Mate is that great institution that no one talks about; that miracle that is not that is not thanked, that is taken for granted. Nothing marks in a clearer way daily life as it takes place here in the south of the planet.

To start the day, to renew energy, to combat loneliness or for everything else, the ritual is always within reach.

This book by Javier Ricca is a work of love, impeccably documented in which (no doubt about it) is absolutely everything you wanted to know about mate and didn't even know how to begin to find out.

From the native communities to the present day, the complete history of yerba mate: how it was consumed in the different American territories, what were the superstitions surrounding it, how its consumption evolved.

Stories, paintings, verses, adventures and songs about mate.