Mate (drink)

*Mate*
	Mate in a traditional calabash gourd with a metal bombilla
Type	Infusion, hot
Country of origin	The territory of the Guaraní people (present-day Paraguay, the Misiones province of Argentina, southeastern Bolivia, southern Brazil and Uruguay)
Introduced	Pre-Columbian era. First European written record by Spanish colonizers in the 15th century

Mate or maté^[a] (/ˈmɑːteɪ/ MAH-tay, Spanish: [ˈmate], Portuguese: [ˈmatʃi]) is a traditional South American caffeine-rich infused herbal drink. It is also known as chimarrão^[b] or cimarrón,^[c] and ka’ay in Guarani.^[2] It is made by soaking dried yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) leaves in hot water and is traditionally served with a metal straw (bombilla) in a container typically made from a calabash gourd (also called the mate), but also made from a cattle horn (guampa) in some areas. A very similar preparation, known as mate cocido, removes some of the plant material and sometimes comes in tea bags. Today, mate is sold commercially in tea bags and as bottled iced tea.

Mate was consumed by the Guaraní and Tupi peoples. Its consumption was exclusive to the natives of Paraguay,^[3] more specifically the departments of Amambay and Alto Paraná. It is the national beverage of Argentina,^[4] Paraguay and Uruguay and is also consumed in the Bolivian Chaco, Brazil, Northern and Southern Chile, Lebanon and Syria, where it was brought from Paraguay and Argentina by immigrants.^[5]^[6]

^ Petruzzello, Melissa (ed.). "Mate - beverage". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
^ Guarani Linguistics in the 21st Century. BRILL. 15 May 2017. ISBN 978-90-04-32257-8.
^ "En busca del hueso perdido : (tratado de paraguayología) / Helio Vera". Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 March 2021.
^ "Ley 26.871 - Declárase al Mate como infusión nacional". InfoLEG (in Spanish). Argentinean Ministry of Economy. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
^ Barceloux, Donald (3 February 2012). Medical Toxicology of Drug Abuse: Synthesized Chemicals and Psychoactive Plants. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-11810-605-1.
^ "South American 'mate' tea a long-time Lebanese hit". Middle East Online. Archived from the original on 12 March 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2014.

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[EB-1] Petruzzello, Melissa (ed.). "Mate - beverage". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 8 October 2015.

[5] Guarani Linguistics in the 21st Century. BRILL. 15 May 2017. ISBN 978-90-04-32257-8.

[6] "En busca del hueso perdido : (tratado de paraguayología) / Helio Vera". Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 March 2021.

[7] "Ley 26.871 - Declárase al Mate como infusión nacional". InfoLEG (in Spanish). Argentinean Ministry of Economy. Retrieved 7 October 2010.

[donald-8] Barceloux, Donald (3 February 2012). Medical Toxicology of Drug Abuse: Synthesized Chemicals and Psychoactive Plants. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-11810-605-1.

[Middle_East_Online-9] "South American 'mate' tea a long-time Lebanese hit". Middle East Online. Archived from the original on 12 March 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2014.

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Mate in a traditional calabash gourd with a metal bombilla
Type	Infusion, hot
Country of origin	The territory of the Guaraní people (present-day Paraguay, the Misiones province of Argentina, southeastern Bolivia, southern Brazil and Uruguay)
Introduced	Pre-Columbian era. First European written record by Spanish colonizers in the 15th century