Máte

The máte or mate (original name) is an Argentine preference, besides meat. Argentine people, get up lighting a cigarette lighter to heat the kettle of water for tea. For those of us living in other parts of the world, we now can use the electric kettle to accomplish this important task. After Argentines prepare their mate, and have enjoyed a few mates, are ready to begin the "the hard" day's work, whether in the city or countryside. Once at work, and usually before lunch, the question comes up between co-workers: Unos  matecitos before lunch?
The word "mate" comes from the Quechua word "mati" meaning pumpkin, Spanish conquistadores used it to refer to what the Guaraní called "caiguá: KAA: yerba, GUA: water. Which means, "what belongs to the grass.

By extension  the name of the drink made from herb, "yerba", a product of its infusion. The pumpkin used is the fruit of "lagenaria vulgaris". To be able to sip the infusion is required a straw or bulb, originally called Tacuarí in which external hollow stood a seed that served as filter.
LEGENARIA VULGARIS