The tereré, cold mate used to hydrate and alleviate the heat. Habits and customs, we recommend tereré is a traditional drink of the Gran Chaco region (Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina), consisting of a drink maté (Ilex paraguariensis) with cold water and other herbs are commonly used, mint (Mentha arvensis ), the lemon verbena (Lippia citriodora), peperina mint, leaves of grapefruit, avocado, orange, lemon, and others. It differs from the mate in the latter traditionally is made with hot water. Macerated maté put in cold water resulting in a pleasant drink without the hassle of cold mate. A folk version of the creation of tereré note that during the Chaco War (between Paraguay and Bolivia, 1932-1935), the troops began to drink the cold mate not to light fires that betray their position. Anyway, it is a fact that the tereré became popular in Paraguay only when the veteran soldiers of the Chaco him into daily life. Paraphernalia and Tereré Mate Unlike conventional hot mate, which traditionally takes a gourd ( squash), in the case of the grass tereré can either put in a glass (which has more capacity ...

Bier Ilex Since the first beer made with Brazilian yerba mate. News, releases, recommended in December 2007, the Brazilian brewer Since Bier announced the release of the Bier Ilex As: The first beer with yerba mate flavor. Brewed with Ilex paraguariensis, hops, mineral water and a blend of carefully selected imported malts. A genuine and distinct beer. The brewery is based in Rio Grande do Sul, one of the regions of Brazil with higher consumption of yerba mate. On its website, the industry points out that the Bier Since ilex is a beer made with yerba mate, green color and a high alcohol content of 7 degrees (most beers do not reach 5 degrees). [Caption id = "attachment_309" align = "alignleft" width = "117" caption = "Because Bier Ilex"] [/ caption] "In a year and a half of research, the brewmaster Carlos Bolzan sought to unite in a single formula the best they have the mate and beer. The result we have is a balanced beer that maintains the characteristic bitterness of the drink, but enhances flavor notes, maté flavor and color (green) single, low fermentation and high alcohol content (7%), reported from the beer now ...

Yerba mate set foot in China helped by its medicinal properties. News, releases, recommended The GEA began with the export of 60 tons per month to two provinces of China, which is sold in supermarkets and food stores. Mate cha, and voila: there emerged a new way to take tea. For the first time in 2005, yerba mate giant entered the Chinese market, although in bags (in Mandarin, pronounced cha tea), the product began to be traded in a thousand supermarkets and health food stores in the provinces of Tian Jin and Jian GSU. Easterners who tried it found in a drink mate tea similar to green tea legendary. In fact, the medicinal properties of Ilex paraguariensis, the scientific name of the herb, are among its main commercial attractions. Especially if one considers the roots of folk medicine in that country. The company of Argentine Exporters Group (GEA) has signed a ten-year contract with the employer Hu Jia, a Chinese distributor that started importing three containers per month -- about 60 tons-mate, which is divided ...

Mate, an infusion that identifies the Uruguayan people. Habits and customs, general information Mate, typical infusion Southern Cone countries, the legacy of the Guarani Indians, Uruguay has a huge hold on all social levels, from the rural laborer to president, and one of its main identity cards. "Mate never lacking in the Councils of Ministers, told AFP the minister of Industry and Energy, Daniel Martinez, who said that some ministers have your mate and share with the other members of the cabinet. Despite that does not produce the ilex paraguariensis, native of southern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina, Uruguay is the largest consumer percentage of yerba mate in the world, imports 30 million kilos per year of grass and processed, the which exported 400,000 kilos to Uruguayans living abroad. Some 85% of the 3.4 million residents consume mate, according to a 2005 survey by consultancy Factum. The infusion is prepared with leaves of yerba mate (Ilex paraguayensis) dried and ground, which are placed inside the gourd or 'mate', comes from the Quechua 'mati' meaning gourd container, you ...

Cookbook: Alfajores of Yerba Mate. Yerba Mate Recipes Hernandarias Governor said that the mate made men vicious, lazy and abominable. In 1618 even burned a bag of yerba mate in the plaza of Buenos Aires as a repudiation, both matte and the evils of abuse that their cause were the Indians. Then in 1700 the commercial interest of the Jesuits led by the mate to mate to the upper classes, although the early twentieth century and the mate returns to the suburbs and countryside, regarding it as a popular custom. Today has been revalued to mate as object and as ritual, as well as its raw material, the mate. This revaluation, due in part to tourism, has led to the green powder to the highest culinary podium. The yerba mate plant is a native of South America, a species native to subtropical forest called ilex paraguariensis. Its development centers in the province of Misiones and northeastern province of Corrientes. Other features to mate was saddled therapeutic properties similar to those of Eastern ginseng. It is anti-fatigue and energizing, is useful in weight loss treatment is ...