Selección especial
Special selection in Spanish. When yerba mate is branded as selección especial, it usually means that leaves and plant material are carefully selected before being used to produce such yerba mate. That, often combined with longer aging process, results in yerba mate that has very rich taste compared to the regular yerba mate from same manufacturer.
Short durability
See durability. Short durability means that yerba mate can take less than 15 refills before it becomes lavado, or washed out.
Sin palo
Without stems in Spanish. Type of yerba mate cut which is characterized by almost complete lack of stems, or palos in Spanish. Usually more strong and bitter than con palo cut. Very popular in Uruguay (see P.U.1). In Argentina, according to point 2.2 of the article 1194 of Argentine Food Code, sin palo yerba mate should contain no less than 90% of dried leaves, coarsely ground or pulverized, and no more than 10% of coarsely or finely ground stems and sticks.