I've always shied away from making New Year's resolutions, but 2005 was the year that my morning coffee habit got seriously out of control. When I realised that I could barely crack one eye open ...

Giancarlo Vigil, the owner of the Maté Exchange who died in March at the age of 23, gave Ska Brewing Co. a recipe that sought to infuse yerba maté tea and beer just days before he passed away. On ...

At last an unpredictable year has come to an end. As we are all reflecting on the wild ride it has been we are also ready to shift our gears in motion and begin on a clean, positive slate. We usually ...

The brew made from yerba mate is drunk by city and country folk alike, but the classic image is of the gaucho sipping mate after a day of riding the pampas, not unlike the American cowboy drinking ...

The concept for Yerbuzz arrived naturally, during a Secret Santa Party with friends in December 2019. “My housemate gifted me a craft yerba mate blend,” Mission Valley resident Dan Nierman said. “At ...

You might not know it unless you’ve been to college recently, but the caffeinated South American tea yerba mate has become a bona fide beverage trend. Students returning from semesters abroad in ...

Sure, you know that black and green tea are good for you. But it turns out there are other brews that are just beneficial. One towards the top of the list? Yerba mate tea, which is a sip that’s both ...

Yerba mate is popular in South America, especially in Argentina, where cowboys first started brewing it in the early 1800s. Today, it's typically served in a gourd and sipped through a metal straw.