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Dear AnnaStrophic: I thought your Brazilian years might have taught you to enjoy maté, so that you could describe its virtues. I have found I can get it locally in alleged health food stores, conveniently in teabags, so no need for special tube with filter to avoid getting grit onto tongue. The botanical name is "ilex paraguayensis" which means it is related to holly.
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In Indonesian mati means dead.
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Dear Bingley: Thanks for reminding me. I got out my maté bags, heated a cup of water in microwave, and brewed as directed. The taste was milder than I expected. Different, acceptable, and perhaps a better waker-upper than my usual tea. At least, it didn't "kill" me. I might even get to like it.
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Interesting. I'd always heard that the term "checkmate" in chess was derived from the persian phrase "shah mat," supposedly meaning "the king is dead."
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And everybody knows the "matador" is the guy who kills the bull.
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I never made the connection.
Cool.
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If you like a bitter drink, Mate makes a good one. But you have to get a good brand. Rosa Munde comes highly recommended -- not only by myself, but by that daughter of the military, that military brat, who still haunts my nights -- whose name can no more be spoken than commited globally to evanescent phosphors.
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Dear IP: The maté I have is a product of Paraguay, "Rainforest- Grown". I'm glad it is in little bags, for convenience. I don't have the traditional strainer straw. And even if I had the traditional "sharing gourd", I have nobody to share it with. I did not find it at all disagreeably bitter. I had the pecuiliar sensation of being able to taste it with my whole mouth, and the taste tended to linger.
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Dear Doc,
I may still have the bombilla (say "bombisha") -- or "strainer straw" -- the nameless lady left with me, shall I look for it?
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Dear IP: save your bombilla, with a bit of luck you might have another chance to share your beverage. I am not that fortunate. Bill
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