Drinking Mate....

Mate...(matea) is an Argentinian drink made from the Yerba Mate plant.
The dried leaf is steeped in hot water,
 kind of like a tea, its is sipped through a metal pipe
called a Bomba,
which filters out the rough dried plant mixture.

This is Fred sharing a cultural experience with me...
I think the face says it all.
It was ok, but I don't think I'd get addicted.