Cruz De Malta Yerba Mate Tea (1 kg. Bag)
Cruz de Malta makes their Mate in traditional rigorous proses of 12 month of natural maturity. This way achieving a higher quality with the authentic flavor and exalting all the virtues that only Mate can give. Mate also known as yerba mate, is a traditional South American caffeine-rich infused drink, particularly in Argentina (where it is defined by law as the "national infusion"), Uruguay, Paraguay and the southern states of Brazil and to a lesser degree in south of Chile, the Bolivian Chaco, Syria and Lebanon. It is prepared from steeping dried leaves of yerba mate in hot water.Mate is served with a metal straw from a shared hollow calabash gourd. The straw is called a bombilla in some Latin American countries.As with other brewed herbs, yerba mate leaves are dried, chopped, and ground into a powdery mixture called yerba. The bombilla acts as both a straw and a sieve. The submerged end is flared, with small holes or slots that allow the brewed liquid in, but block the chunky matter that makes up much of the mixture. A modern bombilla design uses a straight tube with holes, or spring sleeve to act as a sieve.