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bombilla
bombilla (foreground) and mate cup(background)

bom·bil·la

 (bŏm-bē′yə)
n.
A metal straw having a bulbous end perforated with holes that filters out mate leaves when drinking mate from a calabash.
[American Spanish, from diminutive of Spanish bomba, pump, from Latin bombus, a booming sound; see bomb.]
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It is traditionally served in a cup made from a gourd, known as a porongo, and drunk through a metal or wooden straw called a bombilla. Yerba mate can also be prepared in cold water, mixed with other herbs such as mint or lemon verbena, or with citrus fruit juice, to make a refreshing drink known as terere.
Paraguay looks to cash in on growing vogue for yerba mate herb
A simple explanation would suggest mate is prepared by steeping dried leaves of yerba mate in hot water, then serving it with a bombilla or metal straw from a shared hollow gourd.
Affecting Solidarity: Buenos Aires Teachers Countering Professional Alienation & Exploitation Through Mate & New Media
But he faced me at least with the proper dignidad, like the bitter organ grinder in the Bombilla" (195).
Saul Bellow's Spain

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