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Originally Posted by Rainmaker
There is this regional thing here called "Mate" (I'm from Argentina btw).
It consists in a sort of cup made usually from pumpkin (small ones) carved on the inside, with a fine straw with a filter at the begging (usually copper, but can be wood crafted).
You fill the cup with "Yerba mate", its something like tea leaves, but it consists on various parts of the plant (leaves, small branches, etc, hence the filter).
Then you pour hot water (usually the best water temperature for mate is around 85°C) and you drink.
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Welcome to MR and thank you for sharing that.
I also looked it up in the
Wiki for more information. Do you make your own gourd cup?
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Originally Posted by phenomshel
,snip>I'm sure some sort of filter would work, since they say it works with tea bags, too, I just didn't have one. Anything porous enough to let the water through at a fast enough rate so it doesn't back up and overflow should work, I'd guess. <snip>
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Let me know how it works if you use a filter. I might be interested in getting one for this summer.
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Originally Posted by zekes
I'm having a cup of coffee here at the office.
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Welcome to MR, zekes. I'm also having a coffee and finishing off a few chocolate bunnies.