Premium Loose Leaf Yerba Mate 

Each bag has 500g of Sherba loose leaf yerba mate, roughly 28 to 35 servings depending on how much you use per session and how many refills you take from each batch of leaves. That works out to about 14 to 18g of leaf per serving.

It is just yerba mate, cut in the Guaraní style: a balance of leaf, stem and fine powder. No added flavors, sugar, or fillers. Unsmoked and air dried Ilex paraguariensis.

Smooth and earthy. Because the leaf is unsmoked and air dried, it does not have the smoky edge you find in some yerba mate.

Very hot or boiling water can make any mate taste bitter, so start with water at 70 to 80°C.

Mate cup and bombilla: fill the cup with leaf, tilt it to make a slope, moisten the leaf with a little cool water, insert the bombilla, then pour in water at 70 to 80°C and sip.

French press: add leaf, pour water at 70 to 80°C, steep for a few minutes, then press and pour.

Cold: for tereré or cold brew, use cold water with the same leaf.

Mate is prepared in different ways across South America, Lebanon and Syria, so there is no single right method. See our full preparation guide for step by step instructions.

Sherba yerba mate is grown on native forest farms in Paraguay using agroecological methods, without synthetic pesticides, on a farm certified organic (EU and IMOCERT). After harvest the leaf is air dried, not smoked, then aged 24 months before it reaches you.

Yerba mate naturally contains caffeine, similar to coffee. Many people choose it as an alternative to coffee. It is also drunk differently: slowly, from a cup with a bombilla, refilling with hot water through a session. It comes down to preference; some people replace their coffee with mate, others drink both.

Sherba has a 3-year shelf life from packing. Keep it in the sealed bag or an airtight container, away from direct light, heat, and moisture, and it will stay fresh for the full 3 years.

We ship anywhere in Lebanon for a flat $5 delivery fee. Orders typically arrive within 5 to 8 days of placing your order. You can pay cash on delivery or by Whish transfer. New to mate or setting up for the first time? See our guide to buying yerba mate in Lebanon.

We offer a 7-day return window from when you receive your order. If it is unopened, unused, and in its original packaging, email contact@sherbamate.com within 7 days and we will help you sort out a return. If something arrives damaged or is not what you ordered, email us right away with a photo and we will make it right.