Feature Iced Tea's
There will be different iced tea features every week! Check out my Facebook page (link at the top right hand corner) for this weeks flavours!
Unsweetened iced teas available with or without organic cane sugar (regular, ginger infused, or vanilla bean infused)
Some of our past feature tea selections.......
Berry Berry ~ Black & red currant, rosehip, calendula, raisins, rose petal, hibiscus flower, & loose leaf black tea
Jasmine Lemon grass ~ Loose leaf Jasmine tea with fresh steeped lemon grass
Spiced Ginger Chai ~ Loose leaf spiced rooibos, cardamom, fennel seed, peppercorns, clove, & fresh ginger sweetened with fresh steeped ginger & topped with a splash of milk
Thai Iced Tea ~ Imported Thai tea, sweetened with organic cane sugar then topped with milk and whip cream
Camomile Citrus ~ Whole flower camomile tea with fresh squeezed orange, lemon and lime juice sweetened with organic cane sugar with a zing of zest
Earl grey orange love ~ Fresh squeezed orange juice, with steeped loose leaf earl grey tea, sweetened with organic cane sugar
Angel Falls ~ Apple, cranberry, lemon, orange peel, hibiscus flower, and fresh lemon juice
There will be different iced tea features every week! Check out my Facebook page (link at the top right hand corner) for this weeks flavours!
Unsweetened iced teas available with or without organic cane sugar (regular, ginger infused, or vanilla bean infused)
Some of our past feature tea selections.......
Berry Berry ~ Black & red currant, rosehip, calendula, raisins, rose petal, hibiscus flower, & loose leaf black tea
Jasmine Lemon grass ~ Loose leaf Jasmine tea with fresh steeped lemon grass
Spiced Ginger Chai ~ Loose leaf spiced rooibos, cardamom, fennel seed, peppercorns, clove, & fresh ginger sweetened with fresh steeped ginger & topped with a splash of milk
Thai Iced Tea ~ Imported Thai tea, sweetened with organic cane sugar then topped with milk and whip cream
Camomile Citrus ~ Whole flower camomile tea with fresh squeezed orange, lemon and lime juice sweetened with organic cane sugar with a zing of zest
Earl grey orange love ~ Fresh squeezed orange juice, with steeped loose leaf earl grey tea, sweetened with organic cane sugar
Angel Falls ~ Apple, cranberry, lemon, orange peel, hibiscus flower, and fresh lemon juice
Iced Organic Guiyaki Yerba Mate Tea
House made iced yerba mate tea. You can choose to have it straight up unsweetened or add peach, lime, or raspberry
You may also choose to have organic blue agave or maple syrup for 50 cents
Muddled mint, raspberries, blueberries, or strawberry purée 50 cents each
Mate teas are made from the South American yerba mate plant. Most yerba mate comes from Argentina; at these plantations, the leaves and stems of yerba mate are harvested and then blanched, dried, aged, and finally milled or cut. The final yerba mate tea product contains a natural energy booster. This feel good tea is often coffee lover’s favorite tea since it has the same amount of caffeine as a cup of coffee. The energy effect is similar to that as drinking coffee but without the jitters.
Health Benefits
14 Health Benefits of Yerba Mate By Andrew Gadsden
Wed 8 Oct 2008
Yerba Mate has been used for hundreds of years medicinally and as a tonic. Many of its benefits are confirmed by modern research. Others are not yet proven by science but have been observed during centuries of traditional practice.
1. Aids in weight loss
Mate is now being used increasingly in weight-loss programmes. It is thermogenic – it increases the rate at which fat is burned. This was demonstrated in a study in Switzerland in 1999.
Yerba Mate is an appetite suppressant. Mate drinkers feel fuller for longer.
2. Treats depression and anxiety. Mate has traditionally been used to treat depression and nervous anxiety.
In laboratory tests mate inhibits monoamine oxidase activity by 40-50%. A 2002 US patent envisages this being useful in treating a number of diseases, for example:
“depression, disorders of attention and focus, mood and emotional disorders, Parkinson's disease, extrapyramidal disorders, hypertension, substance abuse, eating disorders, withdrawal syndromes and the cessation of smoking."
3. Relieves allergies and sinusitis
This is another traditional use for mate. The British Herbal Pharmacopoeia recommends mate for headaches. Dr James Balch, the US complementary medicine expert, recommends mate for allergies.
4. Antioxidant. Yerba mate has very significant antioxidant properties.
5. Stimulates the body and mind
Yerba Mate contains caffeine which stimulates the mind and the body. Mate relieves fatigue-related headaches and enhances athletic and cognitive performance after sleep deprivation and stress.
Anecdotally, many regular mate drinkers report that they do not suffer negative side-effects from caffeine when drinking mate. In particular, users report that drinking mate in the evening keeps them alert if want to stay up working, but does not prevent them sleeping when they want to.
Caffeine and other xanthines also stimulate the central nervous system and relax smooth muscle (especially bronchial muscle). They promote myocardial stimulation and peripheral vasoconstriction.
6. Strengthens the heart
Yerba Mate has long been used in traditional medicine to strengthen the heart. We now know that it contains theophylline which is used medically to stimulate the heart muscle.
7. Boosts immune system
Another traditional use of Yerba Mate is to boost the immune system and increase resistance to diseases. Again, this use appears to be supported by recent research. Mate is known to contain saponins which have been shown to stimulate the immune system.
8. Aids digestion
Mate is known to stimulate increased bile flow which aids digestion.
9. Anti-inflammatory
Another traditional use. More recent clinical studies have found that yerba mate inhibits the enzyme lipoxygenase, which is associated with inflammation.
10. Hypotensive (lowers blood pressure)
Yerba mate is a vasodilator – it relaxes the smooth muscle in blood vessels which makes them dilate and allows the blood to flow more easily.
11. Aids memory and concentration
This is another traditional use. It is very widely used in South America for this purpose, even more than tea and coffee are in Europe and America.
12. Reduces wrinkles
The leaves are highly astringent and a poultice of the leaves applied to the skin may improve the appearance of wrinkles.
13. Diuretic
Mate has traditionally been used as a diuretic. We now know that it contains the xanthines theobromine, caffeine, and theophylline, which all have mildly diuretic properties.
14. Contains vitamins and minerals, including :
History of Yerba Mate Teas
Early South American tribes had discovered the wild yerba mate plant and considered the mate tea “the drink of the gods.” During the 16thcentury in Argentina, the Spanish conquistadors took a liking to the mate tea and spread the consumption of this nutritious herbal tea. Eventually it was Jesuit missionaries that spread mate tea drinking and the creation of yerba mate plantations to other parts of South America. The Jesuits found the secret to successfully growing yerba mate was the use only seeds that passed through the digestive system of certain birds. This secret left with the Jesuits when they were expelled in 1769. Much later, a French botanist figured out the secret of yerba mate seed germination but then disappeared. By the early 1900s, the secret revealed itself again and cultivation of yerba mate tea on plantations resumed.
House made iced yerba mate tea. You can choose to have it straight up unsweetened or add peach, lime, or raspberry
You may also choose to have organic blue agave or maple syrup for 50 cents
Muddled mint, raspberries, blueberries, or strawberry purée 50 cents each
Mate teas are made from the South American yerba mate plant. Most yerba mate comes from Argentina; at these plantations, the leaves and stems of yerba mate are harvested and then blanched, dried, aged, and finally milled or cut. The final yerba mate tea product contains a natural energy booster. This feel good tea is often coffee lover’s favorite tea since it has the same amount of caffeine as a cup of coffee. The energy effect is similar to that as drinking coffee but without the jitters.
Health Benefits
14 Health Benefits of Yerba Mate By Andrew Gadsden
Wed 8 Oct 2008
Yerba Mate has been used for hundreds of years medicinally and as a tonic. Many of its benefits are confirmed by modern research. Others are not yet proven by science but have been observed during centuries of traditional practice.
1. Aids in weight loss
Mate is now being used increasingly in weight-loss programmes. It is thermogenic – it increases the rate at which fat is burned. This was demonstrated in a study in Switzerland in 1999.
Yerba Mate is an appetite suppressant. Mate drinkers feel fuller for longer.
2. Treats depression and anxiety. Mate has traditionally been used to treat depression and nervous anxiety.
In laboratory tests mate inhibits monoamine oxidase activity by 40-50%. A 2002 US patent envisages this being useful in treating a number of diseases, for example:
“depression, disorders of attention and focus, mood and emotional disorders, Parkinson's disease, extrapyramidal disorders, hypertension, substance abuse, eating disorders, withdrawal syndromes and the cessation of smoking."
3. Relieves allergies and sinusitis
This is another traditional use for mate. The British Herbal Pharmacopoeia recommends mate for headaches. Dr James Balch, the US complementary medicine expert, recommends mate for allergies.
4. Antioxidant. Yerba mate has very significant antioxidant properties.
5. Stimulates the body and mind
Yerba Mate contains caffeine which stimulates the mind and the body. Mate relieves fatigue-related headaches and enhances athletic and cognitive performance after sleep deprivation and stress.
Anecdotally, many regular mate drinkers report that they do not suffer negative side-effects from caffeine when drinking mate. In particular, users report that drinking mate in the evening keeps them alert if want to stay up working, but does not prevent them sleeping when they want to.
Caffeine and other xanthines also stimulate the central nervous system and relax smooth muscle (especially bronchial muscle). They promote myocardial stimulation and peripheral vasoconstriction.
6. Strengthens the heart
Yerba Mate has long been used in traditional medicine to strengthen the heart. We now know that it contains theophylline which is used medically to stimulate the heart muscle.
7. Boosts immune system
Another traditional use of Yerba Mate is to boost the immune system and increase resistance to diseases. Again, this use appears to be supported by recent research. Mate is known to contain saponins which have been shown to stimulate the immune system.
8. Aids digestion
Mate is known to stimulate increased bile flow which aids digestion.
9. Anti-inflammatory
Another traditional use. More recent clinical studies have found that yerba mate inhibits the enzyme lipoxygenase, which is associated with inflammation.
10. Hypotensive (lowers blood pressure)
Yerba mate is a vasodilator – it relaxes the smooth muscle in blood vessels which makes them dilate and allows the blood to flow more easily.
11. Aids memory and concentration
This is another traditional use. It is very widely used in South America for this purpose, even more than tea and coffee are in Europe and America.
12. Reduces wrinkles
The leaves are highly astringent and a poultice of the leaves applied to the skin may improve the appearance of wrinkles.
13. Diuretic
Mate has traditionally been used as a diuretic. We now know that it contains the xanthines theobromine, caffeine, and theophylline, which all have mildly diuretic properties.
14. Contains vitamins and minerals, including :
- Theobromine
- Theophylline
- Trigelline
- Vitamin C
- Thiamine (B1)
- Riboflavin (B2)
- Carotene
History of Yerba Mate Teas
Early South American tribes had discovered the wild yerba mate plant and considered the mate tea “the drink of the gods.” During the 16thcentury in Argentina, the Spanish conquistadors took a liking to the mate tea and spread the consumption of this nutritious herbal tea. Eventually it was Jesuit missionaries that spread mate tea drinking and the creation of yerba mate plantations to other parts of South America. The Jesuits found the secret to successfully growing yerba mate was the use only seeds that passed through the digestive system of certain birds. This secret left with the Jesuits when they were expelled in 1769. Much later, a French botanist figured out the secret of yerba mate seed germination but then disappeared. By the early 1900s, the secret revealed itself again and cultivation of yerba mate tea on plantations resumed.