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Onoiru Yerba Mate Con Palo (with stems) 500 G (1.1 LBS) Best By 4/24

Onoiru Yerba Mate Con Palo (with stems) 500 G (1.1 LBS) Best By 4/24

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This product has a best by date of 04/24

This organic yerba mate from Paraguay new brand that was created in 2016 with the aid of NGO Conamuri. It is one of the finest traditionally process brands you can find. It has a sweet smoked flavor that you can feel good about drinking everyday while your support small family producers.
 
Paraguay has experienced an economic boom during the last decade. It is the fourth-largest producer of soybeans and the sixth in beef. However, most of the rural population remains impoverished as the landowners in Paraguay accumulate a large portion of the wealth. Agribusiness is growing and big businesses are taking over the farming land. As a result, indigenous farmers have no means to defend their former livelihood. There is a massive exodus to urban areas, as indigenous people live in poverty, unable to return to farming.

The NGO Conamuri, empowers small-scale and subsistence farmers. It focuses on women in indigenous communities whose widescale agribusiness have been marginalized. Conamuri supports sustainable, fair-trade farming in various districts in the department of Itapúa, aiding small-scale Yerba farming in Paraguay since 2011.

Small-scale farming under the Conamuri program specializes in ecological farming techniques. They use no pesticides or agrochemicals and produce high-quality yerba mate. Training includes education on soil and treatment, sustainable fertilizers, marketing and commercialization. Then, families are ready to start producing Yerba Mate Onoiru, getting paid more than farmers under widescale yerba mate buyers. “Oñoiru is part of a movement looking to create a fairer model of society using our natural resources so that our young people can stay in their communities and have decent living and work conditions,” says Pedro Vega, general manager of Yerba Mate Onoiru.



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veronica i.
Oñoirú tomas tú

I like the ecological paper packaging. This one from Paraguay is harvested on Waning Moon quarter. I'm going to try it Tereré style.

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ian g.G.
Best maté

I love the aroma and flavor of this maté; Lightly smoked and not too bitter, just the right amount of green flavor. The small scale production and ethics appeal to me, and the maté is of very high quality. Solid consistency of flavor and effect. Some fines make drinking with certain bombillas challenging but I brew in French press and it makes for rich brew.

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Joseph T.T.
Fun with staying power

Onioru is among my favorite mates. Somehow, it reminds me of how mate would have been fifty years ago (when I wasn't drinking it). Inconsistent in stems and dust becomes a fidelity to consistency of taste. I appreciate this mate and trust it so easily that even when the site said it was beyond its date, I ordered it anyway -- is there a higher recommendation?

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Amanda

If you like smoked flavor this is a great one! One of my favorites.

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Michael W.
10-Oct

A new instant Paraguayan favourite of mine; good balance of smoke, earth and sweetness. I drink this mate warm, as opposed to ice cold. Smokiness is not overpowering; notes of roasted nuts, sweet hay, smoked oysters. Creamy, with a nice level of sour on the finish. Good stuff, possibly my daily driver until this batch runs out. Great value!

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