



Mates bought in the cities of El Chaltén and El Calafate
One Argentinean habit, as the culture of Tango, soccer and bife de chorizo among others, is to drink the “Yerba Mate” (Ilex paraguariensis). In the southern part of Brazil, this beverage is known as chimarrão, the typical beverage of the gaúchos. In Argentina, this beverage is also traditional to the gauchos, the Argentinean cowboys. However, the Mate’s history comes of a time prior to the Spanish and Portuguese colonization in South America, when the “mati” was a common beverage of the Guarani and Guaicuru people. Click here to continue reading…
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