Fair Trade: Working with small-scale farmers to make their products available for sale in a larger, more competitive market. In return, they receive a fair, stable minimum price for their products. For more information, please refer to Global Exchange

Tereré: A cold-watered infusion of yerba mate consumed throughout Paraguay and parts of Brazil. Learn how to prepare tereré.

Mate: A hot-water infusion of yerba mate consumed throughout Paraguay, Argentina, and Uruguay, as well as in some regions of Brazil and Chile. In Argentina, a mate can also refer to the gourd used to drink mate. Learn how to prepare mate.

Guampa (wam-pa): A drinking vessel used to drink tereré or mate. This word is more common in Paraguay.

Matero: A drinking vessel used to drink mate.

Bombilla (bom-bee-yah): A filtered metal straw used to sip up the infused mate/tereré.

Yerba Canchada: Yerba mate that has been dried, ground, and placed in burlap sacks to age for a period of 1-2 years.