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May 2021
21m 59s

El mate de hoy (Mate of Today)

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Uruguay consumes more mate than any other country in the world. But for a hundred years, almost all of that mate has been imported. Now, Rodrigo Patrón is trying to bring back mate production in Uruguay, in a way that respects both the environment and the famous tea’s origins.

A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/3KYGvDx.

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