Dear Nabha mega ji, Oh! It is wonderful. Text and photos. I for one really enjoyed reading the info. Thanks for sharing new and very interesting things around the world.
On Jan 17, 3:05 am, "Na Bha" <[email protected]> wrote: > Now I am back, finished the urgent work, and shall tell you the first story. > > Mate, Mate-tea > > Mate-Tea is a popular drink in tropical southamerica. My Fotos are however > from Buenos Aires. People carry a thermos flask and a Matepot even while > going thru the streets, discussing or arguing with the neighbour, > picknicking. I even saw young people, the boy, with one arm round the > shoulder of his girlfriend and Matepot in the other hand. > > The pot called Mate is made from the fruit of a gourd vine (Iagenaria > vulgaris, cucurbitaceous family). One can choose the form, the decoration as > one likes. Along with traditional Mate pots you will also find kitschy pots > on sale. After the gourd is dried for a long time, one has to cure it. The > vendor tried to explain me with lots of words and plenty of gesture. But my > spanish is not so good. the curing is done to get rid of the bitterness of > the gourd. Again german wikihttp://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matehas much more > information than english wiki. > > Anyway the pot is Mate, comes from the old Indian language quechua. The rod > is called bombilla, it is like a straw and the spoon-end is a sieve. > Mate-tea, called yerba, are leaves of Mate bush (Ilex paraguariensis > A.St.-Hil, auch: Ilex paraguensis D.Don und Ilex paraguayensis Hook). Half of > the Matepot is filled with Yerba and hotwater is poured on it. With Bombilla > you drink (suck) the tea. > It is extremely bitter, not my case. One may drink the tea with suger, milk, > aromated tea, and what not. But a real Argentinean will drink it the > traditional way, anytime, everywhere. I wonder if they go to bed with a > matepot near the alarmclock. > > Btw. Buenos Aires is a beautiful city, plenty of green, small niches along > the roads to sit and drink mate or to watch the hustle and bustle. Just too > warm. > > Asta la vista > Nalini > > Mate-100_6226.JPG > 70KViewDownload > > Mate-100_6172.JPG > 55KViewDownload > > Mate-100_6173.JPG > 53KViewDownload > > Mate-100_6177.JPG > 71KViewDownload > > Mate-100_6213.JPG > 90KViewDownload
