Yerba Mate Amanda Amanda is a brand with over 100 years of experience in producing Yerba Mate. It’s recognizable not only in Argentina, from where it comes from, but all over the world. Company was founded by polish emigrant Jan Szychowski who was also a self taught inventor - feature that brought him fortune and respect from the local community. Today Amanda Group as a company is very environment aware and friendly, they are using organic fertilizers and in places where Paraguayan Holly cannot grow they are planting trees ( lapacho and cedar). Their establishments are also a home for animals such as capybaras, red deers and stags.