the.com/yerba mate
south america's answer to coffee: a bitter green tea sipped from a gourd, socially, forever.
means a caffeinated infusion made from the dried leaves of ilex paraguariensis, traditionally drunk hot through a metal straw from a shared gourd.
from cultivated by the guarani people long before european contact, later spread by jesuit missions in the 17th century who cultivated it so aggressively spaniards called it jesuit tea.
straw namethe metal straw is called a bombilla, has a filter tip
shared gourdone gourd, one straw, passed round a whole circle
caffeine cousincontains mateine, chemically near-identical to caffeine
argentina consumptionargentines drink more mate than coffee, per capita
for instance
argentina asado circle — gourd passed hand to hand during sunday barbecues nationwide
messi mate thermos — lionel messi photographed carrying his mate kit at 2022 world cup
uruguay street carrying — uruguayans carry thermos under one arm, gourd in hand, walking