Argentina‘s

obsession

on the

South

America

n

continen

t

there is

a

country

called…

in this country you can find

almost every climate zone

it‘s the land of and

Tango, Che Guevara.

Gauchos

and like every nation,

the Argentineans

have their quirks.

Matethis is sort of Argentina's basis eatables:

Matethis is sort of Argentina's basis eatables:

but what makes

this plant so

special for the

Argentineans?

everyone drinks it.

the young ones do it

as well as the older ones.

everywhere.

Che Guevara

did of course.

and apparently

even Einstein.

yearly per-capita consumption is 6.4 kg.

80 % of the population drinks it at least once a week.

stimulating,

it acts

promotes health

reduces appetite.and

and where does this all come from?

an old legend says...

one day the

Goddesses of

the Moon and

the Cloud came

to the land of

the native

Guaranís to visit

them.

but there they

found a jaguar that

was going to attack

them.

An old man saved them and in

compensation received a new kind of

plant, from which he could prepare a

"drink of friendship".

drinking it has its own set of rules

and you mostly do it in society.

living in Argentina and not sharing this habit will probably never give you the feeling of total acceptance.