Roots of Yerba Mate spreading in India

By Anish Narang

Yerba Mate is a beverage made with water and processed yerba mate leaves, a species of ilex plant with the botanical name ilex paraguariensis. It grows in the north of Argentina, Paraguay, and south of Brazil only.

Discovery of Yerba goes back to when Europeans travelled the American continent looking for gold and other treasures, what was called “El Dorado ”. From their journeys, they noticed how the locals drank yerba…