Sweet Orange Yerba Mate

Sweet Orange Yerba Mate Tea Sweet Orange Yerba Mate, from Brazil, combines green and roasted yerba mate with licorice, orange peels, and blossoms. Also, you will notice a slightly smoky scent.  Mate is known as Paraguay tea or Yerba Mate and is “the drink of the Gods” by natives. However, Mate is made from the South American evergreen shrub Ilex paraguayensis. The Shrub is a relative of the common Holly. Mate is indigenous to Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina. Mate was used by natives for centuries as a sustaining beverage through drought and famine. Jesuit missionaries first realized the economic potential of this beverage and started plantations back in the mid-1600s. Similarly, Yerba Mate is traditionally drunk from a gourd or Mate and sipped through a straw known as a bombilla. It is said, “When one offers mate, one offers friendship.” Local Tea Company offers three different yerba mates; check out our Roasted Mate and Organic Green Yerba Mate. Our Sweet Orange Yerba Mate bl