Alexis · Fondateur d'YVY Maté
Yerba mate, still hard to come by in France, is a product growing in popularity. It is, however, only available in a handful of physical shops and online stores.
You can buy organic mate right here with YVY Maté - and, as of recently, directly from our physical store at 48 rue des Cloys - 75018 Paris. To help you out, we've listed the shops, city by city, where mate can be found.
Physical mate shops
Mate shops in Paris
Boutique YVY
Address: 48 rue des Cloys, 75018 Paris
Hours: Monday to Friday, 10 AM to 7 PM; Saturday, 3 PM to 7 PM.
Our store, at 48 rue des Cloys, 75018 Paris, is the first Parisian space entirely dedicated to mate.
A warm place to discover and share mate culture. Find an exclusive selection of artisan gourds, bombillas and other accessories, alongside our exceptional mates, blended and packed in our workshops in France. Enjoy our 1-hour pickup service for online orders too!
Latino Market
Address: 55 boulevard Lefebvre, 75015 Paris
Hours: Open every day except Monday, 11 AM to 7 PM; Sunday, 11 AM to 5 PM.
Latino Market, in Paris's 15th arrondissement, specializes in South American food products.
Many mate references from all over Latin America are available.
L'herboristerie du Palais Royal
Address: 11 rue des Petits Champs, 75001 Paris
Hours: Monday to Saturday, 10 AM to 7 PM
A specialist herb shop, L'Herboristerie offers several kinds of mate, gourds and bombillas.
Carnar
Address: 23 rue de la Comète, 75007 Paris
Hours: Monday to Saturday, 10 AM to 1 PM, then 2 PM to 6 PM
A shop specializing in Argentine products - its meat above all - Carnar carries a few Argentine mate brands.
Betjeman and Barton
Address: 23 Boulevard Malesherbes, 75008 Paris
Hours: Monday to Saturday, 10 AM to 7 PM
At Betjeman and Barton you'll find Brazilian green mate from 100 g to 1 kg.
La Recoleta (Restaurant)
119 Avenue de Villiers
75017, Paris
Caminito (Restaurant)
46 rue de Cléry
75002, Paris
Palermo (Restaurant)
32 rue des Moines
75017, Paris
La Rosarina (Restaurant)
79 rue Lafayette
75009, Paris
Mate shops in Lyon
L'Epicerie Equitable Lyon
Address: 78 rue Montesquieu, 69007 Lyon
Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 9 AM to 8 PM; Monday, 2 PM to 8 PM
Specializing in fair-trade products, L'Epicerie Equitable offers ORGANIC mate herbal blends.
Torréfaction Lyonnais Artisanale - Bongoo Café
Address: 66 avenue Jean Jaurès, 69007 Lyon
Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 10 AM to 7 PM
You'll find loose green mate there, available from 100 g to 500 g.
El Monumental
Address: 66 Rue de la Charité, 69002 Lyon
Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 9 AM to 1 PM, then 3:30 PM to 7:30 PM
A wide assortment of yerba mate is available at El Monumental.
En aparthé
Address: 29 Rue de la Thibaudière, 69007 Lyon
Hours: Wednesday and Thursday, 10 AM to 1 PM, then 2:30 PM to 7 PM. Friday and Saturday, 10 AM to 7 PM.
Organic green mate is available, from 50 g to 200 g.
Bahadourian
Address: 20 Rue Villeroy, Place Djebraïl Bahadourian, 69003 Lyon
Hours: Monday to Saturday, 8:30 AM to 7:30 PM.
Bahadourian is a grocery offering products from around the world. You'll find a few South American mate brands there, plus some gourds and bombillas.
Mate shops in Lille
L'Epicerie Equitable Lille
Address: Halles de Wazemmes, Place de la Nouvelle Aventure, 59000 Lille
Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM, then 5 PM to 8 PM. Saturday, 8:30 AM to 8 PM; Sunday, 8:30 AM to 3 PM.
UNAMI Maison de Thé
Address: 8 Rue Saint-Jacques, 59800 Lille
Hours: Monday to Saturday, 10 AM to 7 PM
You can find a few Canarias and green mate brands. Loose mate is also available, in different flavors, from 100 g to 1 kg.
Mate shops in Bordeaux
La Boutique du Thé
Address: 19 Rue des Remparts, 33000 Bordeaux, France
Hours: Every day, 10 AM to 5:30 PM, except Monday, 1 PM to 5:30 PM
Infusion/mate blends are available in this shop.
La Maison du Pérou
Address: 20 Rue Saint-Rémi, 33000 Bordeaux
Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 10 AM to 7 PM; Monday, 2 PM to 7 PM.
A very wide range of South American yerba and mate kits. You'll also find a few gourds and bombillas.
Ici Argentine La Boutique
Address: 84 Boulevard du Président Wilson, 33000 Bordeaux
Hours: Tuesday to Friday, 11:30 AM to 2 PM and 6 PM to 9 PM. Saturday and Sunday, 6 PM to 9 PM
Discover Argentine gastronomy and Latin American yerba mate.
Mate shops in Montpellier
Teanayis
Address: 1 bis Rue Joubert, 34000 Montpellier
Hours: Monday to Saturday, 10:30 AM to 7 PM, except Wednesday, 12:15 PM to 7 PM.
You'll find ORGANIC mate there, plus several accessories like natural and wooden gourds, as well as bombillas.
Si le thé m'était conté
Address: 12 Rue Saint-Firmin, 34000 Montpellier
Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 10 AM to 7 PM; Monday, 2 PM to 7 PM.
Several types of mate, plus tea/mate blends.
Mate shops in Strasbourg
Hola Maté
Address: 3 rue de la Division Leclerc, 67000 Strasbourg
Hours: Monday to Friday, 10:30 AM to 1:15 PM, then 3 PM to 7 PM. Saturday, 10 AM to 7 PM.
In just a few months, Hola Maté has become a reference shop specializing in mate in France. It carries Argentine, Brazilian, Paraguayan and Uruguayan yerba mates, plus plenty of mate accessories.
Le Thé des Muses
Address: 19 Rue Sainte-Barbe, 67000 Strasbourg
Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 10 AM to 6 PM; Monday, 2 PM to 6 PM.
You'll find mate there in its plain, green or roasted form, as well as flavored, and sometimes woven into other blends.
Mate shops in Marseille
Pào Chà
Address: Les Docks Village, 10 place de la Joliette 13002 Marseille
Hours: Monday to Sunday, 10 AM to 7 PM
A specialist ORGANIC tea shop, it offers ORGANIC South American yerba along with the accessories to drink it.
Mate shops in Toulouse
Saveurs et Harmonie
Address: 24 Rue de la Colombette, 31000 Toulouse, France
Hours: Open every day, 9 AM to 5:45 PM, except Sunday, 9 AM to 5 PM
A specialist tea shop where you'll find a fairly wide range of South American mate brands.
Mate shops in Nantes
Voyages Du Thé
Address: 18 Place Viarme, 44000 Nantes, France
Hours: Tuesday to Friday, 10 AM to 12:30 PM, then 2:30 PM to 7 PM. Saturday, 10 AM to 1 PM, then 2:30 PM to 7 PM. Sunday, 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Monday, 3 PM to 7 PM
A specialist tea shop with a few kinds of mate.
Mate shops in Brest
La maison du thé
Address: 43 Rue Jean Macé, 29200 Brest
Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 10 AM to 1 PM, then 2 PM to 7 PM. Monday, 2 PM to 7 PM.
Green yerba is available, along with orange yerba mate.
Mate shops in Rouen
Saveur Dantan
Address: 12 Rue Saint-Lô, 76000 Rouen
Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 9:30 AM to 7 PM; Monday, 1 PM to 6:30 PM
You can find Brazilian green mate and lemon mate there.
Betjeman and Barton
Address: 51 Rue aux Juifs, 76000 Rouen
Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 10:30 AM to 1 PM, then 2 PM to 7 PM
You'll find Brazilian green mate there
Online mate stores
As you've just seen, physical shops carrying mate are relatively few.
Beyond these, there are also online stores, whose mate ranges are often wider and easier to access.
Amazon
Of course, the biggest online store carries a few mate brands, plus accessories for drinking it.
Palais des thés
At Palais des thés, a specialist tea house, you'll find yerba plus a few mate accessories.
YVY Maté
YVY Maté is the only French brand offering a demanding selection of organic yerba mate, along with handmade gourds and bombillas.
The organic, fair-trade yerba mate is grown in agroforestry, in the heart of biodiversity.
This farming helps develop smooth, complex flavors, on the border between tea and coffee, better suited to the European palate.
To offer traditional drinking, YVY Maté has partnered with an exceptional artisan. He handcrafts unique luxury gourds, worked with rare finesse.
For those wanting a more contemporary way to drink mate, YVY Maté has developed mate infusions in plastic-free tea bags.
You can find the products just below:
