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Yerba Mate Glossary

Gourd


A vessel used for drinking mate traditionally. Usually it is made from a real dried calabash gourd, or calabaza in Spanish, hence the name. Today the term gourd is used not only to describe a calabash vessel, but any other cup from which mate is being drank (wooden, metal, ceramic, etc.)

Guampa


A horn-shaped vessel, usually made from horn material or metal, used for drinking tereré.