Mate Tea

Mate cocido

Mate cocido, chá mate, kojói, or yerbiado is an infusion typical of Southern Cone cuisine. It is traditionally prepared by boiling yerba mate in water, then strained and served in cups. It is a bitter tasting beverage, similar to mate but milder, with the same stimulating and nutritional properties. It is also sold in teabags, so it can be prepared like tea.

Mate (drink)

Mate is a caffeine-rich infused herbal drink made with yerba mate, a plant which originates in the Southern Cone of South America. It is especially popular in South America and the Levant. It is also known as chimarrão in Portuguese, cimarrón in Spanish, and ka'ay in Guarani. It is made by soaking dried yerba mate leaves in hot water and is traditionally served with a metal straw in a container typically made from a calabash gourd, from water-resistant hardwoods such as Handroanthus impetiginosus or Palo Santo, and also made from a cattle horn 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 also sold commercially in tea bags and as bottled iced tea.

Tea

Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by infusion of hot or boiling fresh water with fresh or cured leaves of Camellia sinensis, an evergreen shrub native to East Asia that originated in the borderlands of southwestern China, northeast India and northern Myanmar. Tea has a stimulant effect in humans primarily due to its caffeine content.

mate

Noun

1. A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
2. A breeding partner.

Verb

1. To match, fit together without space between.
2. To copulate.

tea

Symbol

1. ISO 639-3 language code for Temiar.

Noun

1. The tea plant (Camellia sinensis); a variety of this plant.
2. The dried leaves or buds of the tea plant; a variety of such leaves.