I decided to buy some from Eco Teas. That brand is a good product: unsmoked for a more pleasant and healthier taste, and well-processed to include very few branch bits.
Amazon seemed to have a good deal, but the Eco Teas website is even less expensive if you actually want five pounds (which I did not).
In any case, compared to quality tea it is very cheap!
I soon realized that I only like yerba maté if I treat it like black tea. I use about a tablespoon per 40 ounce teapot (instead of a tablespoon per eight ounces). I add milk. I really like the result, but it is nothing like the traditional experience.
It also means I am only getting about 6 mg of caffeine per eight-ounce cup, according to my handy caffeine chart. That is comparable to decaff tea or hot cocoa!
Herbal Tea: 0 mg
Decaffeinated Tea: 1-8 mg
Hot Cocoa: 8 mg
Decaffeinated Coffee: 4-10 mg
Milk Chocolate (4 oz.): 4-40 mg
Dark Chocolate (4 oz.): 20-140 mg
Soda: 22-55 mg
White or Green Tea: 30-60 mg
Yerba Maté: 30-40 mg
Oolong Tea: 50-100 mg
Black Tea: 80-140 mg
Energy Drinks: 75-160 mg
Instant Coffee: 90-200 mg
Espresso (4 oz.): 180-220 mg
Drip Coffee: 160-300 mg
NoDoz (2 pills): 200 mg
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