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== Club Mate ==
Club Mate is a not very sweet, dry soda made in Germany.  Super popular with the Hacktiirs,  its pronounced MAH-TEY!  (Cf. Yerba Mate Tea)


[[User:rpw| Ralf (rpw)]] is currently trying to organize a shipment of Club Mate to San Francisco. He has spoken to Markus Loscher, one of the owners of the [http://www.brauerei-loscher.de Brauerei Loscher] which produces Club Mate on 2009-01-30 and confirmed that there is no exclusive deal between 2600 and Loscher that would impede this operation. Labels with "nutritional facts" already exist and can be directly adhered on the bottles by Loscher.
We normally try to keep a good supply of Club Mate at Noisebridge because it is great to drink while hacking. It's not very common in the states (though getting more so), so it's a bit of a unique feature that we have it. It's also a good fundraiser for us. We normally ask about 4-5 dollar donation per bottle and get them for about half that, so this really helps pay our rent.  
The current ballpark is 200 cases of Club Mate, ETA is mid-April, before CodeCon. A quote for these 200 cases has been asked for.


=== ToDo ===
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* look into FDA approval again. Loscher already has a FDA registration from the last export (to the Last Hope). Another one needed?
[[Image:Club_mate_logo.jpg|thumb|right|Guy Fawkes gets his Mate on]]
* get quotes on container prices again. they should have dropped significantly from 2008
[[Image:Imgp0620.jpg|thumb|right|Club Mate stashed at Noisebridge]]
* get quotes on container insurance
 
* find driver for route from Münchsteinach to Hamburg harbor
== Ordering Club Mate ==
* organize logistics on receiving end
Last updated 2019
* figure out taxing/import duty on receiving end:
 
** would this be the correct tariff: http://www.faqs.org/rulings/tariffs/22029090.html ?
We normally order our club mate from Ferrymen (www.ferrymen.net). Our contact is Alex Rethwisch and they can be reached at alex at ferrymen dot net.
***Probably not. It looks like it would fall into a "tea or mate" category, which depending on sugar content, it looks like. USITC Tariff Database query results [[tea-tsv|here]]-[[User:Christie|Christie]]
 
** ask Emmanuel or send clarification request to U.S. Customs (like http://www.faqs.org/rulings/rulings1997HQ959096.html)  
When we last ordered in 2018, it was $40 per case. There are additional costs for acquiring or renting a vehicle to cart all the cases to Noisebridge from their storage in Oakland.
* how do we avoid paying taxes in .de ?
 
There are two types of cases (both types are $40 per case):
 
Original bottles values are 330ml (24 bottles per case) and 500ml (20 bottles per case), equals 11.2 oz and 16.9oz.  But in the US the small bottle is known as 12oz, the big one as 16oz.  
 
The big one has much more Maté for the buck. But fewer per case and the price is higher, so we probably make a bit less when we order the big ones.
 
The 2600 Hacker Magazine group also sells Club Mate. Normally it's more expensive than ferrymen but once in a while they have a good deal if the Club Mate is going to expire soon.  Shipping is normally more because it ships from New York area.  Contact is Kyle Drosdick. Email is  flyko at 2600.com
A pallet is 48 cases.
 
==Slogan==
"Man gewöhnt sich daran..."
Literally, one gets used to it.
 
It does have some other meanings, You get used to it...you (can) get accustomed to it or in the sense of (suck it up, it'll be ok) you'll get used to it...or you can build up a resistance to it....weird. Strange slogan... --Charlotte 13:53, 21 June 2009 (PDT)

Revision as of 14:40, 24 June 2019

Club Mate is a not very sweet, dry soda made in Germany. Super popular with the Hacktiirs, its pronounced MAH-TEY! (Cf. Yerba Mate Tea)

We normally try to keep a good supply of Club Mate at Noisebridge because it is great to drink while hacking. It's not very common in the states (though getting more so), so it's a bit of a unique feature that we have it. It's also a good fundraiser for us. We normally ask about 4-5 dollar donation per bottle and get them for about half that, so this really helps pay our rent.


Guy Fawkes gets his Mate on
Club Mate stashed at Noisebridge

Ordering Club Mate

Last updated 2019

We normally order our club mate from Ferrymen (www.ferrymen.net). Our contact is Alex Rethwisch and they can be reached at alex at ferrymen dot net.

When we last ordered in 2018, it was $40 per case. There are additional costs for acquiring or renting a vehicle to cart all the cases to Noisebridge from their storage in Oakland.

There are two types of cases (both types are $40 per case):

Original bottles values are 330ml (24 bottles per case) and 500ml (20 bottles per case), equals 11.2 oz and 16.9oz. But in the US the small bottle is known as 12oz, the big one as 16oz.

The big one has much more Maté for the buck. But fewer per case and the price is higher, so we probably make a bit less when we order the big ones.

The 2600 Hacker Magazine group also sells Club Mate. Normally it's more expensive than ferrymen but once in a while they have a good deal if the Club Mate is going to expire soon. Shipping is normally more because it ships from New York area. Contact is Kyle Drosdick. Email is flyko at 2600.com A pallet is 48 cases.

Slogan

"Man gewöhnt sich daran..." Literally, one gets used to it.

It does have some other meanings, You get used to it...you (can) get accustomed to it or in the sense of (suck it up, it'll be ok) you'll get used to it...or you can build up a resistance to it....weird. Strange slogan... --Charlotte 13:53, 21 June 2009 (PDT)