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Ilex guayusa (/ ˈ aɪ l ɛ k s ˈ ɡ w aɪ juː s ə / or / ˈ aɪ l ɛ k s ˈ w aɪ juː s ə /) is a species of tree of the holly genus, native to the Amazon Rainforest.One of four known caffeinated holly trees, the leaves of the guayusa tree are harvested fresh and brewed like a tea for their stimulative effects. [1]
Yerba mate or yerba-maté (/ ˈ j ɜːr b ə ˈ m ɑː t eɪ /), [2] [3] Ilex paraguariensis, is a plant species of the holly genus native to South America. [4] It was named by the French botanist Augustin Saint-Hilaire. [5] The leaves of the plant can be steeped in hot water to make a beverage known as maté. Brewed cold, it is used to make ...
Yerba mate or Ilex paraguariensis - A species of holly that also contains caffeine and is popularly used to make mate in Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil. Ilex guayusa - also known as "guayusa", is an Amazonian tree, native to the Ecuadorian Amazon Rainforest. Ilex vomitoria - "Yaupon Holly", a caffeine containing plant from North ...
To make mate, you fill the cup one-half to three-quarters with the yerba leaves. Cover the mouth of the mate with your hand. Turn it over and shake it to even out the leaf mixture, and keep the ...
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Mate con malicia (Spanish: 'mate with malice') or mate con punta ('spiked mate') is a drink made of maté infusion and aguardiente or pisco, consumed mainly in rural areas of Chile. Huarisnaque is typically drunk by huasos , gauchos , fishermen and lumberjacks to warm up, as it combines both alcohol and the psychoactive substances of yerba ...
After arranging the yerba along one side of the gourd, the mate is carefully tilted back onto its base, minimizing further disturbances of the yerba as it is re-oriented to allow consumption. Some settling is normal, but is not desirable. The angled mound of yerba should remain, with its powdery peak still flat and mostly level with the top of ...
Finally, the “drying process” per se takes place, when the yerba mate is exposed to constant temperatures of around 100°C for three hours. Following the drying process, the product undergoes a milling process called “ canchado ”, through which the leaves are crushed into pieces of 1cm, which facilitates the packing of the yerba mate ...