Will give a lecture and tasting of Yerba Mate for lovers of this traditional infusion. News, habits and customs, recommended she take a sip and experience makes sense to talk about wood, bitter dyes, tannins, aromas of carrying up to 15 months of the commencement of which has had the product before being packaged . It is a teacher at the Escuela Argentina de Sommeliers, but what is not making wine, but mate. This institution, which educate the palates of tasters, this year joined a field that honors the national sommeliers from the rest of the world: a workshop tasting yerba mate. The head of the class is Trápaga Valeria, a professional decided to apply the knowledge that contributed to the study of winemaking that potion that accompanied during his years of study. Before a packed auditorium at a tasting at the Museum of Decorative Arts, preparing the material without skipping any steps of the ritual. Put the grass, shaking the mate, the accumulated on one side of the pumpkin and pour warm water. Wait a few minutes and then just put the bulb and the hot water about half less ...

Mate, an infusion that identifies the Uruguayan people. Habits and customs, general information material, infusion typical Southern Cone countries, the legacy of the Guarani Indians, Uruguay has a huge presence in all social levels, from the rural laborer to the president, and is one of its main identity cards. "The mate never lacking in the Councils of Ministers, told AFP the minister of Industry and Energy, Daniel Martinez, who said that some ministers have his mate and share with other members of the Cabinet. Although not to produce the ilex paraguariensis, a species typical of southern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina, Uruguay is the largest percentage of yerba mate in the world imports of 30 million kilos of tea annually and processed, the which exported 400,000 kilos of Uruguayans living abroad. 85% of the 3.4 million inhabitants consume mate, according to a 2005 survey by consultancy Factum. The infusion is prepared with leaves of yerba mate (Ilex paraguayensis) dried and ground, which are placed inside the Porongo or 'mate' comes from the quechua-'mati' meaning pumpkin-bowl, he ...

Crean Mate Clubs in Russia, where consumption is synonymous with relaxation. News, habits and customs "polar winters in a mate is good," or at least say that Russian citizens, according to market research from the National Institute of Yerba Mate, consumed the traditional Argentine infusion coastal varieties of tea, mates or pumpkin bars and cafes at the foot of the legendary Red Square. According to the National Institute of Yerba Mete there are several indicators of increased consumption of yerba mate in Russia, and producers, employers and the national government are willing to supply to that market. It is in Moscow bars serving a variety of mate tea, mate and took initiation in mate gourds. The product is also sold in major items, such as local versus the Red Square, the most Moscow in the famous commercial district known as Kitay-Gorod. In those places you can even get bulbs and mates pumpkin rubles by 1850, something like $ 74, and half a kilo of tea traded around $ 15. "One of the Typical forms and ...

The preparation of a custom absolutely aysenina mate. Habits and customs, general information link to social ceremonies Many men around mate. Its existence brings reunion and friendship, smiles, love, affection and ties of camaraderie. It is said that about this custom of suck a bulb in a reunion group, many are born and emotional ties are hardened steel and human relations. Aysén In the ceremonial matt was introduced through the influence of Rio Grande do Sul insistently across the border for the movement of exchange of products that had forced entry and exit towards the milestones and the pampas, locked in Chigua of the horses or the vericuetos comprehensive chat. There, sweet launched into space of time he started, the troops arrived and bags of wool, the pilcheros burdened with the failures (or lack) some mercachifles and jump started the tours, sometimes supplementing travel with two or three mules. According to the occasion, those movements were always happy occasions to get rid of their routines, desensillar, arming a campfire, popcorn and a stop while priming a bitter energy to fill and continue the movement. ...

The Russians begin to know the yerba mate, but prefer to take in matt glass. News, habits and customs "The Russians know the yerba mate and take it like us: with matt bulb. The product is called 'mate' and is accustomed to taking it well. The grass in Moscow and St Petersburg (formerly Leningrad) is not nostalgic for a product only for themselves but Muscovites. But nothing of pumpkin or Porongo. They want to kill it in glass. "So began yesterday to explain Esteban Fridlmeier one of the most interesting parts of the journey made by representatives of the National Institute of Yerba Mate (Inym) in travel to Russia to participate Prodexpo, World's Fair Food is being done in that country. The reason for the exclusion of matt Porongo is very simple: "Is that squash them varied taste and I would go mushroom. With their environments with heat and humidity always preferred to leave out the pumpkin. Learned from the Lebanese, which also sell yerba mate in Russia, and they copied the pattern. "As Apostles" and added a nice detail: "The Russians are mostly blond. The market is almost like being ...

by Lalo Mir program in the 'Lalo Bla Bla Radio Miter (Argentina) The mate is a drink. Well, yes. It is a liquid enters through the mouth. But it is not a drink. In this country mate because nobody takes is thirsty. It is rather a habit, like scratching. The mate is exactly the opposite of television: you do if you're talking to someone, and makes you think when you're alone. When someone comes to your home the first sentence is' hello 'and second' a few mates? '. This happens in every house. In the rich and the poor. Pasa women gossips and charlatans, and spend serious or immature men. Pasa among old and a nursing home among adolescents while studying or drugs. It is the only thing they share the Parents and children go on without question or face. Peronists radicals and preying mate without asking. In summer and winter. That is all what we think the victims and executioners, the good and the bad. When you have a son, you start to mate when you're asked. We give tibiecito, with lots of sugar, and ...

The rite of mate. Habits and customs, stories and anecdotes The world has stopped. His eyes are frozen in the boiler, as his ancestor in the pileup of ceramics in the fire. Takes mechanical mate. With the palm of the hand cover her mouth, it invests, as did his father. That is no longer necessary, grind the grass is thicker. But what invests as did his grandfather. Zumbidito first detected in the boiler. Before that imperceptible drops by the vapor escape peak, the fire rose. Forelocks yerba previously prepared, is pressed to not burn with water. Forelocks smiles, I have no drop. In his right hand the bowl swells, gurgling, the steam carries the scent of grass, the fragrance of the earth. It stimulates the body, stimulates the soul. Wait a few minutes, they are missing so that the water is warm. His uncle apronte it with cold water, he recalled, shaking his head. If I knew that in Brazil to feed the mate, some use a thermometer to ensure that water does not pass the eighty-five degrees. Insurance does not believe ... The ...

Argentine coast: the influence Guarani, the mate and the river fish. Information, habits and customs, always facing the river, may be the Paraná and Uruguay, the region in its cuisine reflects the integration of their excellent fish and the influence of Guarani culture. These are the typical golden surubí, pacú and shad, which are prepared on the grill with lemon and served with various sauces. Is that the river brings its fresh fish and recipes author combines imagination with other products of Entre Rios and Corrientes.