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What is mate?
It is a bitter infusion. It is normally drunk with others using the same gourd.
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What is mate?
It is a bitter infusion, and it is normally drunk with others using the same gourd.
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Where is mate from?
It was first consumed by the indigenous Guaraní people who’s territory extended across Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina and Uruguay.
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Where is mate from?
It was first consumed by the indigenous Guaraní people who’s territory extended across Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina and Uruguay.
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What is a big NO-NO when drinking mate?
Never ever ever (ever) stir the mate. A little bit of a South American heart dies every time they see someone stir the mate with a straw.

This is very different to the drinking custom in Syria, where they stir every time they brew it, you can imagine how broken heart we are about this.
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What is a big NO-NO when drinking mate??
Never ever ever (ever) stir the mate. A little bit of a South American heart dies every time they see someone stir the mate with a straw.

This is very different to the drinking custom in Syria, where they stir every time the brew it, you can imagine how broken heart we are about this.
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Quiz complete

If you didn’t know about mate before, now you can say it is:
“A South American infusion, that you should never stir, unless you are in Syria*”
take me in!
*Sound of another South American cringing