For one thing, it makes a delightful cup of tea that's boosted by a gentle buzz. What's more, it's homegrown and has a fascinating past. We connected with yaupon tea specialists to learn more about ...

Plant relations: Yaupon is closely related to other caffeinated hollies, yerba mate and guayusa, which are also dried and brewed for tea, but they're commercially produced in South America, says ...

From a distance the all-white Ilex Cafe in the middle of the Botanic Gardens looks like a bunch of yacht sails at the start of a race. It really does look gorgeous. And how strange you can't park ...

According to him, the elders proposed the idea after drinking the traditional wayusa tea (Ilex guayusa), an Amazonian plant. Solar-Powered Boat Navigates the Rivers of the Amazon.

The Ecuadorian association, initiated with family capital, produces a soft drink from the leaves of the guayusa plant (Ilex guayusa).

The Ecuatorian Andi Wayusa Association produces a soft drink from the leaves of the guayusa plant. Image courtesy of the Andi Wayusa Association. For Straatmann, however, that’s not the answer.

The Amazon rainforest is a highly biodiverse region, offering valuable plants for the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and food industries. Ilex guayusa, from the Ecuadorian Amazon, is rich in ...

Beyond green tea and matcha, these 6 coffee alternatives deliver natural energy with unique health benefits that your regular cup of joe simply can't match.

Guayusa ("gwhy-you-sah") is a caffeine-containing holly species native only to the upper Amazon basin of Ecuador, Columbia, and Peru. Texas-based ingredient company Applied Food Sciences supplies ...

Kerrville, Texas, March 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Food Sciences (AFS) is proud to receive the Sello Chakra (Chakra Seal), a certification from the Amazonian Kichwa communities of ...

Guayusa ("gwhy-you-sah") is a caffeine-containing holly species native only to the upper Amazon basin of Ecuador, Columbia, and Peru. Texas-based ingredient company Applied Food Sciences supplies ...

Ilex Capital Partners, one of last year’s biggest hedge fund startups that was in the market to raise an additional $1.5 billion by the end of this year, gathered the sum on Oct. 1 and closed to ...