Yerba mate tastes like a tea and hits you like a coffee—and yet, it's technically neither. If you're looking for a boost of energy that doesn't come from an espresso bean, look no further than this ...

Yerba mate (yer•ba•mah•tay), or just “mate”, is a South American tea as ubiquitous in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile and southern Brazil as coffee in Canada. Recently, mate has been making its ...

When a study in her lab showed that mate tea drinkers saw a significant increase in the activity of an enzyme that raises HDL cholesterol while lowering LDL cholesterol, the scientist headed for ...

Yerba mate is an herbal tea steeped in traditional South American culture. It may also offer health benefits. The slightly astringent tea is made from the leaves and stems of Ilex paraguariensis, an ...

On a snowy stretch of Williamsburg dominated by brick-walled coffee shops, Porteñas is a shock of gold and green. Leaf-patterned cushions cover cafe chairs, houseplants perch on shelves, and even the ...

Yerba mate is a tea made from a plant—mate—that’s popular in Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina. It contains about a third of the amount of caffeine that you’d get from a cup of coffee (30 mg versus 100 ...

It shouldn’t be hard to persuade people to take a sip of yerba mate. It’s completely natural. It makes you feel simultaneously energized and relaxed. You can drink it all day without feeling like your ...

I’m a diehard coffee drinker. Over the years I’ve experimented with quitting, even swapping in the latest fads to see if there’s truly anything better out there (remember that Matcha tea craze, anyone ...

Compounds in mate tea induce death in colon cancer cells, in vitro study shows. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 23, 2026 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2012 / 01 / 120123115539.htm University of ...

In 1616, Hernando Arias de Saavedra, the governor of the Spanish province that included Buenos Aires, banned the population from drinking a green herbal drink called yerba mate. The governor had seen ...

Mate is a traditional South American beverage drink that is brewed from the leaves and stems of the yerba mate plant, a tree that belongs to the holly family. It’s widely consumed in Argentina, ...