"It is an abominable and dirty vice to drink many times a day the yerba with a large quantity of hot water" because "it makes men lazy, which is a total ruin of the earth, and as it is so great I fear that it cannot be removed if God does not do it. "

Yerba mate is a very special plant whose production is limited to a very specific geographical area

In Argentina the consumption of yerba mate increased during the Covid-19 lockdown