New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-27
<N41ITE AMERICAN TEA.
NATE IS ITS NAME AND HOSTS OF PEorHN
LIKE 1T.

aTaste that said a tea merchant to lrip""o -
.... .ro thor dav ~ he handed him cuiousy
shaped bowl full OF thin. brownlSh hluo, ~
somcthing that looked like tooarco-piPc Ala
IT, bowl downward The reporter put his hp' " ''0
etem of 7c pine and sucked at it cautiously.
who, ie !, ;, bc oslted 1t tastes like weak Yea.
"That,s inst what II is" answered the mero""'''
aim, it,s a brand Of tea I'm pretty sire you nr'oi
tasted before That's a genuine American VA N'V'
I'm America cured In America, Indigenous 10 AN.
and consumed In large quantities for years by h''u''
Of thousands of Americans and yet III be oou"' '0'
never heard OF IT, ,,d,r
awhat state is IL raised I'M Is some fcnr1'or! DIV"
tea-farm down here in water-st responsible LOT
willow leaves arsenic and patent essence OF ''cio
or something Of that sort, eh2'
"Not at ALL" said the merchant, nitlc lhoiSn'H1
"a rs a pcrfectly genuine and unadnncrh'c" ar"
IFS native state Is Paraguay, and that country '"'
enough for its own consumption ana 9'ooo'ooo po""u
annually for export to other south American countries
"Oh South American exclaimed the 'oP''''
You mIslcd lie by saving American"
uD,a I,p said the merchant sarcastically. " Ana
rbv proy, That's ore Of the annoying pecnllallie'
~ mis- uoope THEY'RE too ccnceitcd 10 get themselves
a distinctive name but in iordly way dub themselves
Americans. They -pcob 81 Bf1ilihhs' ''''''''
Chilians Parailyars and the other millions Of Ameil
cans as II they had no right to that title at all
But about thc icd iN'FIi"I'V' NV 'Nf"''
prehensvcly "wha- do you call 1t
.Naie ls the name Of IT," replied the merchant
" pronounced match And many South Americans
are very fond of it, You have just had the pleasure o.
drinking Il In the native manner. That curious Do"
IS not made Of paplcr-mache you might THINK Dul u
n courd trained into that shape while growing. Inc
natives are experts I'm that line. and by bindlu@ t'
green gourd here and there with cords, or bchdhg
one way and another, they make 1t take DIVERSITY
Of shape, before Il becomes ripe enough to be cut uFcu
scoopcd out and used utensl. IL VIII not S'''u
fire ~ course: but the mate +, first put In the gourd
and then boiling water Is poured on It. After lew
moment, pipe or .ubc Is inserted. and the liquor
drawn OF by suciion.
what looks like the bowl Of the pipe continued
the tea merchant as he lifted il from the hqu'd ano
alloued the reporter TO examine IT, - )"
reality straincr. which prevents the grounds from
n, n hulb or ball and this i, curiosity In IT.
way for II is all woven by hand, in very fine me'hcS
from spccics Of dried grass. Metal ones are more
couron and the rich have silver strdi cS. Inn
Is an old style one. and valuc II On tai hc'9u"l.
i, called bombilla The naive IKE i" D,,c w.,
same A. that OF ihe tea you are accustomed 10 -.u
latug and restorative. and. OF course mas us "ich'
uho pronounce Il slow poison. ana ~ fNchu> Who Nv
II The paraguayan equivalent for The cup tha' '"co
Is IL raj to- botuncaly considered - persisted thu
Wi II You come down 10 botany admitted Tho
merchant us really -pcce> Of hpH'. Il,N faTa
etavo..is bu, n contains ~ lnr-' proportions ui
ps,rncrt which makes other teas useful. HAT ~
thcnc Ii leaves ana green Sn9o.s are o"n',t a. a.
dried and ground mp nncven-y t"r .o,ct m.hos 5
prrparniion aud tho AGAIN You VIII HnI 'NlHH ~
an inch log. Iartc nnm.cr oi bc"p n, ic n r''
nm no, aware that 1t mud, narhct IA any but south
American counui's.