Hot, spiced apple cider has long been a holiday favorite around our house. This year as we decorated our Christmas tree, I thought it might be fun to make it with yerba mate. I was delighted with the results and I suggest you bring yerba mate into your holiday season. Here are simple ways to make - spicy yerba mate cider!
On busy street corners in Paraguay you will often see vendors selling herbs and spices to locals who want to “perk up” their gourds full of yerba mate. Perhaps this is a glimpse of the origin of the many flavored yerba mate products sold today. I prefer my mate plain and unsweetened, but I make a few exceptions and one is for chai latte yerba mate.
Yerba mate is rapidly gaining acceptance and popularity around the United States, but buying a cup of yerba mate can be a real challenge. In South America, finding yerba mate is no big deal. You can buy it in many forms at markets, most restaurants, gas stations, from street vendors and at mate bars. In the United States it is getting easier, but it still takes real persistence.
Jim Worsham - is the author, editor, publisher, and owner of this blog. He resides in Long Beach, CA.