Photography by John Baichtal
Hacking Club-Mate
A popular hacker energy drink gets homebrewed.
Computer programmers have always loved caffeinated beverages, whether Mountain Dew, Jolt, or plain old coffee. It helps them keep their groove going overnight as they crank out code. German hackers, however, prefer a lightly carbonated yerba maté iced tea called Club-Mate (kloop MAH-tuh) and lately this beverage has made its way to the United States where it’s caught on among the homegrown hackerati.
Emmanuel Goldstein, publisher of hacker zine 2600: The Hacker Quarterly, first encountered Club-Mate at a convention in Germany.
“I noticed ...
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