The Mate
Mate is a drink from the infusion of "yerba mate" (dried and ground leaves of Illex paraguayensis) and is one of the most typical cultural elements and traditional Uruguayan society.
The custom of using "heat" and the abandonment of the "boiler" to prepare the infusion, is a Uruguayan initiative that released the matte outside the home. In this way and now, mate is drunk in diverse public spaces, a fact that characterizes one of the most typical, everyday images of our society.
Surely, if anyone ever met a Uruguayan outside these borders ... saw him with his "thermos and mate", inseparable, no matter the time of year.
The custom of using "heat" and the abandonment of the "boiler" to prepare the infusion, is a Uruguayan initiative that released the matte outside the home. In this way and now, mate is drunk in diverse public spaces, a fact that characterizes one of the most typical, everyday images of our society.
Surely, if anyone ever met a Uruguayan outside these borders ... saw him with his "thermos and mate", inseparable, no matter the time of year.