Yerba Mate Tea Health Benefits

About 2 years ago, a friend and I decided to ask the question.

Can you smoke yerba mate?

and

What could smoking yerba mate do to you?

We’ve all heard of indians smoking peace pipes, some people smoke industrial strenghth sage (a common kitchen spice) for a wacky experience and of course illegally speaking marijuana is probably the most popular herb to smoke.

So after a long night of partying and beer drinking my friend Jon and I decided to see what the experience of smoking a rolled cigar of yerba mate would be like.

Now don’t lose your mind here…Mind you, this is not the most intelligent thing to try, but sometimes we don’t act very intelligently. But seriously how do you think people discovered the physiological effects of marijuana and other natural drugs such as mushrooms. They tried (smoked/ate) it. How else?

Anyways we rolled up “the blunt” and smoked a few puffs much the same as you would a Cuban Cigar. Now besides being somewhat inebriated already, there was a very mild relaxing feeling that swept the body. Really not much though.

So the verdict is yerba mate can be smoked whether or not it’s intelligent or beneficial I’m sure could be debated.

Would I recommend smoking yerba mate?

No. I think it’s much more beneficial to drink it, and besides my “1 night stand smoking yerba mate” it’s been over 4 years since I smoked anything. It’s goood to just get high off off life naturally, and that’s the way I plan to keep it.

But hey, it makes a nice story.

Your ’stickin-to-the-gourd’ Yerba Mate drinking friend

“The Once Yerba Mate smoked out Gaucho”