Yerba Maté (pronounced "mah-tay") is a tea-like beverage and cultural drink of ancient origins and has been used in South America, Asia and the Middle East as a flavoring, daily tonic and vitamin source for centuries.

Introduced to the world by the Guarani Indians of South America, Yerba Mate contains ingredients that help keep its drinkers healthy and energetic. More than just a drink, Yerba Maté long been a cultural phenomenon throughout South America. In traditional Yerba Mate use, the drink is often shared among close friends and family. Those who share the Mate join in a kind of bond where the sharing of the health of the Yerba Mateis a sign of total acceptance and friendship.

Jesuit missionaries first cultivated the Yerba Mate plant that grows wild in Paraguay and southern Brazil. In the 17th century, the Jesuits started to cultivate yerba mate near their missions because they were convinced of its benefits - not only was yerba mate good for your health, but it could also be used as an innocent substitute for alcoholic drinks.

Jesuit Nicolas Del Techno wrote in the 17th century: "There are many virtues in this yerba. It keeps you up but makes you fall asleep; it calms hunger but yet it stimulates it and it helps digestion. It gives you strength, it provokes happiness and cures sickness….Those who are used to drinking yerba mate can't live without it."

Yerba Mate, ilex paraguariensis, is known as a natural energizer devoid of side effects and toxicity. An invigorator of the mind and body, a natural source of nutrition, and a health promoter par excellence, Yerba Mate deserves the attention of every person interested in optimum health and energy. The effects of Yerba Mate induce a type of mental clarity and expansion of thought processing capabilities. A feeling of enhanced memory and accelerated intellect is often experienced This state is especially suiting to periods of intense study, calculations, and cerebral activity requiring endurance to maintain continuous attention and precision focusing.

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