bombilla

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A bombilla is a small tube with a strainer at one end, used for drinking mate. Mate is a tea-like beverage popular in South America, brewed from the dried leaves of an evergreen shrub related to holly. The bombilla allows the drinker to sip the mate from a gourd while preventing the leaf particles from being ingested. The term "bombilla" originates from American Spanish and is a diminutive of the Spanish word "bomba," meaning pump.12

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…metal straw, known as a bombilla or bomba in Spanish, that is fitted with a strainer at one end to keep leaf particles from the mouth. Each gourd holds only a small amount of liquid and is repeatedly refilled with hot water, usually about 10 times. Mate is often shared…
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…metal straw, known as a bombilla or bomba in Spanish, that is fitted with a strainer at one end to keep leaf particles from the mouth. Each gourd holds only a small amount of liquid and is repeatedly refilled with hot water, usually about 10 times. Mate is often shared…
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