Yerba mate is a beverage made from the leaves, and is popular in parts of South America. Also, it has been used as a herbal medicines in the South American. Today, we would like to talk about smoked drying yerba mate and unsmoked drying yerba tea about health benefit.

Smoked drying yerba mate is a traditional drying solution. It is heavily smoked drying method that uses burning wood (barbacoa) to dry yerba mate leaves. However, the smoking drying process produces unhealthy substances outweigh the health benefits. So it is better to select unsmoked drying methods like hot air or microwave dryer

Today, microwave dryer as a new drying solution is already applied for drying and enzyme tea products. For yerba mate drying and enzyme, microwave also meets with requirement and demands. Microwave by emitting wavebreaks a thin film of protective enzymes that coats the surface of the leaf. These enzymes, peroxidase and polifenoloxidase would otherwise hinder the evaporation of the water content and cause oxidation in the leaves during the remaining drying process, rendering it useless. This process also removes microorganisms that could otherwise cause fermentation and contamination in the product. In addition, microwave could dehydrate yerba mate to gain the completely dried products. Microwave energy could fast and complete work with water cellular, not all of the leaves. Therefore, microwave has a faster drying result than other drying methods. And microwave preserves all of nutrition and mineral

Comparing to traditional smoked drying solution, a clean and fast microwave drying equipment is your good choice. For more yerba mate drying information, you could contact with MAX Industrial Microwave.