Indigenous techniques are still utilized today to prepare mate, which also refers to the gourd in which the drink is made. Per Trápaga, proper mate preparation is to fill ¾ of a gourd with yerba ...

And in the end, you fall in love with it.” Advertisement Until relatively recently, mate — a caffeinated drink made by steeping dry leaves in warm water, and pronounced mah-teh in English ...

Lionel Messi or Suarez or even Antoine Griezmann, who converted after being introduced to the drink by South American teammates at Real Sociedad, never set out to make maté famous. They just ...

Yerba mate is a traditional South American drink that’s gaining worldwide popularity. It is a herbal tea made from the leaves and stems of the Ilex paraguariensis plant. The leaves are typically ...