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Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze
In two recent studies, the likelihood of throat cancer was three times greater in subjects who drank copious amounts of Yerba Maté at any temperature. Previously it was thought that heat was the determining factor.
Personally, I find it impossible to drink less than copious amounts of Yerba Maté once I start: All of the alertness of coffee with a better taste and none of the jitteriness or acidity. Very sad about those studies; perhaps they'll be disproved as more and more are conducted.
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Keep in mind that the people who drink Yerba Mate in South America carry around thermoses of hot water to refill their gourds all day. When I bought my Yerba Mate gourde, the instructions were to pack the gourd 3/4 of the way full and then listed how the taste would change between the first steeping and the 20th steeping.
Seriously. 20 steepings.
Yerba Mate is a great coffee replacement for the non-caffeinated stimulant reason but it also provides a good amount of nutrients and an appetite suppressant. It became a daily part of the peoples diets because it was a less expensive way of feeling full, getting nutrients, and being able to work.
You would have to drink a ton of any beverage at a high temperature to be worried. Even my 4 Liters of tea is not dangerous because very little of it is actually consumed at 208 degrees. Smaller gourds, 3/4 packed with Mate, being refilled regularly means that they are drinking more hot liquid then we are.