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Mate tea served in traditional gourd cups in Argentina. A cup of freshly made mate. The Argentine tea culture is influenced by local and imported varieties and customs. The country is a major producer of tea (Camellia sinensis), but is best known for the cultivation and consumption of mate, made with the leaves of the local yerba mate plant.
A traditional drink of Argentina is an infusion called mate (in Spanish, mate, with the accent on the first syllable [MAH-teh]). The name comes from the hollow gourd from which it is traditionally drunk.
In Uruguay and Brazil, the traditional gourd is usually big with a corresponding large hole. In Argentina (especially in the capital Buenos Aires), the gourd is small and has a small hole and people sometimes add sugar for flavor. In Uruguay, people commonly walk around the streets toting a mate and a thermos with hot water. In some parts of ...
In Argentina, yerba refers exclusively to the yerba mate plant. [16] Yerba mate, therefore, originally translated as literally the 'gourd herb'; i.e., the herb one drinks from a gourd. The Portuguese name for the plant is pronounced variously as [ˈɛɾvɐ ˈmate,-tʃi], in the areas of traditional consumption.
Traditional alcoholic drinks like toddy and feni remain popular in various parts of the country, [101] along with western-style beers, liquors and wines, with Kingfisher beer being the most widely-recognized Indian beer brand. [102] Maldives: It can be said that the Maldives have two national drinks. Firstly, due to their history and location ...
Argentine alcoholic drinks (3 C, 2 P) Y. Yerba mate (1 C, 11 P, 1 F) Pages in category "Argentine drinks" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
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Mate cocido [2] (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmate koˈsiðo], 'boiled maté', or just cocido), chá mate (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈʃa ˈmatʃi], 'maté tea'), kojoi (Guarani pronunciation:), or yerbiado (Cuyo, Argentina) is an infusion typical of Southern Cone cuisine (mostly consumed in Southern Brazil, the Bolivian Chaco, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay).