Yerba Mate organic has a toasty earthy herbal flavor and is high in mateine. This is similar to caffeine and the level is considered to be as high as something like Red Bull. This is why you will see teenagers drinking this in Brazil and surrounding countries.
Brazilian Mate became the most popular drink of the Gauchos, the South American cowboys.
Much healthier than other keep awake drinks and stronger than coffee.

It is an indigenous herb of the Amazon and popular throughout Latin America for its robust flavor. It's often referred to as the "tea" of Latin America. Organic Yerba Mate is one of many potential renewable rain forest products and part of a socially and environmentally conscious movement known as "market driven conservation. This harvesting of the herb is an alternative for the Amazon natives as an income after losing logging work.

• 4 ounce bags makes approximately 30 cups
  
  Click TRIAL SIZE for a one ounce bag that makes approx 8 cups
  
  
  Organic Yerba mate from South America
  

English Tealeaves sells over 125 high quality teas that are "cherry picked" from over 15 suppliers who specialize in specific types and countries. This gives us the flexibility to find the best of the best. We also blend around 8 teas ourselves that can't be obtained to our standards. For example our #1 selling tea, English Breakfast is our own blend that we created in 2002.

Our Cafe customers give feedback and we discontinue the ones that get poor ratings. We also look to improve our teas and will replace a standard tea, like say Mango, with a higher quality blend from another supplier.

The teas are selected after evaluation in these seven areas and then the scores are weighted to decide if they qualify for inclusion in our range:

Dry leaf appearance
Dry leaf aroma
Brewed infusion color
Aroma brewed
Hot taste
Iced taste
After taste



We also have at least 3 tasters and then compare notes and vote.