South American 'mate' tea a long-time Lebanese hit


Brew is now a local tradition, social drink.

Steam rises from a gourd filled with yerba mate as Wissam al-Halabi takes a sip, seated on a Lebanese mountain slope where the South American drink has become a local tradition.

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