Wednesday, June 10, 2009

COMMON MISTAKES ABOUT YERBA MATTE

People often call yerba mate an organic herbal tea, but herbal refers only to plants that are not caffeinated. Mate is not a green tea either, as green tea is the camelia sinensis plant which comes from Asia, and mate is Ilex Paraguariensis from South America. They do share some similar qualities in the way the are produced and the way the enhance health in the body. The term "mateine" has been used to refer to the stimulant in yerba mate. Some researchers feel that the stimulating compound in yerba mate does differ from caffeine. We have elected to use the phrase "Naturally Caffeinated" to share the most accurate scientific information currently available.

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