Since 1918 Sara is striving to produce a quality yerba mate products made from the best plants of Iguazu Valley. Sourced in Brazil, produced in Uruguay, Sara is not the biggest yerba mate company, but is enjoyed by many notable people, like Luis Suárez.
The goal of Sara is to achieve an exquisite flavor according to the Uruguayan palate — a balanced bitterness with a sweet finish. All of their yerba mate is produced under the most rigorous control, and P.U.1 category ensures that their yerba mate is of a highest quality.
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Yerba mate
Pronounced [YER-bah MAH-teh] (or [SHER-bah MAH-teh] in Rioplatense Spanish). Also known as Ilex paraguariensis, a holly plant natively grown in South America, particularly in Northern Argentina, Paraguay and Southern Brazil (the term erva mate is used there more often). Yerba mate is used to make a beverage known as mate in Spanish, or chimarrão in Portugese. Oftenly, the term yerba mate is used to describe not only a plant, but also a final product of grinding, drying and aging the plant.
P.U.1
Short for Padrón Uruguayo 1, or Uruguayan Standard 1 — one of three common standards of yerba mate cut in Uruguay. Yerba mate that is marked as P.U.1 consists of not less than 90% of pulverized dried leaves, and not more than 10% of finely ground dried stems. P.U.1 is the finest cut out of three. Most popular type of cut in Uruguay.
