Materva

Materva

Type	soft drink
Owner	Cawy Bottling Co.
Country	Cuba
Introduced	United States, Canada, Spain
Previous owners	1920 - Materva Soft Drink Company
Website	cawy.net

Materva is a mate soft drink, produced in Miami by Cawy Bottling Company. Materva is made from yerba mate, a tea popular in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Materva is very popular among Cubans and other Hispanics in the United States.^[1] There is also a diet version called Diet Materva. Unlike the somewhat bitter tea-like mate on which it is based, Materva is sweet with an almost bubble-gum flavor.

The Materva Soft Drink Company was founded in Matanzas, Cuba, in 1920. It was produced and sold in Cuba until 1960, when the Cuban Revolution brought about the nationalization of all private industry. The rights to the drink were bought out by the competing Cawy Bottling Company of Miami in 1965. In 2002, Materva was given the "Best Local Soft Drink" award by the Miami New Times. In recent years Materva has been distributed outside Southern Florida to larger markets in the United States, Spain, and Central America.^[2]

Ingredients

Carbonated Water, Sugar, Corn Sweeteners, Tartaric Acid, Extract of Mate, Caramel Color, Other Artificial Flavors, Caffeine, Preserved with Sodium Benzoate.^[3]

See also

• Maracana
• Coco Solo
• Iron Beer

References

1. ^ "Review of Cuban beverages". 3guysfrommiami.com. http://3guysfrommiami.com/beverages.html. Retrieved 2011-11-16. 
2. ^ "www.cawy.net". http://www.cawy.net/cawy-eng.swf. Retrieved 2011-11-16. 
3. ^ "Materva". Delicioussparklingtemperancedrinks.net. http://www.delicioussparklingtemperancedrinks.net/Materva.html. Retrieved 2011-11-16.