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The indigenous Guaraní and some Tupi communities (whose territory covered present-day Paraguay) first cultivated and consumed yerba mate prior to European colonization of the Americas. Its consumption was exclusive to the natives of only two regions of the territory that today is Paraguay, more specifically the departments of Amambay and Alto Paraná.[1][2] After the Jesuits discovered its commercialization potential, yerba mate became widespread throughout the province and even elsewhere in the Spanish Crown.[2]

Mate is traditionally consumed in central and southern regions of South America, primarily in Paraguay, as well as in Argentina, Uruguay, Southern Brazil, the Gran Chaco of Bolivia, and Southern Chile.[3] It has also become popular in the Druze and Alawite community in the Levant, especially in Syria and Lebanon, where it is imported from Paraguay and Argentina, thanks to 19th-century Syrian immigrants to Argentina.[4] Yerba mate can now be found worldwide in various energy drinks as well as being sold as a bottled or canned iced tea.

  1. ^ Del Techo, Ximénez, Dobrizhoffer. p. 40., Nicolás; Bartolomé, Martín (1967). Tres encuentros con América. Editorial del Centenario 
  2. ^ a b Cervantes, Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de. “En busca del hueso perdido : (tratado de paraguayología) / Helio Vera” (スペイン語). Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes. 25 March 2021閲覧。
  3. ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). “Ilex paraguariensis”. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998: e.T32982A9740718. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T32982A9740718.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/32982/9740718. 
  4. ^ “Argentina's 'yerba mate' crunch”. globalpost.com. 30 April 2015閲覧。