Where to Buy Bombillas and Argentine Yerba Mate in Spain: Map of Stores and Online Shop
Now you can enjoy this natural and beneficial infusion in Spain.

Mate is a beverage known for its unique health benefits. Antioxidant, energizing... Mate has nothing to envy of its friends: green tea and coffee.

Taragüi, Argentina's leading yerba mate, offers a wide variety of products:

• Traditional Taragüi yerba mate with a stem, the Argentine favorite.
• Taragüi yerba mate without a stem, made with 100% fine and thick leaves.
• Taragüi Cítricos del Litoral yerba mate, flavored with orange, tangerine, and grapefruit.
• Taragüi Maracuyá Tropical yerba mate, flavored with passion fruit.

Step-by-step instructions to start drinking mate like a true expert!
1/ Fill the mate cup 3/4 full with yerba mate.
2/ Cover the cup with the palm of your hand and shake it.
3/ Moisten the bottom of the cup with warm water.
4/ Place the bombilla here.
5/ Always place water at 75°C around the bombilla.

Mistakes to Avoid
• Not moving the bombilla.
• Not preparing the mate with boiling water.
• Not leaving the mate during the first few sips (the first few sips should be continuous).

During Argentina's long process of independence in the 19th century, the custom of drinking mate became entrenched in national folklore. The "gauchos" (a type of Argentine cowboy) adopted mate as part of their culture, along with horseback riding and wearing leather clothing. They drank mate in groups, for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and before bed.
Yerba mate is grown in Argentina, Paraguay, and southern Brazil, where the soil, temperature, and humidity conditions are ideal. Like those gauchos of yesteryear, mate is part of the everyday life of the average Argentinian. It is consumed equally in homes, offices, parks, universities, and plazas, not only for its properties as an infusion, but also for its role as a social bond.