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So in thinking about alternate cash crops for the South... if Europeans didn't misunderstand the Native American Black Drink, is it possible for Yaupon Tea, cultivated from the Yaupon Holly, to become a cash crop / major export of the South? It is related to Yerba Mate of South America, which has developed a large following in South America and abroad.