To mitigate the effects of altitude sickness, many Peruvian locals offer foreign visitors coca leaf tea — a traditional ...

Unprocessed leaves from the plant can be enjoyed by chewing them or by brewing them into a tea. Locals still use coca today to combat altitude sickness, and to relieve pain and hunger. Some still ...

While coca can be turned into cocaine, Bolivians prize the small green leaf in its less-potent natural form for its medicinal uses, either chewing it or brewing it as a tea to stave off hunger and ...

Let’s say that it halves with each cycle. Each consecutive steeping produces half the flavour of the last. With each pouring, ...

infusion tea and other products made out of the coca plant Coca planters will be giving Pope Francis a pie and other goods made out of coca leaves, when he arrives next July for an official visit ...

When it comes to fueling your wanderlust, there's no destination that combines the allure of history with the vibrancy of ...