Barao de Cotegipe

The origins of the brand date back to 1951, when the Picolo couple Ilma and Etelvino settled in Volta Grande. They estabilished a small company to produce and sell yerba mate. After only one year they had such a big success in the region that it was necessary to trademark the product. They named their yerba Barao. It was highly appreciated in the region and later on all over the world. Barao is a truly Brazilian style yerba mate. This means that the leaves of Barao yerba mate are so finely ground that they are nothing but loose dust. Sometimes fragments of finely cut twigs can be found in it. This processing guarantees a strong brew. It should be poured with warm water, which will extract all the valuable nutrients from the dried mate.