Mat

Mat represents tonic which is cooked from the dried-up crushed leaves, branches and dust of a Paraguayan holly. It is known to the whole world as the greatest value of South America.

Mat – tea?

Mat is one of the most ancient drinks of mankind which reached our days. There are documents confirming popularity a mat at the tribe of the Maya. Classical tea a mat is most useful due to inclusions of branches and dust which contain a set of substances, valuable to a human body. One of them матеин – a soft stimulator of activity, the caffeine analog which does not have side effects in the form of heartbeat, a tremor, hypertensia and not causing accustoming.

On the other hand, reviews of a mat convincingly demonstrate that the use of drink for the night promotes more deep sleep and high-quality rest. It allows to recommend a mat both at sleeplessness, and at depressions and neurosises. By the way, availability of dust is an indicator of quality of tea a mat, and branches add to drink a special savor and tartness.

Contrary to the occurring opinion, drink is not tea in essence. For production a mat collect draws of a holly and place them in the special baskets representing containers for long drying. During drying raw materials are stirred up several times that process went evenly, and then carefully crushed. Judges a mat consider the best that product which is packaged in the place of collecting. Also upon purchase it is necessary to pay attention to a period of validity as delayed a mat it is not suitable for the use.

Curative properties of tea a mat are really unique. About 200 most valuable nutrients, in particular vitamins A, C and E are a part a mat, and all vitamins of group B contain in concentration close to therapeutic. Except vitamins, a mat such microelements as iron, calcium, magnesium, copper, niacin, pantothenic acid, sulfur and others are a part.

Invaluable property of tea a mat is also proved to increase the level of good cholesterol in blood and to reduce the level of cholesterol bad. As a result the balanced structure a mat reduces risk of developing of cardiovascular diseases and some types of oncology.

There is an assumption according to which the use hot a mat (however, as well as hot products any other excessively) can promote developing of oncological pathologies of a gullet. Also some scientists are inclined to connect the menacing statistics on lung cancer and a bladder in Uruguay with tradition of the daily use a mat. At the same time the comprehensive volume international investigation of the matter was not conducted.

How to make a mat it is correct

Zavarivaniye a mat is, without exaggeration, art. This process demands enough time and does not suffer a vanity. In the South American colonies "wrong" a mat was considered as an insult, and in notable houses kept special servants, aware how to make a mat in due form. In modern Argentina competitions in preparation of this legendary drink are regularly held.

It is considered that sweet a mat destiny of the refined city dwellers, women and nothing the foreigners understanding drink; real men prefer strong drink without sugar and honey. According to reviews of a mat of experts, incorrectly made it is capable even to cause a syncope. Are of great importance for the correct process of a zavarivaniye as, actually, a mat, and water with kalabasy.

Kalabas initially represented the hollowed pumpkin of a certain grade. Today in every spot on the globe without effort it is possible to get wooden, metal and even plastic kalabasa. Before the first use handymen carefully prepare калабас by traditional techniques, to us having enough filled up in it a little less half a mat to fill in a vessel with hot water (but not boiled water!), to insist, without covering, within a day, and then infusion to merge and wipe калабас a soft rag.

In prepared калабас fill up powder a mat on 2/3 volumes, close a palm and stir up. As a result coarse particles appear below, and dust above. Kalabas incline so that a mat it was poured to the inclined wall, and to a free wall lower a bombilla – a special tubule which was made of stalks of plants earlier, and today make from stainless steel, silver and other metals.

Kalabas return in vertical position, close a bombilla a finger and accurately fill in a mat with water, ^{with the temperature not higher than 80 ° C} to the level of crossing of tea leaves and a bombilla. Insist in such look about two minutes, and then add water, filling all volume of a kalabas.

The same portion a mat is filled in with water many times, up to total loss of taste, at the same time a bombilla do not get moving forward and do not mix it tea leaves. Experts note special taste of drink after the fourth cycle of a zavarivaniye. At the regular use of drink калабас it is possible not to wash but only to wipe with a soft rag after devastation. If a mat you drink occasionally, then washed up калабас store a neck down.