The world's oldest energy drink
Organic yerba mate; unsmoked, aged, small cut. Roughly the caffeine of a coffee, drunk the way South America has drunk it for four hundred years.
Organic at origin · No smoke, no ash · Delivered in 1–3 days
Pick your starting point.
Most people who give up on maté gave up because they started with the wrong thing. Start with the leaf if you already own a gourd, or take the kit and get everything at once.
Tea Bags
Mate in a sachet. No gourd, no technique — drop one in a mug and go. Where most people should start.
AED 45Starter Kit
Gourd, bombilla and a 250 g pouch. Everything the ritual needs in one box — and the best gift in the range.
AED 110Loose Leaf 250 g
The classic small cut. For a gourd, a French press or a thermos on the road. Around 12 sessions.
AED 45The question everyone asks
How strong is it, really?
About the same caffeine as a cup of filter coffee — but mate carries it alongside theobromine, the compound also found in cacao. That combination is why people describe mate as a longer, flatter lift rather than a spike.
Approximate caffeine per 240 ml serving. Mate varies with steep time and how many refills you pull from one gourd.
What's actually in the pouch
Three words on the label, and what each one means.
01
Organic
Certified organic at origin in Brazil. Grown without synthetic pesticides — which matters more than usual here, because you drink mate leaf-in-water with nothing filtered out.
02
Unsmoked
Most yerba is dried over an open wood fire and tastes of the smoke. Ours isn't. What you get is the leaf — green, grassy, clean — with no ashtray finish.
03
Aged
Rested after harvest instead of rushed to packing. Time rounds off the raw edge, so the first sip lands smooth rather than sharp.
Four steps, ninety seconds
How to pour it.
Mate looks complicated from the outside and takes about a minute to learn. This is the whole method.
One
Fill the gourd halfway to two-thirds with leaf, depending on its size.
Two
Tilt it, and wet the leaf with a splash of room-temperature water first. This is what stops it turning bitter.
Three
Push the leaf to one side so a small well opens up. Slide the bombilla in and leave it there.
Four
Pour hot water into the empty well — not boiling. Refill the same leaf ten times or more.
The range
Everything we make.
Organic Yerba Maté 250g
Small cut, 100% leaves. The one to start with if you already own a gourd.
Yerba Maté Gourd
Stainless steel, double walled. No curing and no cracking.
Before you buy
Straight answers.
Is it bitter?
Less than you'd expect, and much less if you wet the leaf with cool water before the first hot pour. Unsmoked mate tastes green and grassy rather than burnt. The first cup is unfamiliar; by the third it usually isn't.
Do I need a gourd and bombilla?
No. Tea bags need nothing but a mug, and loose leaf works in a French press or an infuser. The gourd is the traditional method and most people move to it once they know they like the drink.
How much caffeine is in a serving?
Roughly 80 mg per 240 ml — close to a cup of filter coffee. With a gourd you refill the same leaf repeatedly, so the total across a session is higher and spread over an hour or two.
How many cups from a 250 g pouch?
Around 16 gourd sessions, and a session is 10 or more refills. Worked out per cup, it comes in well under a café coffee.
How do I store it?
Sealed, dry and out of direct sun — the pouch reseals for exactly this. In a UAE kitchen, away from the hob is the main thing. Best-before is printed on the back of every pouch.
How fast is delivery?
One to three working days anywhere in the UAE. Free over AED 100, otherwise AED 17. Tracking is sent by SMS as soon as it ships.
Put Yerba on your menu.
Wholesale across the full range, foodservice leaf by the kilo, serving kits on loan, and branded corporate gifting made to order. Tell us the format and we'll send terms the same week.