Diversify STEM Curriculum Project
Biology 2021: Aleisha Durmaz
yerba mate
Yerba mate is a popular caffeinated drink across South America, and is most popular in Paraguay and Uruguay. It is also gaining in popularity in the Levant, and therefore can often be found in both South American and Middle Eastern food stores. Discovered and developed by the Guarani people in the Guarani region, the drink is derived from the plant Ilex paraguariensis, which grows mostly localised to its native distribution. It is beginning to reach markets in North America and Europe in canned form amongst health food stores.
Below is the resource around the exchange of information surrounding the yerba plant, followed by the map illustrated to accompany the document.
Geographical visualisation of the consistent geographical cultivation of yerba mate
This map shows the world's top 5 producers (green) of yerba mate
This map shows the world's top 5 consumers (red) of yerba mate
Geographical visualisation of the consistent geographical cultivation of yerba mate
“Cielito, cielo que sı́
guárdense su chocolate,
aquı́ somos puros indios
y solo tomamos mate.”
Bartolomé Hidalgo, ca. 1810 51, a Uruguayan poet
“Little darling, you keep your chocolate, here we’re all Indians and only drink mate.”
A cielito song, a pre-Independance Southern Cone folkloric musical style in both song and dance.
From the “Diálogos satíricos”, in which Hildago, a member of the armed guard and gaucho (a folk symbol, a skilled horseman known to be brave and unruly), greets the Conde de Casa-Flores, a representative of the King of Spain Ferdinand VIII: this is known as the beginning of the gauchesco literary movement.