Coffee Association of Canada (#)

„The Canadian Coffee & Tea Expo has been designed to meet the needs of retailers, restaurateurs, foodservice operators and buyers from all sectors of the trade. Canada's largest show of its kind featured over 100 companies displaying products from across North America and around the world at the two-day trade show - from espresso machines, tea filters, roasters, cups and bin dispensers to smoothies, flavourings, organic coffee and tea, gelato and Yerba mate. The trade forum offers the country's largest educational program for the new entrepreneur and seasoned professional alike. It featured more than 20 classes for improving day-to-day operations, building sales, coffee brewing, barista training presented by the newly launched Canadian Barista Academy, tea preparation, retailing and staff training, and presentations on sustainability, industry trends and statistics, roasting, coffee cuppings and tea tastings.“

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CoffeeGeek - Canada Gets Silver Medal (#)

„The Canadian Coffee & Tea Expo is designed to meet the needs of retailers, restaurateurs, foodservice operators and buyers from all sectors of the trade. Canada’s largest show of its kind featured over 100 companies displaying products from across North America and around the world at the two-day trade show - from espresso machines, tea filters, roasters, cups and bin dispensers to smoothies, flavorings, organic coffee and tea, gelato and Yerba mate. The trade forum offers the country’s largest educational program for the new entrepreneur and seasoned professional alike. It featured more than 20 classes for improving day-to-day operations, building sales, coffee brewing, Barista training presented by the newly launched Canadian Barista Academy, tea preparation, retailing and staff training, and presentations on sustainability, industry trends and statistics, roasting, coffee cupping and tea tastings.“

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Amazon.com: Gourmet Food: Traditional Yerba Maté Loose Tea (#)

„In its consistency similar to green tea, mate has a distinctive, full, bittersweet flavor with a note of alfalfa, resembling that of tea but milder. Of the 196 volatile chemical compounds contained in Yerba Mate, 144 are also contained in tea. Knowing its manifold health benefits - among the plant's ingredients are the alkaloids xanthine, theophylline and theobromine as well as vitamins C, E, several B vitamins and numerous minerals - the South American Guarani Indians have traditionally used the plant for medicinal purposes, inter alia as a stimulant to the central nervous system, to promote mental, physical and cardiovascular activity, enhance resistance to fatigue, reduce fever, mitigate thirst and hunger, decrease blood pressure, and as a diuretic, laxative, purgative, sudorific, and antirheumatic.“

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Amazon.com: Gourmet Food: Yerba Mate, 2 Pound Bag (#)

„They cite numerous health benefits, including increased immune system strength, improved digestion, stress reduction, and stimulation of mental processes. In 1964 the Pasteur Institute and the Paris Scientific society concluded "it is difficult to find a plant in any area of the world equal to Mate in nutritional value" and that Yerba Mate contains "practically all of the vitamins necessary to sustain life." Today, over 300,000 tons of Yerba Mate is produced yearly for consumption in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay. It is truly the South American passion! Yerba Mate comes from a tree, "Ilex Paraguariensis", cultivated in South America.“

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Amazon.com: Books: Attending marvels: A Patagonian journal (Time reading program special edition) (#)

„He is endlessly curious, delighted with everything in the natural world, and able to appreciate and communicate with people who are as culturally different from him as a fellow human could be. This wide-eyed gusto for the world shows in his lyrical descriptions of such unpromising subjects as hedgehogs, yerba mate, and of course, bits of fossilised bone. True, there are also national politics, academic politics, martial law and a homicidal maniac but none of these are as important to Simpson or as vivid to the reader as the fossil snake. It is a prime example of the scientist/naturalist world view at its best.“

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BBC - World Review - Chango Spasiuk, Tarefero De Mis Pagos (#)

„And Chango's chamamé has an almost cinematic quality, richly conveying a sense of rustic, rural communities set in a rough-hewn landscape. Where yerba mate tea is harvested by machete-wielding field workers and the temperature hovers around 40 Celsius for much of the year. Chamamé also powerfully echoes the diverse cultures that have settled here. From the indigenous Mbyá-Guarani Amerindians, to creoles and European settlers who arrived in the 19th century and introduced the accordion - Chango's instrument of choice.   “

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International Finance Corporation - Projects (#)

„Molinos Río de la Plata S. (Molinos or the company) is one of the largest buyers from Argentina agricultural sector, specially of oilseeds, cereals, meat, yerba mate tea, rice, and vegetables. Molinos' activities have therefore a wide impact on Argentina's agricultural sector and a large number of farmers across the country. Molinos is a market leader in Argentina in a number of product lines, including oils (49% market share), flours (53%), breadings (54%), and dry pasta (29%) among other.“

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Amazon.com: Books: The Foodlover's Atlas of the World (#)

„In each section Shulman discusses the staple foods, culinary history, specialties and mealtime customs of each area. Sidebars spotlight signature dishes and special ingredients, beverages and such concoctions as Hungarian stews, Indonesian rempah paste, Vietnamese pho and Paraguay's yerba mate herbal tea. Typical menus are also included. Shulman describes the various ways that commerce, imperial expansion and immigration have influenced each region's cuisine.“

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Tea & Coffee 05/04 - Trade News (#)

„The new report includes detailed category quantifications from Report contributor SPINS, Inc. (www.spins.com) for chai, green, organic, yerba mate and many other specialty teas and packaging formats sold through natural foods supermarkets and mass-market distribution channels. Additionally, Mintel’s (www.mintel.com) Global New Products Database contributed detailed quantifications of beverage and non-beverage consumer tea product introductions.“

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BBC Languages - Spanish Steps (#)

„In Latin America a popular drink is la yerba mate, or el mate, a tea brewed from the dried leaves of a native holly tree. In Argentina los gauchos, the cowboys of the high plains, reputedly drink mate throughout the day to maintain their strength. However you don't have to travel to the Andes to find it - the refreshing drink is available in most cafés and street corner bars.“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„One of the biggest tropical cash crops Europeans introduced in Latin America was coffee. It was the first real stimulant known in the New World outside of the South American yerba mate regions, and it came in the early 18th century -- shrouded in intrigue. In a couple of centuries it become a major plantation crop in Central America, the Caribbean and parts of South America, and it became woven into the fabric of our lives.“

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Tea & Coffee 08/03 - Niche Market in Organic Mate (#)

„Torres concedes that organic yerba mate is a “niche product” that does not have mass appeal, and that chai and original are the most popular flavors. Las Marias does not sell organic yerba mate in the domestic market, but exports 100% of its production to the U.S. and various European markets like Sweden, Germany, Great Britain, Belgium, Holland and Finland.“

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Tea & Coffee 09/00 - World News (#)

„Yerba mate tea at the Printemps Ginza department store in Tokyo is attracting attention from health-conscious consumers. Calcium-rich yerba mate is derived from a small evergreen tree in South America, where people drink it to prevent fatigue, fever, rheumatism and depression, and to aid digestion.“

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CoffeeGeek - Coffee: Home Roasting Talk, hemp with coffee (#)

„on the "commons" dowtown, a new cafe was being complete where the Home Dairy restaurant and bakery once resided (their legendary sticky buns are sorely missed).  The new place is a "yerba mate" cafe.  Yes....only in Ithaca - an entire "yerba mate" house.“

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CoffeeGeek - Canadian Coffee & Tea Expo 2004 & 2nd Annual Canadian Barista Championship (#)

„Expo 2004 is Canada’s largest show of its kind featuring over 100 companies displaying products from across North America and around the world at the two-day trade show -- from superautomatic espresso machines, tea filters, roasters, cups and bin dispensers to smoothies, flavourings, organic coffee and tea, gelato and Yerba mate.“

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View topic - Yerba Mate - Coffee Forum (#)

„Is anyone out there jumping on the Yerba Mate (South American herbal tea-drink) trend and serving or selling this beverage? I'm not a coffee shop owner, I'm a journalist, and I'm trying to locate people to talk to about the sudden popularity of this drink. You can contact me thru the forum, or at HildaB@mindspring.com .“

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Tea & Coffee 11/03 - Deciphering the Specialty Tea Consumer (#)

„For clarification, I will call them ‘fancy teas’. Some include popular names like Rooibus, Yerba Mate, Honeybush, any of the herbal tisanes, Bubble Tea and Chai. Then there’s the Ready-To-Drink (RTD) teas, which I also categorize as fancy teas. Organic teas may fall into any category…specialty, fancy, ready to drink.“

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Tea & Coffee Message (#)

„: Hi! I just started working for a company in Argentina that sells herbal teas, black tea, yerba mate tea and flavored teas. I´m sure that they would be interested in selling to NZ. Write an e-mail to my personal address and we can chat some more about your needs.: Sincerely,: Roberto Eduardo“

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BBC - h2g2 - Yerba Mate (#)

„Yerba Mate is a traditional drink consumed in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and other parts of South America. It is made from the leaves of the Ilex Paraguarensis tree brewed in hot water. In the aforementioned countries, it has associations of tradition similar to those of tea in Britain.“

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BBC - Cymru'r Byd - Tramor (#)

„Dydd Sadwrn, bwyto ni frecwast Archentaidd iawn o fisgedi a mate yn ein hystafell. Diod boeth a wneir o lysieuyn y yerba mate yw mate ac mae pawb yn ei yfed o'r un cwpan â bombilla - rhyw fath o 'welltyn' metal, arian.“

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www.fairtradecertified.org (#)

„• PrimaCafe Oklahoma City, OK • Cafe Altura Santa Paula, CA • Guayaki Yerba Mate blends San Luis Obispo, CA • Lake Champlain Chocolate Company Burlington, VT“

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Amazon.com: Gourmet Food: Traditional Yerba Maté Tea Bags (#)

„Guayaki Traditional Yerba Mate is a rustic tea from South America with a very strong, distinct flavor. It is full-bodied and smoky -- far smokier than Russian Caravan or Assam tea. It packs quite a caffeine jolt.“

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View topic - Something to think about.. - Coffee Forum (#)

„I hope to meet some of you who already own your own coffeeshop or just love coffee altogether Send me a pm on msn! btw, I also sell other products on my website like Yerba Mate and other teas.“

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