We were each asked to bring yerba (tea leaves), mate (a gourd), a bombilla (steel straw with a filter), and hot water in a standby thermos. While the flavor wasn't exactly my cup of tea (pun ...

Yerba mate, leaves of the Ilex paraguariensis tree, is traditionally brewed and served in a dried-out gourd and sipped through a metal straw with ... of caffeine per cup -- almost twice the ...

Brewing the perfect Yerba Mate cup is both an art and a ritual ... For authenticity, drink Yerba Mate from a gourd using a bombilla (metal straw). It filters the tea while you sip.

maybe say half a cup to three quarters of a cup of the ground leaves, powder, and twigs. Then, you have a special metal straw that has a sieve at the bottom. You put that in the gourd with the yerba ...

By James Wagner DOHA, Qatar — Yerba mate is not ... would carry out the traditional mate essentials: a cup made of a hollow gourd, its accompanying straw and a thermos of hot water.

Hugely popular in South America and the pre-game energy drink of choice for athletes like Leo Messi, Yerba mate has an array of benefits. Dietitians and herbalists break them down here.

A bombilla is a Latin American tea straw used to drink yerba mate. Why not use it to enjoy ... I love the aesthetic of a collection of tea straws in a mug, ready for friends and tea.

It is traditionally consumed from a gourd-shaped container and sipped with a metal straw containing a filter ... At 80 milligrams (mg) of caffeine per cup, yerba mate contains about the same ...

Milonga Mate will soon be sold not only in loose-leaf format, but also in capsules compatible with Keurig machines, or K-cups. Each capsule contains organic yerba mate that has been infused with ...