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Mate, Matecito, Verdes, Amargos, Matienzos, Matezulis, Matiolos. These are only some of the nicknames people use for mate.Now… How does Messi and other people in Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and other countries in South America prepare this infusion? Today we are going to teach you how to brew a good mate in only 5 steps.Although it’s true that each mate drinker goes by their own rules, there are some steps you need to follow so that the mate’s flavor isn’t altered. This is the best technique to d …

Este brebaje amargo de origen sudamericano es muy común en el ambiente del fútbol. Cada vez aparecen más deportistas que toman mate y muchos de estos no son Argentinos. Pero, ¿conviene tomar mate antes de entrenar? ¡Sí! El mate es considerado un nootrópico dadas sus características estimulantes y energizantes. Los médicos recomiendan tomarlo previo a un entrenamiento, asegurando que el rendimiento deportivo de la persona aumentará hasta en un 5%. Esto se debe a los beneficios que esta infusión …

Mate has always been considered a basic need for Argentinians. It is a traditional South American drink that’s also very common in Uruguay, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay and southern Brazil, as well as in Syria and some parts of Lebanon. South Americans themselves don’t go a day without drinking it. Yet nowadays, with more people from these countries moving abroad, the tradition has been spreading throughout the world and foreigners from North America, Europe, Asia, Oceanía and even Africa enjoy this …

If you are a bit familiar with this South American tradition or have been drinking mate for a while, you may have probably heard there are certain rules to be followed if you want to be considered a true mate drinker.But before we delve into that -> QUICK RECAP: What is mate?This is an Argentinian organic infusion that comes from yerba mate (Ilex Paraguariensis), a native tree from South America. This caffeine-rich drink is made of yerba and hot water, and is drunk through a metal straw …

La yerba mate es una infusión tradicional de Argentina que, desde un principio, estuvo muy presente en otros países sudamericanos como Paraguay, Uruguay, y algunas partes de Brasil y Chile. Hoy en día, se exporta a muchos otros lugares del mundo, como Estados Unidos, Canadá, Inglaterra, Francia, Alemania, Suiza, Islandia, Japón, Bosnia, etc., donde argentinos y no argentinos lo consumen diariamente.¿Qué beneficios genera tomar mate?  El mate induce una sensación de bienestar y aumenta …