In this part of the world, Mate is your mate. Its full name is Yerba Mate and according to the website, '... has the “strength of coffee, the health benefits of tea, and the euphoria of chocolate" all in one beverage.' It is pronounced mah-tay. Tasted like grass chewed, swallowed, ruminated and regurgitated by a cow to me, but everyone to their own, eh? The Uruguayans and Argentinians absolutely love it and the process involves a cup like the Mate cup-of-all cups (top photo) and a spoon-cum-straw used for mashing it all up and stirring it around for a bit before topping up with hot water served from a flask that is kept so frequently under an armpit that it almost becomes an extra limb for the body, a perfect example of this being the fella pictured above. Just a cursory glance tells us that he is a real expert Mate drinker, all his life probably, slurping away on his tubular spoon since infancy, before he could walk or talk, Mate was his mate, and still is. Women love it too.
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