u/Proof-Flower1737

How I drink mate. I add a heaping teaspoon of yerba mate to a 250 ml mug, pour in slightly cooled water (after boiling for about 5 minutes), and drink through a bombilla (or, alternatively, I pour the dry mate into a disposable tea bag). After I'm done, the rest goes in the trash. I understand that this seems wrong, but I don't understand what you do with the mate (the pile of mate) poured into the calabash/mate cup? Pour it, drink it, pour it, drink it? Correct? How many times can you re-infuse it? I simply couldn't drink that much. If I understand correctly, the mate itself, once used, after the first steeping in the calabash/mate cup (for example, in the morning), can't be stored until evening or even until the next morning. This means you'll need to add new mate, which is very expensive in my region (country), Eastern Europe.