For many here, the early light of day is met with hot yerba mate.

Still, yerba mate is extremely important to the local economy.

This article is about the drink, for the plant see yerba mate.

The principal product of this region is certainly yerba mate.

The yerba mate plant is a shrub or small tree.

The Argentina experience is not complete without daily servings of yerba mate.

In Argentina, 11 pounds of yerba mate is consumed each year per every man, woman, and child.

(It is a blend of black tea and Yerba mate).

Traditional: made from yerba mate, sometimes consumed with milk and sweetened.

This drink is an infusion made with Yerba mate.

Based on its economy in the cultivation, extraction and industrialization of yerba mate.

At one time yerba mate cultivation covered 10,000 hectares of territory.

Until the 1930's, yerba mate was solely a hot beverage.

Brazil became then the prime producer of yerba mate.

Misiones makes the most yerba mate in all of Argentina.

This provided an opportunity for foreign entrepreneurs to take control of yerba mate production and industry in Paraguay.

South Americans have long ingested yerba mate from small gourds to keep themselves alert throughout the day.

Enter tea made from the yerba mate plant.

Crops include citrus, tobacco, rice, tea, cotton and yerba mate.

It is a source of tea, and its lands are the producers of yerba mate.

Few data are available on the effects of yerba mate on weight in humans and further study may be warranted.

The flavor of this drink was Yerba mate.

Chiefly, yerba mate is grown, along with subsistence products such as fruits and vegetables.

Swedish-Argentines became well known for growing yerba mate.

Yerba mate is therefore literally the "cup herb".

There he married and made a living as a yerba mate (Paraguay tea) farmer and merchant.

They closely resemble the leaves and stalks of Paraguay tea (llex paraguariensis).

Also known as Paraguay tea, yerba mate is a strong brain stimulant (the doses typically used mimic that of 100 to 200 mg of caffeine).

Regarded as the most beautiful park of the city, one can appreciate araucarias, cinnamon, bracatingas, Paraguay tea plants and other native species.