Yerba Mate

[Why Always Ste]

Been drinking this for a bit now and It's been superb.
Have never been a Coffee or Traditional English Tea man as I just never liked it.
The instant Coffee is full of crap.

But I wanted a warm drink that is also sociable and has health benefits.

Then I discovered Yerba Mate

Yerba Mate

Yerba Mate has the “strength of coffee, the health benefits of tea, and the euphoria of chocolate" all in one beverage. Of the six commonly used stimulants in the world: coffee, tea, kola nut, cocoa and guarana, yerba mate triumphs as the most balanced, delivering both energy and nutrition.

Yerba mate (yer-bah mah-tay) is made from the naturally caffeinated and nourishing leaves of the celebrated South American rainforest holly tree (Ilex paraguariensis). For centuries, South America’s Aché Guayakí tribe have sipped yerba mate from a traditional mate gourd for its rejuvenative effects. These rainforest people find tremendous invigoration, focus, and nourishment in yerba mate.

The leaves of the rainforest mate tree naturally contain 24 vitamins and minerals, 15 amino acids, abundant antioxidants. In fact, The Pasteur Institute and the Paris Scientific society in 1964 concluded "it is difficult to find a plant in any area of the world equal to mate in nutritional value" and that yerba mate contains "practically all of the vitamins necessary to sustain life."

Yerba mate contains caffeine, theophylline, and theobromine, well-known stimulants also found in tea, coffee and chocolate. The caffeine content varies between that of green tea and coffee. Unlike tea, yerba mate has a low tannin content so it can be strong like coffee with out becoming extremely bitter. Unlike coffee, yerba mate is not oily and acid forming, so it is less likely to cause stomach acid and jitters.

Yerba mate is very versatile and can be prepared a variety of ways, from a tea infuser or French press to a coffee machine, even an espresso maker. It can be consumed hot, or cold, and served with milk and honey or iced with lemon and mint, the combinations are endless.

Yerba mate, is a shade subtropical. Like high quality coffee, high quality mate is shade-grown; delivering more flavor and containing more medicinal and nutritional properties than the commercially grown, sun farmed varieties. It thrives in its natural rainforest environment located between the 10th and 30th parallels, in high humidity with up to 1500 mm of annual rainfall.

Pablo Zabaleta enjoy's his Yerba Mate

 

[bellbuzz]

That's a massive spoon he's got in that mug/cup.

 

[quiet_riot]

I used to drink loads of tea, but then I saw what it did to the inside of my mug, so assumed that my insides looks similar. I don't like coffee, so have been having green tea with lemon, still a bit meh.

Where does one purchase Yerba Mate?

 

[FantasyIreland]

Get mine from tea pigs Ste(along with a lorry load of other goodies!) bagged or loose - lovely stuff.

 

[FantasyIreland]

I used to drink loads of tea, but then I saw what it did to the inside of my mug, so assumed that my insides looks similar. I don't like coffee, so have been having green tea with lemon, still a bit meh.

Where does one purchase Yerba Mate?

You'll have to pop round mate

 

[Barcon]

Been drinking this for a bit now and It's been superb.
Have never been a Coffee or Traditional English Tea man as I just never liked it.
The instant Coffee is full of crap.

But I wanted a warm drink that is also sociable and has health benefits.

Then I discovered Yerba Mate

Pablo Zabaleta enjoy's his Yerba Mate

Where can I get that t-shirt.

 

[Why Always Ste]

I used to drink loads of tea, but then I saw what it did to the inside of my mug, so assumed that my insides looks similar. I don't like coffee, so have been having green tea with lemon, still a bit meh.

Where does one purchase Yerba Mate?

I just order mine off Amazon bud.
£10 packet lasts me a few weeks, drinking it every day.

You can also refill your Gourd with warm water anytime you want a top up.

I recommend you buy the wooden Gourd with the specific spoon.

Not everyone's taste but I enjoy it and it helps me working out in the gym

 

[bellbuzz]

I have just read that it can be a carcinogenic if used a lot.

In the U.S. yerba mate is widely available in health food stores and online. Proponents of yerba mate say that it can relieve fatigue, promote weight loss, ease depression, and help treat headaches and various other conditions. There's no definitive evidence that these claims are valid.

Yerba mate isn't likely to pose a risk for healthy adults who occasionally drink it. However, some studies indicate that people who drink large amounts of yerba mate over prolonged periods may be at increased risk of some types of cancer, such as cancer of the mouth, esophagus and lungs. Smoking in combination with yerba mate seems to greatly increase the cancer risk.
http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-l...eating/expert-answers/yerba-mate/faq-20058343

 

[Nigel De Shlong]

I was interested in this when I watched the video a few months back.

Might have to buy some soon, how is the taste?

 

[FantasyIreland]

I was interested in this when I watched the video a few months back.

Might have to buy some soon, how is the taste?

Difficult to describe.....slightly smoky,a tad bitter,certainly not sweet - it wont be for everyone.