Signature
No. 01
Mate Rigatoni
Ridged tubes thick enough to grab a brown-butter sage sauce. Earthy mate finish. Cooks in seven minutes flat.
Bronze die340g box
Bold by nature
Pasta with thekick of yerba mate.
Matela is hand-cut semolina pasta infused with stone-ground yerba mate — earthy, grassy, quietly caffeinated. Made in small batches for people who eat dinner like they mean it.
- Cuts
- 4
- Ingredients
- 3
- Cook time
- 7m
Batch #014
Milled · mixed · mailed
A founder’s word
No reviews yet. Just promises we plan to keep.
Matela is a one-pot kitchen on the edge of something. Here’s what every box ships with, today and forever.
Three ingredients
Durum semolina, water, organic yerba mate. That’s the entire box.
Shipped in 48 hours
Cut, dried, and boxed the same week you order. Never warehoused.
Eat it or we’ll refund it
Don’t love your first box? Email us. Full refund, no return.
Made by one human
Every batch is mixed and rolled by the founder. Note included.
The cuts
Four shapes. One unmistakable flavor.
Every shape is bronze-die extruded for a rougher texture — the kind that holds sauce instead of shrugging it off. The mate brings a grassy, almost smoky finish.
No. 02
02
Yerba Tagliatelle
Wide ribbons hand-cut to 8mm. Built for a heavy ragu or a cacio e pepe that earns its name.
No. 03
03
Mate Orecchiette
Little ears, thumb-pressed. Cup broccoli rabe, sausage crumbles, anything with attitude.
No. 04 · Limited
Smoked Mate Pappardelle
Mate leaves cold-smoked over oak before milling. Drops six times a year.
From leaf to plate
Four steps. No shortcuts.
- 01
Source
Organic yerba mate from a single cooperative in Misiones, Argentina.
- 02
Mill
Stone-ground the morning of the bake to lock in volatile oils and color.
- 03
Extrude
Mixed with semolina and cold water, pushed through bronze dies for grip.
- 04
Dry slow
36 hours at 38°C. The shape stays straight, the mate stays bright.
Box up.
Tonight’s dinner has a green streak.
Order a starter box of four cuts. Free shipping over $40. Eat bold or eat your refund.