For millions across the heartland of South America, bitter-tasting yerba mate tea is a beloved staple of social gatherings and morning routines. But here, in the steamy grasslands of Argentina’s ...

This infusion is very traditional in Argentina , prepared by steeping dry leaves of yerba mate in hot water. You drink mate from a shared hollow gourd (called mate in Spanish) with a metal straw.

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Rayén deeply enjoys mate, both as part of her everyday life and as some of her most precious memories. Before joining AST, Rayén was a researcher specializing in ...

Six months a year, she harvests yerba, the leaves of a native South American shrub that are the basis of Argentina’s national beverage, mate. Few other drinks permeate the Argentinian way of ...

“I've been drinking it for a long time,” Dier went ... one of the most popular brands of yerba mate in Argentina has a Polish background. The founder of La Cacheura, the company producing ...

Growers from Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay Tuesday launched the South American Federation of Yerba Mate Producers “to protect and promote” their activity and work toward its “worldwide ...