Description

Yerba Mate was once considered the “nectar of the Gods” in the jungles along the Amazon. What is now the national beverage of most South American countries, originated in Paraguay with a local tribe who drank it and then started to cultivate it.

At first, the tea was a form of tribal ritual and even acted as a peace-pipe among the natives.

In the seventeenth century, the Spanish colonizers began drinking it as well. Soon Yerba Mate became Paraguay’s number one export. With such growing popularity, Brazil, Argentina, and Chile also began to grow it. Later the Brazilian Mate gained renown when it became the favorite drink of the Gauchos…mostly enjoyed around the campfire.

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Blends of Yerba Mate Tea offered: