Some of the world's top athletes such as Lionel Messi swear by the South American drink Yerba Mate, which is said to contain ...

Yerba mate, or Ilex paraguariensis, hails from South America. Brewing the dried leaves results in a traditional caffeinated drink (often referred to as ‘mate’), which is widely popular in this part of ...

“I've been drinking it for a long time,” Dier ... “Some things are not for certain people. I'm a coffee man, not a mate man. It's too messy and brewing it takes too long,” he reckoned.