Traditional Yerba Mate Loose Tea

by Guayakí Yerba Mate

Product Features

• 100% Organic, Rainforest and Shade-Grown Yerba Mate blended with Organic ingredients.
• Improves Digestion & Promotes Balance in the Body
• 196 Active compounds, 24 Vitamins & Minerals, 15 Amino Acids, Caffeine and Chlorophyll
• Provides Mental Clarity & Sustains Physical Energy

Product Description

Guayak Yerba Mat is 100 organic and rainforest-grown. The beautiful 20000 acre Guayak Rainforest Preserve in South America is home to 34 families and protects more than 330 bird and mammal species. Guayak Yerba Mat is hand-picked and wood dried and aged for premium quality and unrivaled flavor. Ideal for use in a French press coffee maker or espresso machine. Each package makes 50-100 cups of tea.

Product Details

• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0001CXRLQ
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #57,131 in Grocery & Gourmet Food (See Top 100 in Grocery & Gourmet Food)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The BEST Yerba Mate Hands Down, November 9, 2007

By 

Scott T "Scott" (Petaluma, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Traditional Yerba Mate Loose Tea (Misc.)

There is no better Yerba Mate on the market. I have tried hundreds of brands and the quality just does not compare to Guayaki. I really like how they include stems with leaf. Mate is meant to be drunk this way and the stems add a significant amount of theophylline and theobromine and also add to the sweet and nutty flavor notes not found in other Mate's. I also appreciate that Guayaki uses only shade grown Mate - as it is meant to be. Sun grown mate lacks body and benefits.

I really like the companies sustainable business model. The company is true blue when it comes to their mission. Fairly traded products that allow the indigenous people to receive a fair wage for their work. Guayaki's reforestation efforts should be applauded.

Thank you for making such a fine product.

28 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Magic Potion from South America., December 5, 2004

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Themis-Athena (from somewhere between California and Germany) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Traditional Yerba Mate Loose Tea (Misc.)

Mate is actually not tea but a tea-like beverage originating from Argentina and Uruguay, and primarily consumed in those countries as well as in Paraguay and southern Brazil; brewed from the dried leaves and stemlets of the perennial Yerba Mate tree. Its name derives from the quichua word "mati" designating the gourd in which it is traditionally served. On average, 300,000 tons of Mate are produced each year.

In its consistency similar to green tea, mate has a distinctive, full, bittersweet flavor with a note of alfalfa, resembling that of tea but milder. Of the 196 volatile chemical compounds contained in Yerba Mate, 144 are also contained in tea. Knowing its manifold health benefits - among the plant's ingredients are the alkaloids xanthine, theophylline and theobromine as well as vitamins C, E, several B vitamins and numerous minerals - the South American Guarani Indians have traditionally used the plant for medicinal purposes, inter alia as a stimulant to the central nervous system, to promote mental, physical and cardiovascular activity, enhance resistance to fatigue, reduce fever, mitigate thirst and hunger, decrease blood pressure, and as a diuretic, laxative, purgative, sudorific, and antirheumatic.

Legend has it that knowledge of the infusion's powers was first imparted to a young Guarani woman and her father by a mysterious shaman, rewarding the woman's faithfulness in staying with her exhausted father while her tribe continued their search for arable land. In recent years, mate has become a cultural phenomenon throughout large parts of South America, and it is now gaining increased popularity in Northern America and Europe as well. In South America, sharing mate from the same container and the same straw (bombilla) is a symbol of closeness and friendship, both in a family and in other social contexts.

23 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars WOW! Expensive., May 31, 2006

By 

Michael W. Richards "Mike Richards" (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Traditional Yerba Mate Loose Tea (Misc.)

The tea I recived is about 50% woodie stuff (little sticks) and 50% green stuff.
The shipping was nearly the same price as the Tea, so I ended up paying $15.70 for 1/2 pound of Yerba Mate!!

After recieving the order, I got smart and googled Yerba Mate, and found lots of sites that offer a lot more tea for a lot less money, like $3.00/lb instead of the $30.00/lb that I paid. Also, some sites that offer genuine Argentinean brands, I think I'll try them next.