In Paraguay, western Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul, west of São Paulo and Paraná), and the Argentine littoral, a mate infusion, called in Spanish and Portuguese or in Portuguese in southern Brazil, is also consumed as a cold or iced beverage, usually sucked out of a horn cup called a with a . The Guarani used to drink it in this formant, but without the ice as they did not have the technology for it, reason why, it is accredited to be the first and original way of consumption. can be prepared with cold water (the most common way in Paraguay and Brazil) or fruit juice (the most common way in Argentina). The version with water is more bitter; fruit juice acts as a sweetener (in Brazil, this is usually avoided with the addition of table sugar). Medicinal or culinary herbs, known as (weeds), may be crushed with a pestle and mortar and added to the water for taste or medicinal reasons.