[CS-FSLUG] QOTW #5: Coffee and Tea

[Eduardo Sanchez]

On Tuesday 01 June 2004 01:51, Timothy R.Butler wrote:
>         Q: Assuming you like at least one of them, which is your 
> favorite tea or coffee? What kind?
> 

[snip]

Well, as you might already know, I am a hardcore fan of Yerba Mate 
(without the tilde, "yerba maté" is *not* the proper spelling). This is 
a Paraguayan herb with a moderate amount of caffeine and a distinctive 
taste. For more info you can go here:

http://www.rain-tree.com/yerbamate.htm

I drink it as Tereré. This is an iced drink where you put the yerba mate 
in an emptied bull horn (called "the guampa") and you stick inside the 
tea a metallic reed with a filtering end (called the "bombilla").

You can see bombillas here:
http://www.ele.ita.br/~ferinsa/images/bombillas.jpg

You then pour iced water (emphasis on "iced") and sip it through the 
bombilla. This is really refreshing, and special for that 
Louisiana-like climate of my country.

For a photo of someone drinking Tereré, see:
"http://www.tylerbosmeny.com/Paraguay/images/AMIGOS Pals/a036_33.jpg"
(circled in quotes because of the whitespace in the URL).

An interesting aside is that the Tereré is also a social drink. Often 
friends would sit around, and pass the "guampa" drinking together while 
chatting.

Blessings,


Eduardo
-- 
Prof. Eduardo Sanchez
Asuncion, Paraguay, South America
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