I have the honor to present my typical drink in my country, Uruguay

[chock norris]

"EL MATE"

 

of yerba mate  in hot water and is served with a metal straw from a shared hollow calabash gourd. The straw is called a bombilla in Spanish, a bomba in Portuguese, and a bombija or, more generally, a masassa (type of straw) in Arabic. The straw is traditionally made of silver. Modern, commercially available straws are typically made of nickel silver, called alpaca; stainless steel, or hollow-stemmed cane. The gourd is known as a mate or a guampa; while in Brazil, it has the specific name of cuia, or also cabaça (the name for Indigenous-influenced calabash gourds in other regions of Brazil, still used for general food and drink in remote regions). Even if the water is supplied from a modern thermos, the infusion is traditionally drunk from mates or cuias.

Yerba mate leaves are dried, chopped, and ground into a powdery mixture called yerba. The bombilla acts as both a straw and a sieve. The submerged end is flared, with small holes or slots that allow the brewed liquid in, but block the chunky matter that makes up much of the mixture. A modern bombilla design uses a straight tube with holes, or a spring sleeve to act as a sieve.

The preparation of mate is a simple process, consisting of filling a container with yerba, pouring hot, but not boiling, water over the leaves, and drinking with a straw, the bombilla, which acts as a filter so as to draw only the liquid and not the yerba leaves. The method of preparing the mate infusion varies considerably from region to region, and which method yields the finest outcome is debated. However, nearly all methods have some common elements. The beverage is traditionally prepared in a gourd recipient, also called mate or guampa in Spanish and cuia in Portuguese, from which it is drunk. The gourd is nearly filled with yerba, and hot water,^[10] typically at 70 to 85 °C (158 to 185 °F), never boiling,^[11] is added.

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mate_(beverage)

 

 

 

THANNKS  FOR READ, IF YOU SEE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AN A PERSON WITH MATE IS A ARGENTINAN OR "URUGUAYO"

 

 

 

 

[KonradvonMarburg00]

Thanks for this, Dr. Norris. I have always wanted to try Yerba Mate. I am an eccentric millionaire in Canada, and I love trying exotic food and drink from around the world. I will try to get some of this, even though I am not much of a tea person (I prefer coffee).

 

I'll let you know how it goes, and what I think of this Yerba stuff.

[schNee]

oh i love it. have a bombilla and some sort of mate at home. i like to switch when i had too much coffee =) 

and i like that u can fill it up again and again over a day 

[absoluto]

Here in Chile it is also consumed