February 13, 2013 News & Features » Features

Bottling the Tradition 

In which our reporter travels to Argentina and discovers that when it comes to mate, Americans are doing it all wrong

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'That's a load of crap! That's not mate!" I'm in Patagonian Argentina, and Vivi Pitrelli is reacting to an American chocolate-raspberry yerba mate organic energy shot. Including some friends of the family, there are seven of us lounging around the table after…

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