Cultivating South America's Favorite Drink

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Refreshment
An Ache Guayaki harvester taking a break for some "Terere" - iced cold yerba mate. The tea can be drank traditionally from a gourd or is now marketed in tea bottles, energy shots and can be brewed like coffee.

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