The Argentina experience is not complete without daily servings of yerba mate.

Traditional: made from yerba mate, sometimes consumed with milk and sweetened.

Still, yerba mate is extremely important to the local economy.

Brazil became then the prime producer of yerba mate.

In Argentina, 11 pounds of yerba mate is consumed each year per every man, woman, and child.

Few data are available on the effects of yerba mate on weight in humans and further study may be warranted.

Based on its economy in the cultivation, extraction and industrialization of yerba mate.

Therefore, the scientific name of the yerba mate is Ilex paraguariensis.

South Americans have long ingested yerba mate from small gourds to keep themselves alert throughout the day.

For many here, the early light of day is met with hot yerba mate.