Argentina
Cortado
An Argentine coffee of espresso 'cut' with a small amount of steamed milk, served in a small cup. A mid-morning and afternoon café staple, milder than a café con leche.
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Lágrima
An Argentine coffee of mostly steamed milk with a 'tear' (lágrima) of espresso, served in a large cup. The mildest café option, popular at breakfast and merienda.
Argentina
Mate
Argentina's daily ritual: a caffeinated infusion of yerba mate steeped in hot (not boiling) water in a gourd, sipped through a metal bombilla and shared in a circle.
Argentina
Mate Cocido
A brewed yerba mate tea, served in a cup with milk and sugar, like a tea bag. A school and breakfast drink, milder and less ritualized than the gourd mate.
Mato Grosso do Sul, Argentina
Tereré
A cold infusion of yerba mate in ice water, sipped through a bombilla from a horn or glass guampa, popular in Mato Grosso do Sul.
Argentina
Yerba Mate
The dried, ground leaves and twigs of Ilex paraguariensis, used to brew mate and tereré. Argentina is the world's largest producer, and yerba is a household staple.