>>41494
>>41501
I'll explain.
You can (and should) brew the same leaves multiple times, like 5 or 7 maybe. So when I finish drinking one cup I just pour more hot water into it. If you throw it away after one brewing you're basically wasting it.
It's not alcoholic. It has caffeine and something else inside it that gives you energy so it's more like substitue of a coffee.
Also it's a drink from south america, so the mate is not pronounced like english mate, mate.
It's not served in a glass typically, although if you really wanted you could drink it even from a bucket. Usually you drink it from a gourd like pic related.

>>41505
There was a food & drinks general and I think I wrote about it there.

>>41500
True but you can get used to this taste. Also you could make it a cold and sweet drink if you wanted to. The water you use have to be as close to freezing as possible though otherwise it wont brew. I like to use lemon juice and honey (basically I make lemonade first) and add some extra ice cubes but I guess something else would work too. I think I tried apple juice at one point too. Very good drink in hot summer.