What is yerba mate tea? Benefits & how to prepare the drink Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Antoine Griezmann & South American footballers love

Mate is a herbal drink enjoyed by Argentina star Lionel Messi and a host of other South American footballers - so what are ...
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Yerba mate: South America’s Indigenous tea, from Paraguay to Syria

Everywhere you go in Argentina or Uruguay, you’ll see people engaging in an old and much-loved ritual: sipping a hot, slightly bitter infusion of caffeinated leaves from a dried gourd through a ...

I Played The Best Tennis Match Of My Life, Thanks To This Performance-Boosting South American Tea

Yerba mate contains caffeine and other ingredients that can boost physical performance, according to sports nutritionists.
The Economist

Javier Milei’s liberal reforms are hurting yerba mate growers

Many Argentines sip mate daily. The brewed, bitter drink is made by infusing leaves of the yerba mate plant, a relative of holly. It is grown by some 13,000 farmers, mostly on a small scale across 230 ...