I guess it depends how you drink it, but I found yerba mate to be more stimulant/jitter inducing than coffee. At least if you drink it the Argentinian way with

I guess it depends how you drink it, but I found yerba mate to be more stimulant/jitter inducing than coffee. At least if you drink it the Argentinian way with the gourd and straw. The official story in Argentina is that yerba has "mateine", which is basically indistinguishable from caffeine if you ask me. So not sure if you are really combating the caffeine addiction by switching to mate. Oh, and whatever you do, don't pour sugar in that mate...