Any yerba mate drinkers?

I'm starting to really enjoy my morning mate now. I used to be a huge coffee drinker but mate gives me the caffeine and you don't "sink" as fast at the end of the day.

Plus it's delicious!
A local business, http://www.ymrev.com sells bulk mate and accessories if you're interested...

I even have a bombilla with my initials engraved on it, from Paragay.

:)

I like yerba alot too.

It's the law:

Rule 14, page 23 § 23.87 "Anyone who spends any significant amount of time in Argentina must drink mate and try to get others to drink it, even though it tastes like hamster bedding with hot water."

Hamster bedding? no way!!

I drink yerba all day long, but it was an acquired taste.

I may try yerba if you think it's that good.

Well apparently some people don't like the taste (see above), but I enjoy it... What is MugiCha?

:D

I used to eat macrobiotic which focuses heavily on traditional Japanese diet. Something foods I primarily know the Japanese name for.

Mugi-barley
Cha- tea

Yerba Maté is basically a stimulant drink, eliminates fatigue, stimulating metal and physical activity. It has a beneficial effect on nerves and muscles; it also enhances intellectual work.

Due to the central stimulant effects of xanthine jointly with the activation of reserve substances, the cardiovascular activity strengthens the organism. Xanthine has a well-known effect on the central nervous system, that stimulates mental energy.

Thanks to its vitamin B complex, Yerba Maté collaborates to sugar intake in man's muscles, nerves and cerebral activity; vitamins C and E act as organic defense and on the organism's tissues; mineral salts, jointly with xanthine, help the cardiovascular work and blood circulation by decreasing blood pressure, since xanthine acts as a vasodilator. In such circumstances, hunger can feel as satisfied.

Yerba Maté enhances diuresis and is very useful for bladder troubles. Yerba Maté also acts on the digestive tube by activating peristaltic movements; it facilitates digestion, attenuates gastric troubles and enhances evacuation and urination. Yerba Maté's stimulant action is longer than that of coffee and does not have side effects such as insomnia and irritability.

Researches at the Paris Pasteur Institute confer to Yerba Maté a very important role in the cell regeneration process.

Sources

Yerba Mate - La bebida que revitaliza. Gobierno de la provincia de Misiones.
Secretaria de comercio exterior e integración. Argentina

Valduga, Eunice. Chemical and anatomic characterization of Ilex paraguariensis Saint Hilaire leaf and some species used in adulterating Yerba Maté. Post-graduation thesis presented at the University of Paraná, Curitiba, in 1995.

but Yerba Mate is energizing without making me crash.

Tony likes it, but I generally prefer tea.

:shrug: