CRUZ DE MALTA Yerba Mate 500g

Yerba Mate CRUZ DE MALTA, Mate Tea with Stem Pieces, 500g Bag. CRUZ DE MALTA is one of Argentina's oldest mate tea brands, founded in 1874. This yerba is mild and very suitable for beginners.

Yerba mate is used to prepare mate tea. When served cold, it is called tereré. Mate tea is traditionally consumed in South America but is also popular in Syria and Lebanon.

Yerba mate translates to "mate herb," with the word mate originally derived from the Quechua word mati, a complex word with multiple meanings. Mati means, among other things, "container for a beverage," "infusion of an herb," and "gourd." The infusion is drunk from a container (typically a gourd) that is filled up to three-quarters full with dried leaves (and stems) of the yerba mate plant. The leaves are steeped in water at a temperature of 70-80 °C.

Depending on the country, the gourd is also called a guampa, porongo, or cuia. It is drunk through a special metal straw (bombilla in Spanish, bomba in Portuguese). The gourd is passed from one person to another (usually in a circle) and refilled.

Ingredients: 100% Yerba Mate (leaves and plant parts of the mate plant).

Average nutritional values per 100 g/ml: Calorific value: 130 kcal, Calorific value: 546 kj; Fat: 4.2g,  includes saturated fatty acids: 3.6g; Carbohydrates: 13.2g; includes sugar: 0g; Protein: 10g; Salt: 0,00g.

Food Type: Yerba Mate

Importer: Cachina OÜ, Liikuri 16-21, 13618