If you're looking for a boost of energy that doesn't come from an espresso bean, look no further than yerba mate tea. Yerba mate tastes like a tea and hits you like a coffee—and yet, it's technically ...

Teas from across the globe are becoming more and more popular in the U.S. One relative newcomer, yerba mate, is attracting fans for its allegedly jitter-free caffeine boost and high antioxidant ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Some of the best footballers in the world are fans of the drink, but what is it? GOAL takes a look at the South American tea and how to make it Elite professional athletes are always looking for ways ...

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Compounds in mate tea induce death in colon cancer cells, in vitro study shows. ScienceDaily. Retrieved May 20, 2026 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2012 / 01 / 120123115539.htm University of ...

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 ...

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 ...