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. modern, commercially available straws are typically made of nickel silver (called alpaca), stainless steel , or hollow-stemmed cane. the gourd is known as a mate or a guampa; while in brazil, it has the specific name of cuia, or also cabaça (the name for indigenous-influenced calabash gourds in other
regions of brazil, still used for general food and drink in remote regions). even if the water is supplied from a modern thermos, the infusion is traditionally drunk from mates or cuias. the mate leaves are dried, chopped, and ground into a powdery mixture called yerba, "erva" in portuguese, which means...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mate_(drink)