If you invite the first mate to someone by saying: “here is the mate del bobo”, this phrase is usually answered by the receiver of the mate in the following way: 'Bobo is the one who doesn’t take it'. Even today, it is customary for the cebador to drink the first mate himself. In the past, if the cebador invited the first mate to a guest, it was a sign of contempt. Mate del zonzo or mate del bobo (fools’ mate): This is a way of referring to the first mate cebado. It is associated with an inexperienced cebador. Llanto (Crying): When mate water overflows due to excess mate water. At this point there is very little flavor left in the infusion. Mate laguna: It is used to describe a ‘mate lavado’ when, several pieces of yerba mate can be seen floating in the water. The mate is washed when the yerba stops flavoring the mate, and this happens when it is cebado incorrectly, left to cool or used for a prolonged period of time. Mate Lavado: Translated as washed out mate it is the term used when the mate has lost its flavor due to the number of times the same yerba mate is brewed. Gracias (thank you): If you say thank you to someone when they give you mate, it means you dont want to drink any more mate.Īgua Quemada (burnt water): Water that has been boiled (because you should never boil water for mate, see the reference to burning the yerba). If the recommended water temperature is exceeded (>80☌), the flavour of the yerba is spoiled.Įnsillar the mate: Action of removing a portion of yerba mate to replace it with new yerba mate when the mate is ‘lavado’Įncimar the mate: When the cebador prepares the mates too quickly, without waiting a little while between each one. Quemar la yerba: It means to cebar with boiling water.

Tapar (to get clogged up): Sometimes the bombilla gets clogged up with dust from the yerba mate.Ĭebador: The cebador (masc.) or cebadora (fem.) is the person that ceba (serves) the mate in a group of people.Īprontar: This is the name given to the previous preparation before drinking mates: preparing the yerba, heating the water, putting the bombilla in position.Ĭebar pelando: At the moment of cebar, the mate is too hot. When this happens, more force is required when sucking to bring up the liquid, until a point is reached where it is necessary to disassemble the bombilla to unclog it. Originally made of cane and later out of silver, nowadays is made out of stainless steel or alpaca metal.īombilla tapada: Bombilla clogged by yerba dust.

Spanishīombilla: A bombilla is a special metal straw that has a flat bulb-shape strainer at the end. Here are some of them that can ease you into the materos world. As you might guess by now, there is a huge culture around mate and with it comes a number of specific terms.

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