The ubiquitous drink is a favorite of footballers including Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, and Antoine Griezmann, in addition to ...

The yerba is brewed in gourds or gourd shaped mugs (a.k.a. mates), and sipped through a curved straw called a bombilla (bom-beeya if you took high school Spanish, bom-beesha if you want to be hip ...

If yerba mate is tickling your fancy, don’t worry – you can get it in tea bag form and don’t need to start sourcing yourself a gourd and bombilla (unless you want to).

Tilt the gourd and pour in the water so that only half of your leaves get wet. That wet section is where you are going to stick your bombilla, a metal straw with a strainer at one end. Once the ...

Mate etiquette When drinking mate, first a gourd is packed close to the brim with the dried leaves. Artfully . IM000952.JPG. placed in the green leaves and twigs is a silver straw known as a bombilla.

SHOTLIST 1. MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY APRIL 9, 2020 SOURCE: AFPTV 2. Pan left Florencia Arezo gives mate gourd to Martin Dawson and he drinks 3. Wide shot Martin Dawson pours hot water in mate gourd and ...