Tags: Beverage, Food.
Mate (Spanish: [ˈmate] Portuguese: [ˈmatʃi]; sometimes spelled maté in English) also known as yerba mate chimarrão (Portuguese: [ʃimɐˈʁɐ̃w̃]) or cimarrón (Spanish: [simaˈron]) is a traditional South American caffeine-rich infused drink particularly in Argentina (where it is defined by law as the national infusion) Uruguay Paraguay and Southern Brazil and to a lesser degree in southern Chile the Bolivian Chaco Syria and Lebanon.
