Pipore Yerba Mate Green Tea (Green Tea, 500g)

Yerba mate (Spanish) or erva mate (Portuguese) is from the green tea family and is famous in central and south america and Brazil. It is commonly used as a beverage, typically in a hollow gourd up to three-quarters full with dry leaves (and twigs), and filling it up with water at a temperature of 70-80 °C (158-176 °F), hot but not boiling. Sugar may or may not be added; and the mate may be prepared with cold water (tereré). It is a species of the holly family (Aquifoliaceae), with the botanical name Ilex paraguariensis. Yerba mate is widely known as the source of the beverage called mate (Portuguese: chimarrão, tererê/tereré and other variations). It is traditionally consumed in central and southern regions of South America, particularly Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, southern and central-western Brazil, the Chaco region of Bolivia and southern Chile. It is also very popular among the Druze community in Syria and Lebanon, where it is imported from Argentina.