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Old Oct 10, 2018 | 2:21 pm
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Originally Posted by KDS777
Drinking it multiple times per day is exactly what occurs in southern Brasil.
Is matcha (ground and de-veined leaf consumed whole) being drunk several times a day?
Or are you talking about green tea (where the leaves are steeped (often several times) and then discarded?

A cite would be good here.
I can only find this study which associates the drinking of (yerba) maté with increased incidences of cancers of the head and neck - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12808663
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