a bottle of corona extra beer sitting on a table

César Cabrera

a bottle of beer sitting on top of a pile of sand

Vinicius Pittol

Ricardo Loaiza

Sandra Anguís

a glass filled with ice and coke on a table

blackieshoot

a person holding a red spoon over a bowl of food

a person holding a drink in front of a swimming pool

Junior

woman in red long sleeve shirt holding clear drinking glass with white liquid

Gean Montoya

A green drink sitting on top of a wooden table

Juan Domenech

This was taken around 6-7pm at Olivos, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires. Right on the shore of the Rio de la Plata.

The subject is pouring hot water into what we call “mate”. Here’s Wikipedia’s definition of mate:

Mate , is a traditional South American caffeine-rich infused drink. In the last centuries, it became particularly popular in Argentina and Uruguay.

It is prepared by steeping dried leaves of yerba mate in hot water and is served with a metal straw from a shared hollow calabash gourd. The straw is called a bombilla in Spanish.

Bebida