Have you ever heard about a drink called "mate" and wondered what it is all about?. In this post we will give you some hints.The mate is a hot infusion tipical from some countries of South America such as Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay and some regions of Brasil and Chile. Argentina is the world's greatest producer of this drink and also the greatest consumer.
Now let's see some definitions before we continue.
Yerba Mate: is the name of the grass used to drink mate. It is obviusly green and dry.
Mate: is the container where de Yerba Mate and the hot water is served. It is called like the drink itself.
Bombilla: it's like a metallic straw that helps you drink the hot water in the Mate.
Termo: it's like a thermal bottle that keeps the water hot and ready to drink a nice mate.
To explain it quickly, the way of preparing mate is to put some Yerba Mate in the Mate, pour some hot water in it and drink it through the Bombilla. When you feel there's no more hot water to drink, you pour more hot water in the Mate and drink... and so on. The first times that you drink mate you may say it has a reallly bitter taste but it can be served with sugar to make it a little sweeter. There are also other ways of changing the mate's taste, but we will focus on that and more other things about mate on future posts.
