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Yerba Mate immune boost and energy

I discovered your mate 4 years ago while working on a lengthy book project in Lancaster, NH. Everyone around me started to get sick because of the long hours and stress. I started to feel a bit weak myself. I drank the dark roast and the [brazilian] green tea every morning. I felt my immune system pick up. I continued with full energy on the project and never looked back! Thank you.

Frank Biancalana

 

Relief for Acid Stomach

I am writing to inform you of my complete satisfaction with your product. In the past year, I was feeling quite ill. Eventually I discovered that my stomach could not handle the acidity in coffee, black tea, green tea, vanilla or cinnamon, of all things. Dealing with caffeine withdrawal was terrible enough, but the thought of life without tea was unbearable! Thankfully I discovered yerba mate – it energizes me but doesn’t irritate my stomach. Nothing eases me into a day quite like the aroma of a fresh mug of your tea. The taste is so rich and complex, never watery in comparison to other brands of mate. Thank you for your commitment to quality and your customers’ well being.

Elizabeth Ferris

 

Actress Yerba Mate Success Story

“I had to perform in a play and had laryngitis- so I dug your tea out of the pantry ( I have always been an avid coffee drinker). I found the energizing factor much more soothing than coffee. Totally unexpectedly, it also revived my metabolism. I had been watching the calories and exercising but was stuck. Drinking your tea that week-I lost 5 pounds! Okay- it doesn’t do everything- I still had laryngitis, but the play was still a (slightly raspy) success! Best of all, I feel and look better- and that’s for life! Thanks so much for a great product!”

Helen Hawes

 

Holiday Mate Beverage Tip

The Christmas and New Year holiday season is a time when many bring out those traditional in-the-family-for-decades recipes to entertain guests and relatives.

Eggnog is one of those traditional recipes. We have a friend who makes her famous eggnog every year and ‘everyone’ loves it. (Except those folk who just don’t like eggnog.) Today we tried something to add a little “spice” to the season. It worked pretty well so we thought we would share it with you. (We’re always doing crazy experiments around here… even on Christmas!)

1 gallon Chai-nog recipe:

• Make your eggnog according to the traditional recipe, but take some milk out on the side before adding your eggs and other ingredients. For one gallon of eggnog, keep out 4 cups of milk.
• With those 4 cups of milk hot but not boiling, steep 1 cup Mate Factor Cardamom Chai loose tea in the milk. Steep 15 minutes stirring occasionally. Do not let it boil!
• Strain out the loose tea with a straining cloth.
• Sweeten the Chai Mate milk concentrate with about 1/2 cup honey.
• Stir the Chai mixture into your eggnog.
• Cool and Serve!

Try it and tell us if you liked it.

 

Natural Health Consultant

I have been drinking your organic Yerba Mate for over 7 years. As a Natural Health Consultant I recommend it to many of my clients who are looking for a healthy coffee alternative. It provides essential nutrients, and boosts the metabolism aiding in weight loss. Because this tea contains no caffeine but has a natural energy booster it is hip to drink Mate! I drink the loose green tea daily and take the Chai tea bags with me when I travel. I have brought your Mate with me to Australia, don’t leave home without it!! Thanks Mate for your quality organic products offered at such low costs!

Rachel Fielding

 

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Yerba Mate: Traditional Gourd & Bombilla “How To”

Traditional Gourd Packing Instructions
For traditional Brazilian Gaucho style yerba mate tea

* Fill gourd 2/3 full of yerba maté tea.

* Turn your gourd on its side and shake lightly so that the mate ends up on one side of the gourd.

* Slowly right the gourd until it is at a 45% angle.

* Pour warm water in the hole that is left next to the mate, and let it sink into the herb. Pour a little more and a little more, letting the herb soak it up so it becomes moist and a little harder. This will keep your mate standing upright on one side of the gourd like a wall.

* Make sure to keep the top of the mate wall dry.

* Put your thumb over the mouthpiece hole of the bombilla (traditional metal straw and filter used to drink from a gourd) and put it straight down into the empty part if the gourd, so that it sits at edge between the mate and the empty space for the water. Fix the top of the bombilla against the edge of the gourd, typically right between the maté and the empty space beside it.

* Heat water to a hot “simmer,” then take it off the heat. Do not bring the water to a boil.

* Pour the water into the empty part of the gourd until full. Do not cover the dry part of the mate “wall” with water. Suck through the bombilla (pronounced bom-BEE-ya) to drink. Suck carefully, as the infusion may be hot enough to burn your lips.

* When your bombilla draws air, refill with hot water. A gourd full of yerba mate is usually good for many refills!

(Warning – Do not put boiling water in your gourd or it may crack. Boiling water also harms the mate and can burn your mouth!)

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Mate & Health

Article from the YMAA on Mate & Health.

The Pasteur Institute and the Paris Scientific society in 1964 were interested in this healthy source of vitamins and did a thorough study of its properties. The investigators concluded “it is difficult to find a plant in any area of the world equal to mate in nutritional value” and that yerba mate contains “practically all of the vitamins necessary to sustain life.”  In addition, results from a study done by researchers at the University of Madrid assert a high content of mineral elements in mate.

While yerba mate has been used as a base for herbal medicines in South America for centuries, the plant’s benefits and therapeutic properties have recently been verified by a number of scientific studies. The chemical components of yerba mate are similar to those found in green tea; however, yerba mate is much more nutritious. Each infusion of yerba mate contains:

•    Vitamins: A, C, E, B1, B2, Niacin (B3), B5, B Complex
•    Minerals: Calcium, Manganese, Iron, Selenium, Potassium, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Zinc
•    Additional Compounds: Carotene, Fatty Acids, Chlorophyll, Flavonols, Polyphenols, Inositol, Trace Minerals, Antioxidants, Tannins, Pantothenic Acid and 15 Amino Acids.

Nicknamed the “liquid vegetable,” the yerba mate plant contains 196 volatile (or active) chemical compounds – of which 144 are also found in green tea. Yerba mate contains 24 vitamins and minerals, 15 amino acids, and 11 polyphenols, a group of phytochemicals which act as powerful antioxidants. Polyphenols are considered to exhibit anticancer effects in mammals by strengthening an organism’s natural defenses and protecting it against cellular destruction.

In addition to polyphenols, yerba mate leaves contain saponins. Saponins are phytochemicals that have been found to specifically stimulate the immune system and aid the body in protecting against disease. In fact, one study yielded three new saponins in the yerba mate leaf. These “natural detergent” compounds (glycosides) are found in a wide variety of plant life, which bind with cholesterol so it cannot be reabsorbed into the system and is excreted from the body.

Yerba mate is high in chlorophyll which helps reduce the binding of carcinogens to DNA in the liver and other organs. It also breaks down calcium-oxalate stones (better known as kidney stones) and can boast higher polyphenol and antioxidant counts than either green or black teas.