A bombilla (Spanish), bomba (Portuguese) or masassa (Arabic) is type of drinking straw, used to drink mate. Bombillas contain a filter in the lower end to separate the mate infusion from leaves and stems. Traditional bombillas are made of alpacca silver, a metal alloy of copper and nickel, while other common materials are stainless steel and hollo...
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(from the article `maté`) ...and steeped. The gourds, called matés or culhas, are decorated, sometimes silver mounted; the vessel may even be made entirely of silver. The tea ...
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a tube or drinking straw with a strainer at one end, esp. for drinking maté.
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