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[[File:calebasse.jpg|left|250px|thumb|alt=Calabasse|Calabasse]]

[[File:calebasse.jpg|left|250px|thumb|alt=Calabasse|Calabasse]]

[[File:mate_tee.jpg|250px|right|thumb|alt=Mate tea|Yerba mate]]

[[File:mate-tea.jpg|250px|right|thumb|alt=Mate tea|Yerba mate]]

[[File:mate_pflanze.jpg|250px|right|thumb|alt=Yerba mate plantation in Misiones, Argentina|Yerba mate plantation in Misiones, Argentina]]

[[File:yerba-mate.jpg|250px|right|thumb|alt=Yerba mate plantation in Misiones, Argentina|Yerba mate plantation in Misiones, Argentina]]

[[File:bombilla.jpg|right|250px|alt=Bombilla Trinkrohr|Bombilla Trinkrohr]]

[[File:bombilla.jpg|right|250px|alt=Bombilla|Bombilla straw]]

'''Mate''' or '''Yerba mate''' is a herbal tea which is made from the mate-shrub (yerba mate). It is traditionally cooked in a hollowed-out gourd (Spanish: "calabaza") and drunk through a metal drinking tube called "bombilla". The bombilla has a mesh or small holes which avoid that particles of the herb are sucked in. Mate can be brewed either hot or cold.

'''Mate''' or '''Yerba mate''' is a herbal tea which is made from the mate-shrub (yerba mate). It is traditionally cooked in a hollowed-out gourd (Spanish: "calabaza") and drunk through a metal drinking tube called "bombilla". The bombilla has a mesh or small holes which avoid that particles of the herb are sucked in. Mate can be brewed either hot or cold.