Assertion: gourd | /r/HasProperty | absorbed into the yerba
Facets:
value: before adding the straw
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Wetting the yerba by gently pouring cool water into the empty space within the gourd until the water nearly reaches the top, and then allowing it to be absorbed into the yerba before adding the straw, allows the preparer to carefully shape and "pack" the yerba's slope with the straw's filtering end, which makes the overall form of the yerba within the gourd more resilient and solid.