Kalena Barbacuá Despalada
stemless yerba mate · Argentina
Field Yerba with barbacuá (wood-smoked) and 12 months of aging. That's bad. Agro-ecological culture. Taste very soft, smoked very soft.
- Brand
- Kalena
- Variety
- Barbacuá Despalada
- Type
- Stemless
- Country
- Argentina
- Company
- Familia Procopio
- Mill
- Establecimiento San Demetrio
- Made in
- Sur de Misiones, Argentina
- Founded
- 1977
- Bitterness
- 4.1/5
- Yield
- 3.6/5
Pairing
Fairy pics, pawns, toast with milk candy.
History of Kalena
The Procopio family, of Ukrainian origin, was built at the San Demetrio establishment of 3 Capones, where his parents had built the first secadero of the area. In 1977 they began to work their own yerba and the name Kalena came from the national flower of Ukraine.
Background
It's artisan and agroecological and in 2015 was elected the best yerba at the blind tasting at the Caminos and Tears fair.