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Tereré

Paraguay

Paraguay's national drink by law. UNESCO listed the tereré ritual as intangible cultural heritage in 2020.

Paraguay's national drink — cold yerba maté brewed with ice-cold water or fruit juice, drunk through a metal straw. The social beverage of Paraguay.

Authentic Paraguay Tereré recipe
Prep
5 mins
Cook
0 mins
Difficulty
Easy
Calories
120 kcal
Serves
4
Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used

Ingredients

150gyerba maté
1Lice-cold water or cold lemon juice
iceto fill the guampa
mint or lemon verbenaoptional

Method

1

Fill a guampa horn or cup two-thirds with yerba maté. Insert the bombilla metal straw.

2

Pour ice-cold water slowly down the side of the cup. Do not pour directly onto the yerba.

3

Pass the guampa. Each person drinks the full cup, returns it, and it is refilled.

Chef's Tip

Never pour boiling water into tereré — it is defined by cold water. Hot maté is mate; cold is tereré.

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