What is this?

[duluthralphie]

A straw?

 

[SueT]

A straw?

closer, but what is it called, and what specifically is it used to drink?

 

[duluthralphie]

closer, but what is it called, and what specifically is it used to drink?

Something I have never drank... maybe a witch’s potion... but that is doubtful, because my wife had no idea what that was.

 

[SueT]

hint..the pope drinks it

 

[Molpet]

Here's an item for you all to guess
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red wine aerator straw

 

[SueT]

no....another hint: the pope drinks it because he's Argentinian....
I have to to town for a couple hours, I'll tell y'all when I get back if no one has guessed.

 

[21hens-incharge]

Here's an item for you all to guess
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Used for drinking fernet?

 

[duluthralphie]

no....another hint: the pope drinks it because he's Argentinian....
I have to to town for a couple hours, I'll tell y'all when I get back if no one has guessed.

The drink, which contains mateine (an analog of caffeine), is made by an infusion of dried leaves of yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis). It is usually drunk with friends and served in a hollow calabash gourd with a "Bombilla", a special metallic drinking straw.

 

[SueT]

The drink, which contains mateine (an analog of caffeine), is made by an infusion of dried leaves of yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis). It is usually drunk with friends and served in a hollow calabash gourd with a "Bombilla", a special metallic drinking straw.

DING DING! (I love this tea!) So the bombilla is not only a straw but a strainer....

 

[duluthralphie]

DING DING! (I love this tea!) So the bombilla is not only a straw but a strainer....
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I am a genius!!!


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