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Yerba Mate Yerba Mate has been made into a tea ever since the original Indians found it and is often used to relax the mind and body (Country Reports). The Paraguayan people believe that it has medicinal properties that are very good for you (CultureGrams). It is traditionally drank from a guampa, a hollowed out bowl made of wood, horn, or gourd, and drank through a metal straw called a bombilla. There are two different ways to drink yerba mate. The most common way is to drink it hot and that is called mate (Country Reports). On a hot summer day you would drink it cold that is called tereré (CultureGrams). If the host wants an unannounced visitor to stay the usually give you tereré. It is a sign that they want you to leave if they don’t offer you anything to drink. It is said that the moon and cloud goddess gave yerba mate to the Indians because a man saved them from a lion while they were on earth.

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