Mate / Brazil

This national beverage with caffeine originally comes from Paraguay,southern Brazil and Argentina. The tea comes from a green leaves of a type of holly that is said to have manifold beneficial effects.Therefore,in South America, Mate tea also called “Beverage of the Gods” Drinking Mate out of one cup was a ritual and sometimes had a function of a peace pipe with the natives. The caffeine is bound to tannin substances and is set free in the body very mildly. Hence, its stimulating effect  lasts longer than that of coffee.It has the ability to repair damaged and deceased gastrointestinal tissues.