This morning Ken Love, the cofounder of FILES, THE Floripa International League of English Speakers, brought his Chimarrão (made from a calabash gourd -- in the photo above) filled with Yerba mate to breakfast at the hotel where we are staying. He also brought a thermos of hot water. You can see the tea at the front top of the Chimarrão.
Brazilian tea culture began with infused drinks made by the indigenous cultures of the Amazon region. It has changed since the Portuguese colonial period and now includes imported varieties of tea. Mate, a caffeinated infusion is made from the leaves of the native yerba mate plant.
Mate, also popular in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uraguay, is drunk from a hollow gourd using an ornate silver straw, as you can see in Ken's Chimarrao above.
Helena, a Brazilian teacher, me
and Carmem a Romanian marketer
More Feles members
Bob and I with Brazilian Geometrc artist Cassia Aresta
this morning at her home studio. More of Cassia's work soon.
Nésia, Brazilian owner of apartments
I'll leave you for today with a precious Brazilian flower
and a pair of funky shoes.
Best thoughts,
Lynda
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