Tag Archive: yerba mate

Experimenting with Performance-Enhancing Drugs

[yerba mate photo]

In every way but one, my 10-mile run at Boston-qualifying pace yesterday was the same as so many others I've done.  The lone difference — I was on the juice. The juice, in this case, was yerba mate, a South American plant whose leaves are used to make an herbal tea with caffeine content similar…

Nothing Inspires Like A Hangover

[peanut butter cup photo]

I'm not being facetious.  Hear me out! I had a fantasy football draft on Friday night, although the team I put together is nobody's fantasy.  But it was fun as always, and many delightful beverages with frost-brewed liners that tell you when they're cold were consumed by all. As a result, I woke up on…