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To: Jane4IceCream who wrote (110)	7/16/2007 7:51:56 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) of 429

Now THAT sounds exotic. I had to go look it up. And how was lunch? Mate (pronounced /'ma.te/) is a caffeinated infusion prepared by steeping dried leaves of yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) in hot water. It is the national drink in Uruguay and Argentina and a common social practice in Paraguay and parts of Chile, Brazil, eastern Bolivia, Lebanon, and Syria. Mate 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 masassa in Arabic and it is traditionally silver. The gourd is known as a mate or a guampa, while in Brazil it has the specific name of cuia. Even if the water comes in a very modern thermos, the infusion is traditionally drunk from mates or cuias. However, "tea-bag" type infusions of mate (mate cocido) have been on the market in Argentina for many years under such trade names as "Cruz de Malta" (Maltese Cross) and in Brazil under the name "Mate Leão" (Lion Mate). Hm- you will get the essence of the caffeine too then?

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