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What Is Yerba Mate?
The traditional South American caffeinated infusion — what the plant is, the gourd-and-bombilla ritual, how it's made, and how it tastes.
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What Is Tereré? The Cold-Brewed Mate of Paraguay
Tereré is yerba mate drunk ice-cold — water (or juice) poured over the leaf in a guampa and sipped through a bombilla. What it is, how to make it, and why it's the summer way to drink mate.
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What Is a Pava?
The mate kettle — built to heat water to just below boiling (~150–175°F / 65–80°C), never boiling. Why that temperature matters, and why a modern variable-temp kettle works just as well.
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What Is a Guampa?
The cup of tereré — the cold-brewed mate of Paraguay and northern Argentina. What a guampa is, how it differs from a hot-mate gourd, and how to care for one.
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