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No, this is not about chess (or mating). The last word in the thread title should be pronounced "mah-tay". My sister just sent me a small ceramic sphere with a circular opening and a bizarre metal tea-straining straw, as well as a package of yerba mate (tastes like hay, affects you like Ritalin). Has anyone else seen one of these? It looks like it should be used for a religious ritual, or space travel.

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Originally posted by ChronicLeaky
No, this is not about chess (or mating). The last word in the thread title should be pronounced "mah-tay". My sister just sent me a small ceramic sphere with a circular opening and a bizarre metal tea-straining straw, as well as a package of yerba mate (tastes like hay, affects you like Ritalin). Has anyone else seen one of these? It looks like it should be used for a religious ritual, or space travel.
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It's from Argentina and a typical drink to have there among friends. You usually pass the thing around as you do with a joint when you're young. If you ask me, it tastes terrible though and I usually like typical things from different places.

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Originally posted by ChronicLeaky
No, this is not about chess (or mating). The last word in the thread title should be pronounced "mah-tay". My sister just sent me a small ceramic sphere with a circular opening and a bizarre metal tea-straining straw, as well as a package of yerba mate (tastes like hay, affects you like Ritalin). Has anyone else seen one of these? It looks like it should be used for a religious ritual, or space travel.
I once taught a young Argentinean priest who drank the stuff all the time. If you can stomach green tea, you can handle mate.

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Originally posted by Palynka
It's from Argentina and a typical drink to have there among friends. You usually pass the thing around as you do with a joint when you're young. If you ask me, it tastes terrible though and I usually like typical things from different places.
Thanks for the information. I agree about the taste, but I'll have to set about acquiring a taste for it because she sent half a kilo of the stuff. I'm not sure I'll inflict it on friends at the moment, though.

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Originally posted by ChronicLeaky
Thanks for the information. I agree about the taste, but I'll have to set about acquiring a taste for it because she sent half a kilo of the stuff. I'm not sure I'll inflict it on friends at the moment, though.
I heard it grows on you, but I'm afraid the person saying this might have meant it literally.

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Originally posted by ChronicLeaky
Thanks for the information. I agree about the taste, but I'll have to set about acquiring a taste for it because she sent half a kilo of the stuff. I'm not sure I'll inflict it on friends at the moment, though.
Sipping on mate while schmoozing in Bethlehem -- you're just helplessly hip, aren't you?

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Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
Sipping on mate while schmoozing in Bethlehem -- you're just helplessly hip, aren't you?
A little perspective: I'm schmoozing on the internet, about mate, while thinking thoughts of "DURR should be working on thesiz right now DURR".

What were you teaching to Argentinean priests?

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Originally posted by ChronicLeaky
No, this is not about chess (or mating). The last word in the thread title should be pronounced "mah-tay". My sister just sent me a small ceramic sphere with a circular opening and a bizarre metal tea-straining straw, as well as a package of yerba mate (tastes like hay, affects you like Ritalin). Has anyone else seen one of these? It looks like it should be used for a religious ritual, or space travel.
I occasionally drink mate, but all you can get here are teabags. I would like to try the "real stuff" once.

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Originally posted by Nordlys
I occasionally drink mate, but all you can get here are teabags. I would like to try the "real stuff" once.
Once what? 😛

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Originally posted by ChronicLeaky
A little perspective: I'm schmoozing on the internet, about mate, while thinking thoughts of "DURR should be working on thesiz right now DURR".

What were you teaching to Argentinean priests?
One was Argentinean, the other Italian; they were learning English the better to mission.

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Originally posted by adramforall
Once what? 😛
Hm, maybe "some time" would have been better?

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Originally posted by Nordlys
Hm, maybe "some time" would have been better?
Not really.

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Originally posted by Nordlys
Hm, maybe "some time" would have been better?
I think you want "if I ever feel like a lazy ruminant".

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Originally posted by ChronicLeaky
No, this is not about chess (or mating). The last word in the thread title should be pronounced "mah-tay". My sister just sent me a small ceramic sphere with a circular opening and a bizarre metal tea-straining straw, as well as a package of yerba mate (tastes like hay, affects you like Ritalin). Has anyone else seen one of these? It looks like it should be used for a religious ritual, or space travel.
it's called a calabash gourd, the strew is called a bombilla in argentina, they called it something else in bolivia i can't remember. it's true about what Palynka said about passing it along like a joint but this is the tradition with a lot of things in s.a, beer for example, there's one small glass and a large bottle of beer, someone pours some beer into the glass passes on the bottle, drinks the beer and then passes on the glass. it takes a little getting used to but it's a nice way to interact with people.

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