Yerba mate
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Yerba mate or yerba maté, Ilex paraguariensis, is a plant species of the holly genus native to South America. The leaves of the plant can be steeped in hot water to make a beverage known as mate. Brew
Ilex paraguariensis Köhler–s Medizinal Pflanzen 074
Yerba mate growing in the wild
Plantation in Misiones, Argentina
Steaming mate infusion in a cup that resembles a gourd, the customary vessel
Mate (drink)
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Mate is a caffeine-rich infused herbal drink made with yerba mate, a plant which originates in the Southern Cone of South America. It is especially popular in South America and the Levant. It is also
Yerba mate
…is a plant species of the holly genus native to South America. The leaves of the plant can be steeped in hot water to make a beverage known as mate. Brewed cold, it is used to make tereré. Both the plant and the beverage contain caffeine. The indigenous Guaraní and some Tupi communities (whose…
Mate in a traditional calabash gourd (also called a mate) with a metal bombilla
Tertulia and Mate party in Santiago de Chile, in 1821, by Scharf and Schmidtmeyer. John Carter Brown Library.
Lithograph of José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, a 19th-century ruler of Paraguay, with a mate and its bombilla (a straw)
Pope Francis holds a guampa and bombilla given as a gift while speaking with Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (2013)