Yerba Mate is a tea, and can be used like any other tea. Its most popular form comes in 500 gram 17. 6 oz. bags of loose-leaf tea that is dried and ground. In some places it is available in tea bags, called Mate Cocido...
There is an old Guarani Indian legend that relates the origins of the Guarani in the Forests of Paraguay. According to the legend...
Mate is as tea-like beverage consumed mainly in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and southern Brazil. It is brewed from the dried leaves and stemlets of the perennial tree Ilex paraguarensis Yerba Mate...