Mate

Mate Tea is a form of Tea commonly drunk in Central America.

History
It originated among the Guarani people in the region that consists of present day Paraguay, southern Brazil, southeast Bolivia, northeast Argentina, and Uruguay, and was attributed to a legend where the Goddesses of the Moon and Cloud visited Earth and were saved by an old man from a Jaguar, and in return they gave him a new kind of plant for him to drink in friendship. It was later used by Che Guevara and his men. It was usually contained in a gourd that came with a specialized straw to suck it up. It contained several vitamins minerals.

The Militaires Sans Frontieres often drank Mate in addition to Costa Rica coffee. When Big Boss was travelling to the AI Lab in Central Heredia, he shared some of his mate tea to Cecile Cosima Caminandes due to her being weakened from her escape, to which she drank it all. Miller later gave Big Bosse a hard time in regards to Big Boss feeding her the Mate.

Gameplay
Drinking Mate Tea causes the players PSYCHE to recover a little.

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