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Farming Yerba Maté

Cultivating organic yerba maté: Small family farms in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay grow organic yerba maté.

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Organic yerba maté or organic erva maté is a species of holly in the family of aquifoliaceae native to subtropical South America, Argentina, Southern Paraguay, Western Uruguay and Southern Brazil. The drink called yerba is prepared by steeping the organic dry leaves and stems in hot water (145 Degrees) rather than boiling water. Un-smoked yerba maté has a clean taste from tumbling the loose leaf.

Mendo Maté certified organic yerba maté contains many vitamins and minerals you receive from a multi-vitamin. You can view and compare what is in your cup of yerba maté below.

• Yerba Maté Tea Contains Antioxidants.
• Yerba Maté Sustains Physical Energy For All Day Fun.
• Promotes Balance In The Human Body.
• Our Organic Tea Enhances Mental Clarity.
• Cleans and Improves Digestion.
• Yerba Maté Is A Natural Appetite Suppression.
• Reduces Stress and Is Not Addictive.

Yerba: The Spanish word "hierba" means herb, grass or bush; Yerba is one of many spelling's of the word that is used in Argentina. Maté is from the Quechua Marti, meaning "cup". Therefore Yerba Maté means "cup herb" or the like. The Brazilian Portuguese name is Erva Maté and is known locally in Southern Brazil as Chimarrão when hot or Tereré when taken cold. The name given to the plant in Guaraní, language of the indigenous people who first cultivated and enjoyed Yerba Maté, is ka'a, which has the same meaning as Yerba Maté.

Mendo Maté certified organic yerba maté tea is USDA organic (USDA Seal of Authenticity) to be USDA certified organic yerba maté it must be 95% or more to be certified organic. Mendo Maté coffee & tea sells organic yerba maté, organic coffee and other organic teas via our online store The Bazaar, Café and Wholesale bulk private label divisions. The tea blends come in beneficial energy amounts like ½lb. 1lb. loose leaf or 3 gram tea bags. Mendo Maté brand yerba maté tea is un smoked, tumble dried, traded fairly and kosher certified.

The traditional yerba maté gourd is used to drink Mendo Maté® yerba maté with a bombilla. The gourd has acted as a cup in this unique relationship for 100s if not 1000s of years in South America's indigenous population. To use the traditional gourd and bombilla follow these 6 steps:

Fill your gourd with your favorite blend of Mendo Maté yerba maté.

Mendo Maté Power It Approved® prides our selves on making positive change and supporting the future development of communities by creating novelty products based off our brand standards. We strive to show there is a better way to conduct business through 100% Organic, Good-Trade, Non-Machine Productions, Living Wages and The Mendo Maté Guarantee. If a product can not meet our standards we do not sell it. So you do not have to question if a product is ORGANIC or adheres to the goals of a GOOD-TRADE, that just comes standard...

• USDA Certified Organic Products.
• Good-Trade Producer Direct.
• Living Wage.
• 100% Free Shipping.
• The Mendo Maté Guarantee.

USDA Certified Organic Products: This means 2 things to Mendo Maté, LLC. One is our commitment to the environment and the second to our kids. When you see the USDA seal, it means the product is 95% or more certified organic. To us that is not good enough. So we make a pledge of 100% certified organic. If it is not 100% organic then we do not sell it.

Good-Trade: In the eyes of Mendo Maté there is nothing like trading with our principal partners. If we do not know the farmer or the manufacturer then we will not carry the products. Long ago we made a commitment to know our friends in each industry and to create well funded production lines and that is what we continue to do to this day. If we can not verify the wages and working conditions for our products we do not buy them.

The Mendo Maté Bazaar has been inspired over the last few years by our travels to India and beyond. The Bazaar Division is an online store with energy stimulants such as organic tea's, coffee's, herbs and tinctures from all over the world. Our very successful organic yerba maté energy tea line was our first and continues to be some of our best selling organic tea's.

In the Mendo Maté Bazaar® Library Of Knowledge, we have created, collected and discovered knowledge about all aspects of Mendo Maté® mission: