Caffeine & Sleep
Tea

Caffeine in Yerba Mate

85mg
per 8 oz
≈ 1 coffee≈ 1 Red Bull21% of FDA daily max

Is that a lot?

Yerba Mate is 21% of the FDA’s recommended daily maximum, in a single 8 oz.

Green tea
28 mg
Espresso
63 mg
Red Bull
80 mg
Yerba Mate
85 mg
Coffee
95 mg
FDA daily max · 400mg
Before bed

When can I drink Yerba Mate and still sleep?

Your Yerba Mate cutoff
You drink it at
Bedtime
Yerba Mate · 85 mg · assuming an average ~5 h half-life
At bedtime
28 mg
close to optimal
Latest safe Yerba Mate: 7:10 PM

How much caffeine is in Yerba Mate?

Yerba mate brings a hearty 85 mg of caffeine per serving, nudging right up toward a cup of coffee. South America's favorite social brew delivers a clean, sustained energy many drinkers swear feels different from coffee.

ServingCaffeineSugar
8 oz85 mg0 g

Range ~65–130 mg per serving.

Will Yerba Mate affect your sleep?

From 85 mg, mate takes a few hours to fall under 50 mg, so an afternoon gourd can still be active in the early evening. A morning or lunchtime serving is the safer bet for sleep.

Source: Published assays

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Yerba Mate & sleep — FAQ

It can, at 85 mg yerba mate is close to coffee in strength, so a late-afternoon or evening serving may still sit near the 50 mg threshold at bedtime.

Yerba Mate has 85 mg per 8 oz — about 21% of the FDA’s 400 mg daily maximum for healthy adults. That’s roughly 1 cup of coffee.

It depends on your bedtime and how fast you clear caffeine. Use the calculator above to see when Yerba Mate drops below the ~50 mg “ok to sleep” threshold for your bedtime.

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