The caffeine-rich infused drink, mate, is prepared from a species of South American holly called what?
Mate (drink) Mate (drink) Mate (, ; sometimes spelled maté in English though not in Spanish or Portuguese), also known as chimarrão () or cimarrón (), is a traditional South American caffeine-rich infused drink, that was first consumed by the Guaraní and also spread by the Tupí people. In the last centuries, it became particularly popular in Argentina and Uruguay, as also in Paraguay, the Bolivian Chaco, Southern Chile and Southern Brazil. It is also consumed in Syria, the largest importer in the world, and in Lebanon. It is prepared by steeping dried leaves of yerba mate ("Ilex paraguariensis", known in Portuguese
Black drink else could be present while she did so. After European contact with tribes in what is today the Southeastern United States, colonists began using the charred leaves of the yaupon holly to make a tea similar to the black drink, but without the ritual vomiting of it. Its use by colonists in Spanish Florida is documented as far back as 1615. An account from that year describes Spaniards as experiencing symptoms that would now be described as caffeine dependence due to daily consumption of what they called "cacina" or "té del indio". The use of "Ilex vomitoria" by colonists for