Metal Bombilla & Ceramic Calabash

Metal Bombilla & Ceramic Calabash are both used to drink and make South American Yerba Mate tea. You will often find them used together for that very reason.

Metal Bombilla

A bombilla, bomba or massasa is a metal straw that is used used to drink  Yerba Mate tea. In metal bombillas, the lower end is perforated and acts as a metal filter which is used to separate the mate infusion from leaves, stems, and other mate debris. It is, basically, a tea strainer. The name bombilla" comes from Spanish in which it means "little pump".

Calabash not included

Material: Stainless Steel
Length: 17.5cm

Ceramic Calabash

A ceramic calabash used for making and drinking South American Yerba Mate. Traditionally Yerba Mate would be drunk from a hollowed out gourd, but in modern times they come in lots of different materials.

Capacity: 350ml

Size: 8.5cm x 10cm (approx)

Material: Ceramic