Wild Yerba Matté

The wild yerba matté plant is a species of holly in the aquifoliaceae family native to subtropical South America namely Northern Argentina, Southern Paraguay, Western Uruguay and Southern Brazil.

What Is Smoked Yerba Maté

Smoked yerba maté refers to the method of drying the plant cut and leaf cut of the yerba maté plant at harvest. This method of drying the leaves is old and more "traditional" stated by some of the first Europeans to visit N. Argentina.

Curing & Packaging Yerba Maté

There are 2 major techniques of curing yerba maté in the world.

The first and most commonly commercially processed method is fire dried:

Map Of Yerba Maté Farming & Production In South America

This map of South America details the general geographic regions of yerba maté cultivation. Included is wild yerba maté and domestic cultivation of yerba maté Ilex paraguariensis  in South America. The yerba maté plant grows best in subtropical environments of Northern Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and parts of Southern Brazil. Each region has developed different "methods" or styles of growing, curing and marketing yerba maté.

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