World Flavors Cookbook

Tereré

Paraguay's national drink — ice-cold yerba mate with medicinal herbs, drunk through a bombilla from a shared guampa vessel.

Cuisine: Paraguay

Ingredients

• 100g yerba mate
• Ice-cold water (ideally with citrus juice or herbal infusion)
• Fresh herbs: mint, lemon verbena, boldo
• Guampa (cup) and bombilla (metal straw)

Instructions

1. Fill the guampa 2/3 with yerba mate.
2. Add fresh herbs.
3. Tilt the guampa to consolidate yerba on one side.
4. Insert bombilla on the clear side.
5. Pour ice-cold herbal water/citrus water.
6. Drink through bombilla.
7. Refill and pass to the next person.