Yerba mate (pronounced mah-teh) seems to be a fast-growing trend around the country. As a healthier alternative to coffee, the South American herbal infusion has made it to grocery stores shelves and ...

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 ...

Yerba mate is an herbal tea that contains caffeine, antioxidants, and other nutrients that may offer benefits, such as protecting heart health. Its potency may vary based on how it's prepared. Yerba ...

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 ...