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A primer to yerba mate
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What is Yerba Mate?
History of the drink
How is it served?
Preparing the gourd
Enjoying the beverage
Health benefits
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Traditional South American drink popular in
Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Paraguay.
It is prepared from steeping dried leaves of
yerba mate (llex paraguariensis) in hot
water.
The caffeine content is less than that of
coffee and yerba mate is often comparedto green tea.
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In what is now Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil, theGuaran people consumed yerba mate in pre-Columbian times.
Early Spanish colonists in Asuncion adopted the
beverage and its consumption became widespreadby the 16th century. Jesuit missionaries domesticated the plant in the
17th century and produced it for export. Production and popularity of the beverage
increased in Argentina and Brazil during the 17thcentury.
Yerba mate remains a popular beverage inArgentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay.
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Yerba mate is typicallyserved in a Gourd andsipped through a metalbombilla.
The bombilla serves asa straw and a strainer tokeep the herbs fromclogging the straw.
The photo to the rightshows yerba mate in agourd ready to drinkthrough a bombilla.
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Fill the gourd more than half way with yerbamate.
Insert the bombilla.
Cover the bombilla and gourd with one handand shake the yerba mate. When it isshaken, larger stems will settle to the top tohelp keep the bombilla from clogging.
Add warm water and allow the yerba to soakit up.
Add hot water and enjoy!
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The gourd can be filled several times. Once
the yerba mate no longer has a potent flavor,
it is said to be washed or lavado.
In a social setting, usually everyone in thegroup will drink from the same bombilla and
gourd.
The person pouring the mate, the cebador,will pour for everyone.
Saying gracias when returning the mate
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Yerba mate contains vitamins, minerals andantioxidants. These include: vitamin C, potassium, manganese and
zinc in addition to quercetin, theobrime andtheophylline.
Some studies suggest the herb can reducerisks of heart disease and cancer.
Yerba mate contains caffeine and promotesfocus, clarity and higher energy levels.
Some claim that drinking yerba mate aids inweight loss.
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