Bright, earthy, and citrusy. Numi's Mate Lemon combines organic Brazilian yerba mate with Australian lemon myrtle and green tea for a lemony cup with sweet, earthy undertones, robust enough to replace your morning coffee. We source our yerba mate from Parana, Brazil, where growing mate instead of cattle or destructive monocrops helps farmers earn better wages while preserving endangered forest habitat, biodiversity, and carbon sequestration. Larger, hand-plucked leaves steep slowly and evenly for a smoother cup than the fast, tannic bitterness typical of machine-picked fannings and dust used in many tea bags. Every tea bag is made from manila hemp (Abacá) fiber, sealed with a crimp-and-knot process instead of the plastic heat-seals used in most tea bags, so no polypropylene ever touches your cup. The bags are BPI Biodegradable and supplier- of added plastics or microplastics — not just labeled that way. The outer wrapper is plant-based and commercially compostable, made from FSC- paper and non-GMO sugarcane. USDA Organic and Fair Trade . Steep 3–5 minutes in fresh, boiling water for a full, bright cup, hot or iced.