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The herbal mate tea Bolivia stores sells is a health benefit from high blood pressure to a cure for the gastro-intestinal ailment I have been plauged with all my life.
I am not a fan of green tea or any tea for that matter, but I grew to love this.
However the box I received was Mate de Coca and good nonetheless. I received a different box on Mate De Coca, not from Delisse. I wanted specifically Delisse which I bought in Peru.
i was thirsty so i drank it rather quick, and pretty soon, my daily afternoon caffeine crash was lifted with my headache and just felt like it was a very nice day. not sure were the energy seems to come from.but i would take this over a 64oz MT.dew, or a double/triple espresso anyday. relief from headaches, appetite suppressant, wakefulness, feeling of wellbeing are all said to come about by drinking the tea.i brewed up tea in near boiling water with 2 teabags, and let it steep for over and hour to cool down.
he wound up drining it himself over the course of the afternoon and he was, in his words 'feeling great, able to concentrate, focus, and it made normally bad parts of work just fly by'.i hear you can chew the leaves too for a stronger effect but you have to use baking soda to release the alkaloids. no sugar crash, no headaches, and it doesn't make you stay up all nite, or kill your apatite. however, there is very little, to such a small amount of cocaine (less than.08%).
i, probably like most people reading this page about this product, thought there was no way it would provide the benefits the package says. it was like a very strong espresso but without the jittery effects of the caffiene.my friend made some with 4 teabags, with a larger amount of water so he could make 2 cups. this is a great tasting tea that is definitely something people should try if they are allergic or otherwise avoid caffeine.
i then poured the tea in a glass with ice, so in effect it was ice tea.a pleasant taste not unlike green tea, and i'll be darned if my mouth felt numb. went to my cubicle and got to work and time seemed to fly.
However, since it was purchased more for its medicinal value than its flavor, we're quite happy with it. We bought this to help my wife head off migraines and it does so admirably. However, the tasted, as with other Coca teas we've had, leaves a little something to be desired - very grassy in my opinion.
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