mate-terminal.shop
// est. abril 2025 · rosario, ar

an afternoon,
shipped over ssh.

mate-terminal.shop is a yerba mate store you visit by typing one command. No accounts. No carts. No popups. Six bags, one ronda, and a checkout that finishes before the kettle does.

$ ssh mate-terminal.shop CLICK
// image placeholder — gourd & bombilla flatlay
"the round, hollow,
passable hour."
— fragment from a litoral cookbook, 1923
mate@calabaza:~ — ssh ×
+
ghostty
− ▢ ×
01 — catálogo

six bags, picked carefully

every bag stamped with origin and milling date.

NO.01 · 500g
Cruz de Malta
// pack
Argentina cruz-malta

classic, smoky, full-bodied.

$ buy cruz-malta $14
NO.02 · 500g
Canarias
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Uruguay canarias

powdery, soft, traditional.

$ buy canarias $15
NO.03 · 1kg
Rosamonte Especial
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Argentina rosamonte

robust, woody, long-lasting.

$ buy rosamonte $22
NO.04 · 500g
Pajarito Suave
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Paraguay pajarito

smooth, low-bitter, gentle.

$ buy pajarito $13
NO.05 · 500g
Verde Flor
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Brazil verdeflor

chimarrão cut, bright, grassy.

$ buy verdeflor $16
NO.06 · 500g
Playadito
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Argentina playadito

balanced, slightly sweet.

$ buy playadito $14
02 — story

why a terminal

quiet checkout, loud yerba.

We wanted a checkout that respects the time it takes to boil water, and a homepage that respects the time it takes to read. An ssh shop happens to do both.

The first time we connected, the round had already started. Someone had filled the gourd, someone had passed it left, and the catálogo was just six lines on a black screen. We bought one bag and it arrived on a Thursday.

Now we run the shop. Same six lines. Same Thursday. We source from family secaderos and ship within sixty days of the mill. Cebar bien, drink slow, pass left.

03 — how

three commands, one ronda

i.

connect

$ ssh mate-terminal.shop

any terminal will do.

ii.

browse + buy

$ ls; buy rosamonte

tab to complete. up arrow to recall.

iii.

receive

$ track <id>

yerba arrives within the week.

04 — brew

how to cebar

six instructions, none of them hard.

one fill the gourd two-thirds with yerba
two tilt forty-five degrees; let the powder settle
three pour cool water at the base — a slow wake
four wedge the bombilla into the wet side
five pour 70–80°C water down the bombilla
six sip until the sound is hollow; refill; pass left
// image placeholder — pouring water at 78°C
78°C
// never boiling. ever. seriously.
05 — subscribe

yerba on a cron

cancel from any terminal, anytime.

// PLAN

cebador

1 bag · monthly
$13 /mo
  • · one varietal
  • · skip months free
  • · cancel via ssh
★ POPULAR
// PLAN

ronda

2 bags · biweekly
$24 /mo
  • · mix & match
  • · priority shipping
  • · tasting notes
// PLAN

estancia

4 bags · weekly
$44 /mo
  • · full rotation
  • · bombilla q1
  • · tasting invites
06 — faq

answers

Do I need ssh to buy?
No. There's a web checkout if you'd rather. The ssh experience is the same store with a friendlier prompt.
Where is the yerba from?
Family secaderos in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and southern Brazil. The bag tells you which.
What about international shipping?
Worldwide on Mondays. Customs paperwork files automatically; you'll see it in your shell.
Is my card safe over ssh?
Cards are handed to Stripe over TLS inside the channel. We see the last four, nothing more.
Can I gift a subscription?
gift <email> instead of subscribe. They'll get an ssh invite by mail.
07 — harvest notes

letters from the secaderos

four or five times a year, when something is worth saying. milling dates, new origins, the occasional brewing tangent. no upsells.

// unsubscribe with one click. or, if you prefer, by typing unsubscribe over ssh.