Kunyangwe pakutanga pekutaridzika inoita senge tii, asi musanganiswa uyu ndeimwe yemhando dzechinyakare infusions muArgentina iyo iri musanganiswa wemakwenzi.
Inonzi iyo Shamwari, iyo yakagadzirirwa nemashizha yerba anonzi «Ilex paraguariensis», iyo ine caffeine, herbs uye mapuroteni, pamwe nemvura inopisa.
Yakave yakadhakwa kubvira pre-Columbian nguva neGuarani, dzinza remunharaunda muSouth America. Ichokwadi ndechekuti Argentina ndiyo inotungamira pasi rese mugadziri weye yerba mate, ichiita ichi chiitiko chakakura mutsika kuve nacho panguva yekushanya kwenyika.
"Izvo zvinopfuura kumisikidza, asi zvine pfungwa huru yekutora chikamu. Sezvinowanzoitika pakudya, waunonwa naye inzira kana chikonzero chekugovana neshamwari nemhuri, "vanodaro maArgentina.
Izvo zvinofanirwa kucherechedzwa kuti Mate anogona kutorwa ingavava kana kutapira. Kune vanotanga, zvinokurudzirwa kuwedzera shuga shoma kana huchi, sezvo mishonga inogona kuva inovava, kana imwe isati yashandiswa kwairi.
Pachivanhu, mukadzi anofanirwa kudhakwa achipisa zvakanyanya achishandisa huswa hunonzi bombilla, hunowanikwa mumudziyo mudiki, unonzi chaizvo "mate", kana "porongo" kana "guampa", zvichienderana nenzvimbo yenharaunda ine infusion.