Manny
06-16-2004, 07:22 PM
Just thought I'd share a bit of the culture where I'm living with you guys for discussion!
Well let me explain what exactly "Tereré" is. Tereré is a herbal drink originated in paraguay. It's like a tea, a social tea. Here is your basic kit:
http://www.selecta.com.py/images/productos/kit_terere.jpg
The thing you drink out of is done by a bull horn, hollowed out - it is called a guampa. Mine looks just like this, a real chique one, with class (like mine, its plated in silver: course i have basic normal ones as well):
http://www.strawbaletradingpost.homestead.com/files/tYMMGP800aa_B_Guampa_con_vireola_y_abajo_en_Plata_ 800.JPG
You fill the guampa with herb next. the herb looks something like this:
Yerba Mate (http://primates.ximian.com/~miguel/images/sudamerica/mate.jpg)
Yeah it looks like weed, but i swear its not
Last you need your little bomba. this is your siphon, straw, canulo whatever you wanna call it. looks like a spoon with holes at the bottom, which you sip through the top.
http://www.osplayback.hpg.ig.com.br/figuras/bomba.gif
People drink it in a roda...or circle rather. something like this
http://peacecorps.mtu.edu/jen10.jpg
its drank with ice cold water and is perfect for those blazing hot summer days (well its nearly winter here but it was 30 degrees celcius today so iwas drinking). Basically one person serves water, takes a "hit" (drinks it up), pours water, passes it to the next person (usually clockwise), back to server -> water-> next person, until it gets back to you. when you don't want anymore, after your "hit" you say "gracias" or "obrigado" depending on the country. Its like a social drink here. "Hey what do you wanna do after classes" "Dunno, lets drink tereré". and usually you get around, drink, listen to music, and hangout. Social drink.
dunno why i'm posting this, just thought I'd share the Brasilio/paraguayin culture (i'm like 120 km from the border of paraguay so my state - Mato Grosso do Sul - is one of the few states that has it)
anyway hope you enjoyed this random rant
beijos,
-manny
PS: anyone heard of this shit?
Well let me explain what exactly "Tereré" is. Tereré is a herbal drink originated in paraguay. It's like a tea, a social tea. Here is your basic kit:
http://www.selecta.com.py/images/productos/kit_terere.jpg
The thing you drink out of is done by a bull horn, hollowed out - it is called a guampa. Mine looks just like this, a real chique one, with class (like mine, its plated in silver: course i have basic normal ones as well):
http://www.strawbaletradingpost.homestead.com/files/tYMMGP800aa_B_Guampa_con_vireola_y_abajo_en_Plata_ 800.JPG
You fill the guampa with herb next. the herb looks something like this:
Yerba Mate (http://primates.ximian.com/~miguel/images/sudamerica/mate.jpg)
Yeah it looks like weed, but i swear its not
Last you need your little bomba. this is your siphon, straw, canulo whatever you wanna call it. looks like a spoon with holes at the bottom, which you sip through the top.
http://www.osplayback.hpg.ig.com.br/figuras/bomba.gif
People drink it in a roda...or circle rather. something like this
http://peacecorps.mtu.edu/jen10.jpg
its drank with ice cold water and is perfect for those blazing hot summer days (well its nearly winter here but it was 30 degrees celcius today so iwas drinking). Basically one person serves water, takes a "hit" (drinks it up), pours water, passes it to the next person (usually clockwise), back to server -> water-> next person, until it gets back to you. when you don't want anymore, after your "hit" you say "gracias" or "obrigado" depending on the country. Its like a social drink here. "Hey what do you wanna do after classes" "Dunno, lets drink tereré". and usually you get around, drink, listen to music, and hangout. Social drink.
dunno why i'm posting this, just thought I'd share the Brasilio/paraguayin culture (i'm like 120 km from the border of paraguay so my state - Mato Grosso do Sul - is one of the few states that has it)
anyway hope you enjoyed this random rant
beijos,
-manny
PS: anyone heard of this shit?