Mate (beverage)

Mate (, ; sometimes hypercorrected as maté in English, but never in Spanish or Portuguese), also known as yerba mate, chimarrão or cimarrón , is a traditional South American caffeine-rich infused drink, particularly in Argentina (where it is defined by law as the "national infusion"), Uruguay, Paraguay, the Bolivian Chaco and Southern Brazil, and in southern Chile. It is also consumed by the Druze in Syria, the largest importer in the world, and in Lebanon.