long time, as yerba mate is full of good properties.