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== Yerba Mate... a tea like beverage  ==

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 Yerba Mate is the national drink in Argentina. Yerba Mate is made and drunk a very special way. The yerba leaves are placed into the cup called a mate. Hot water is then poured over the leaves in time the tea will be ready to drink with its strong take from being left to sit so that all the flavor could be absorbed. Most often Yerba Mate is drunk in a group of people all sharing the same drink for a universal mate cup. The tea is drunk out of a straw called a bombilla. Now the Bombilla straw is very special. it has a filter of sorts so that when drinking the tea the leaves wont get drunk but that only the liquid will come throught the straw. When the cup is empty more hot water is added for the next go around of tea. No more yerba leaves are added so each time the tea is made it because less and less strong in flavor. But this is the case with each gathering in which yerba mate is drunk. At the start of a new gathering of people new leaves are used to start the fun off the a strong taste of tea. (Dougherty 14) (Burgan 38-40) (Streissguth 54) ======