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Yerba Mate

Dried grass from the South American holly that makes a traditional tea.

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Yerba Mate is a pastel beige.

It can be described as pastel, soft, light and unsaturated.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Yerba Mate

Yerba mate

Yerba mate or yerba maté, Ilex paraguariensis, is a plant species of the holly genus native to South America. The leaves of the plant can be steeped in hot water to make a beverage known as mate. Brewed cold, it is used to make tereré. Both the plant and the beverage contain caffeine.

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Mate (drink)

Mate is a caffeine-rich infused herbal drink made with yerba mate, a plant which originates in the Southern Cone of South America. It is especially popular in South America and the Levant. It is also known as chimarrão in Portuguese, cimarrón in Spanish, and ka'ay in Guarani. It is made by soaking dried yerba mate leaves in hot water and is traditionally served with a metal straw in a container typically made from a calabash gourd, from water-resistant hardwoods such as Handroanthus impetiginosus or Palo Santo, and also made from a cattle horn in some areas. A very similar preparation, known as mate cocido, removes some of the plant material and sometimes comes in tea bags. Today, mate is also sold commercially in tea bags and as bottled iced tea.

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yerba mate

Noun

  1. Ilex paraguariensis, a plant used to make maté.
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