local caffeine part two: yerba mate’
March 4th, 2010 | 
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feralkevin talks about yerba mate’ and his container plant, yaupon. (Ilex vomitoria). comment and additions: –the glass bombilla doesn’t burn your mouth — I have never heard any of the Latin names used in this video actually pronounced. — I regretably don’t speak Spanish or have much knowledge about the very diverse mate’ drinking cultures (mostly in South America). — I have never seen a mate’ (Ilex paraguensis) plant. — I have only seen a few Yaupon Hollies in pots. Never in the wild, where they can grow to good-sized shrubs. — The genus Ilex (Hollies) are in the Aquifoliaceae family.
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It’s pronounced “YOE-pawn”. just FYI
just to let you know yerba mate is not a type of tea, just because you steep it in hot water doesn’t make it tea
Definitely DO NOT try to identify Yaupon from my video. The wild form of this plant probably looks far different from the one I was sold that sits on my balcony. Besides, it’s YouTube, and it’s blurry. The Yaupon leaves definitely are not like the English holly (Ilex aquifolium), which I think you mean by standard. It, and similarly popular hollies have very glossy ornamental leaves. The yaupon hollies leaves are very plain, non-glossy, and look more like something you would eat.
hi mate
i’ve been looking around the net for the yaupon and keep coming across a plant which looks like a standard hollie with red berries… the leaves look more like a standard hollie with the classic rippled leaves. yours looks to have smooth leaves though? thanks for any help
Hey, I got that same plant, Yaupon Holly. I looked up tea plants native to Georgia as you suggested and i came to that plant. That is cool.