Mate tea blood orange

This combination of green and toasted mate with orange peel and licorice root makes a naturally sweet and sour flavor, stimulating and pleasant to taste. The base is given by the green mate combined with the mate toasted on the fire, for a complexity of aromas and flavors. The presence of high quality green yerba mate gives a delicate flavor with vegetal and fresh notes, mitigating the characteristic bitterness of the toasted version and combining better with the other ingredients. The slight bitterness of the toasted mate is further sweetened by the floral notes of the orange blossoms. The infusion becomes a pleasant and invigorating moment, which spreads a refreshing and fruity aroma, perfect especially if you choose to drink this blood orange mate cold. This flavored mate pairs perfectly with breakfast and afternoon desserts, fruit cakes and chocolate for a delicious and energetic snack.

What effect does mate have? Properties and benefits

Yerba mate is a drink appreciated for its stimulating and energizing properties, due to its content of caffeine, minerals and vitamins. What is yerba mate good for? It is able to stimulate the nervous system with a tonic effect, against physical and mental fatigue, which helps concentration and attention. For this reason, the stimulating active ingredients of mate are appreciated for enhancing sports performance and mental alertness. It is preferably consumed in the morning, when it provides benefits by energizing the body and mind with long-term effects for the day. The caffeine naturally contained in mate, similar to that of coffee, is released into the body in a more diluted and constant way over time, avoiding the excessively exciting and rapid effects of coffee. In addition, mate is an ingredient in herbal preparations for weight loss, since it helps balance weight thanks to its caffeine and theobromine content. These alkaloids stimulate the metabolism, with a useful effect in combination with a healthy diet and physical activity. In addition, some compounds present in yerba mate have a beneficial effect on lipid metabolism (fat assimilation). The idea that mate helps you lose weight also comes from its ability to reduce appetite thanks to its satiating properties - in particular for this full-bodied combination of yerba mate, orange peel and flowers, and licorice root. These ingredients also aid digestion, facilitating the transit of food at the gastrointestinal level. Caffeine also aids diuresis and the drainage of excess fluids, facilitating a detox action that is beneficial for the figure, against water retention and bloating. An action supported by licorice and orange peel, which help eliminate toxins, intestinal gas and a sense of bloating. What are the nutritional properties of mate? In addition to being an alternative to coffee, mate has benefits thanks to its content of vitamins B, C, E, minerals such as calcium, iron, potassium, phosphorus, zinc and selenium. It provides antioxidant caffeic derivatives, saponins. Polyphenols and antioxidants also contained in orange peels. The leaves are naturally rich in antioxidants useful for counteracting the harmful action of free radicals on cells, including aging.

Where can you find orange mate?

In our Natura d'Oriente selection we offer this version of yerba mate for sale online, flavored like Red Orange Mate. We have chosen the best qualities of loose green and toasted mate, and make them available in convenient freshness-preserving packs of 50 g, 100 g, 150 g and 300 g.

How is mate prepared?

You can prepare it like a normal tea, with a classic preparation in a cup, or use a calabash. In any case, the mate, orange and licorice mixture should be left to infuse in boiling water, using a quantity of 3-5 grams for each cup (250 ml). The water should be poured at a temperature of about 80° C and the infusion can last from 8 to 10 minutes. You can filter the liquid immediately afterwards, or take it with a bombilla (straw with filter). You can infuse this mixture several times, according to your preferences.

Where mate is grown: origin and processing

Mate is known as yerba mate or maté, and is a traditional South American drink, widespread in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile and southern Brazil. It is consumed throughout the day, especially in Argentina and southern Brazil, using a container in the shape of a hollowed-out gourd, the calabash, which recalls the ancient gourds where the mate leaves were infused. To answer the question what herb is in mate, this drink is produced from the dried leaves of the Ilex Paraguariensis plant, which belongs to the holly family and growsIt grew spontaneously in the mountains of Paraguay. Historically, it is also known as “Jesuit tea” because in a historical period the plant was cultivated by this religious order, present in South America since the first colonization. They observed that the Guaraní natives, in what is now Paraguay, drank this infusion to combat hunger and tiredness; for this reason, the Jesuits tried to cultivate the plants and export the leaves to compete with English tea. Also in this period, the name mate was born from the local word matì, which indicated hollowed out pumpkins. The mate leaves were steeped in hot water, similar to tea or herbal teas, in the. The infusion was consumed with a bombilla, a straw with a filter that separates the leaves from the liquor. Today, pumpkin-shaped containers made of other materials, such as ceramic, are mainly used. What does mate taste like? It depends on the processing. Generally the leaves have a bitter taste with astringent notes, due to tannins, but the taste of mate could vary through a seasoning process (used in Paraguay), burning over a fire or simply by drying in the open air.
The version of green mate, very popular in Brazil, comes from a method of processing the leaves that involves drying them with hot air, to block the oxidation process (fermentation) and make the yerba mate immediately available with its intense green color, the vegetal taste of cut grass.
Toasted mate, on the other hand, comes from the traditional short toasting (a few seconds) of the leaves on a special hearth, widely used in Argentina. The yerba mate thus loses humidity and absorbs dry, bitter notes, reminiscent of cereal coffee and which reveals a mate with a slightly smoky aroma. In our proposal, the combination of these two versions gives a complex flavor and rich aromas, perfect for blending with orange and licorice.

When not to drink mate?

Since it contains caffeine, consuming mate is not recommended for children, during pregnancy and breastfeeding, and for people sensitive to caffeine. It could trigger unwanted effects, especially in cases of irritable bowel syndrome, high blood pressure; it can cause nausea, diarrhea, accelerated heartbeat, stomach pain. With respect to how many times a day to drink mate, the ideal would be not to exceed 1-2 cups a day, keeping the quantities of caffeine not harmful.