• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Espresso & Coffee Guide
  • Recipes
  • Countries
    • African Coffees
    • South American Coffees
    • Indonesian Coffees
  • Best Coffees
  • About
  • Navigation Menu: Social Icons

    • Facebook
    • Twitter
menu icon
go to homepage
  • Recipes
  • Best Coffees
  • Guide
  • Contact
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
  • subscribe
    search icon
    Homepage link
    • Recipes
    • Best Coffees
    • Guide
    • Contact
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
  • ×
    Home » All About Coffee Beans

    How do you pronounce mate?

    MAH-teh. MAH like in malt, and -teh like in Gral. Patten.

    Mate is a short form of Yerba Mate, whose leaves are dried and brewed into a caffeine-rich beverage similar to coffee and tea.

    Yerba Mate contains roughly 85 mg of caffeine per 8-oz cup, which is just slightly less than the 94 mg of caffeine in an 8-oz cup of coffee.

    Also see: how much caffeine in a cup of coffee.

    Buy Gourmet Coffee Beans

    Buy fresh roasted coffee from Canada
    Buy fresh roasted coffee from the U.S.
    • ✔️ Fresh roasted to order
    • ✔️ 100% high qualtiy Arabica coffee
    • ✔️ Custom grind (or whole bean)
    • ✔️ 1-way valve, laminate bag (for freshness)
    • ✔️ Bulk discounts


    Why do you want to sponsor this page?
    Loading

    Sharing is caring!

    • Facebook
    • X
    • Email

    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Jenn

      April 01, 2017 at 12:51 pm

      Caffeine stimulates your adrenal glands to send out adrenaline, that what gives you energy. But if your adrenal glands are getting exhausted then caffeine can make you dizzy. Because your adrenal glands also regulate blood pressure, so when they are exhausted or under stress your blood pressure can get too low, thus the dizziness.

    2. User

      September 13, 2014 at 11:38 am

      re: In Spanish, the "A" says "ah"

      In Spanish, the "A" says "ah" not "ay" and the accent in words is placed on the second to last syllable (in this case 'ma'). "E" says "ay" in Spanish, therefore the pronunciation is most definitely 'MAH-teh'.

    3. Rabbitnightmare

      August 23, 2013 at 4:25 am

      re: I pronounce it like it is seen in the English language

      If you spell a word Mate, it sounds like Mate mayt. Mate sounds like someone you are close to, mah-tay in spanish means "I killed someone"

      Again open source developers don't name their apps properly... never fully researching or thinking about things before doing them...

      It is pronounced mayt as it is spelled Mate. If you argue then I would refer you to the spanish translation.

      If you wanted it spoken as mat tay, spell it as Mattay, dont spell it all stupidly

    4. User

      June 10, 2010 at 4:51 pm

      re: Outside of Southern Brazil

      Outside of Southern Brazil and the border with Bolivia, the Brazilian pronunciation is like "MAH-tch"

    5. User

      February 10, 2010 at 2:24 pm

      re: Mate vs. Maté

      There is no accent on the word mate in Spanish. It is added for English speakers so that they pronounce the word as two syllables. Therefore, the accent naturally falls on the first syllable. MAH-tay. The word "maté" in Spanish means "I killed".

    6. Hard core mate drinker

      March 01, 2009 at 3:56 pm

      re: Mate pronunciation

      You got it sir. Stress is not on the "e" but "ma". Otherwise you go to jail for confessing your crime.

    7. User

      August 28, 2008 at 2:59 pm

      re: Its more like MAT-eh, with

      Its more like MAT-eh, with the "a" being shorter than in the english "mat", and "eh" pronounced like the e in "pet", and the stress falls on the first syllabe.
      It has no acute accent in the e. Written with an accent, "maté", the stress falls in the second syllabe, and it means "I killed".

    8. User

      November 27, 2007 at 3:06 am

      re: Correct Pronunciation

      Well, "MAH-tay" may be how many people pronounce it in the United States, but in Spanish it's pronounced "mah-TAY". The acute accent seen over the letter "E" in maté is always used in Spanish to show where the stress falls.

    9. User

      July 01, 2007 at 8:34 am

      re: Why???

      Can anyone explain how we could drink so much caffeine every day for years on end and then now as just one a day will cause so much dizziness? Just seems absolutely crazy.

      Thank you!

    10. Rob

      June 28, 2007 at 5:04 pm

      re: Mate is from the

      Mate is from the Argentine/Paraguayan/Brazilian border region. It is pronounced properly as "MAH-tay". MAH is like the vowel sound in "mom" and tay rhymes with "play". The stress falls on the first syllable

    Primary Sidebar

    All About Coffee Beans

    • Calories in a Cup of Coffee
    • Inspirational Coffee Quotes
    • DIY Body Coffee Scrub
    • How do you pronounce mate?
    • Why would you put egg shell in coffee?
    • Coffee Plants
    • Coffee Cherry
    • Peaberry Coffee Beans
    • Harvesting Coffee
    • Coffee Processing Methods
    • Grading Coffee
    • Roasting Green Coffee
    • Coffee Packaging
    • How to Make Coffee
    • Best Alcoholic Coffee Cocktail Recipes
    • What is Coffee "Flavor"?
    • Coffee Cupping - Professional Coffee Tasting
    • Funny Coffee Quotes
    • Coffee Quiz
    • World's Best History of Coffee Timeline

    Search

    specialty coffee association logo

    Guide to the Top Coffees

    • Kenya Coffee Beans
    • Sulawesi Coffee Beans
    • Yirgacheffe Coffee Beans
    • Sumatra Coffee Beans
    • Harrar Coffee Beans
    • Costa Rican Coffee Beans
    • Brazilian Coffee Beans
    • Mocha Java Coffee Beans
    • Tanzania Coffee Beans
    • Guatemala Coffee Beans
    • Ethiopian Coffee Beans
    • Colombian Coffee Beans
    • Honduran Coffee Beans
    • Hawaiian Kona Coffee Beans
    • Geisha Coffee Beans
    • Espresso Beans
    • Best Coffee Beans

    Footer

    Footer

    ↑ back to top

    ABOUT ESPRESSOCOFFEEGUIDE.COM

    Find out more About us and what we're doing.

    Information is pulled from a number of locations including official sources ICO, SCA, as well as proprietary third party databases. Beginning circa 2006, we've compiled data and written about coffee and continue to revise and add as new sources come to light. If you have any recommendations or suggested revisions please contact us!

    Information on single origins is updated over time and only reflects the data we have at the time of writing on current crops. All product names, logos, and brands are property of their respective owners. EspressoCoffeeGuide.com reserves the right to all its own content.

    COLLABORATE WITH US

    We're always looking to team up with individuals and companies doing awesome things in the coffee industry. If you'd like to contribute please reach out to us with a proposal!

    Contact us

    Privacy Policy

    Disclosure: We may earn commission at no cost to you from some links on this website. However, the content, opinions and analysis are 100% objective and editorial objectivity is our priority.

    Copyright © 2023 EspressoCoffeeGuide