Yerba mate, the classical infusion drink in much of southern South America and particularly in Uruguay is making headlines because of a 34% price increase in the last six months and with prospects ...

Meanwhile, El Observador highlighted that Uruguay will be able to import yerba mate “in cases where maximum cadmium limits are found, thus exempting it from a Mercosur sanitary standard”.

And most emblematic is sharing a hollowed-out gourd of yerba maté, an herbal tea woven in Uruguay’s social fabric. Maté is caffeinated and the herbs are steeped, but unlike regular tea ...

The bitter, caffeine-rich herbal drink made of the dried leaves and stems of the yerba plant is the national beverage of Argentina and Uruguay and ... about the yerba mate custom, some U.S ...