YERBA MATE

Legendary Beginning… The Guaraní people started drinking mate in the region that now includes Paraguay, southern Brazil, north-east Argentina, and Uruguay. The Guaraní have a legend that says that the Goddesses of the Moon and the Cloud came to the Earth one day to visit it but they instead found a Yaguarete (a kind of jaguar) that was going to attack them. An old man saves them, and, in compensation, the Goddesses gave the old man a new kind of plant, from which he could prepare a "drink of friendship".

A Little Vocab… Yerba- name of the plant Mate- the receptacle, “gourd”, often referred to the drink itself Guampa- also the receptacle, when it is made out of cow horn Bombilla- the metallic straining straw Cebador- the server Mate del zonzo- “mate of the fool”, the first drink Mate lavado- “washed out”, when the mate has lost its flavor Terere- a cold/iced version Mate cocido- boiled/brewed and sweetened Yuyos- herbs put in water for medicinal purposes

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