Mate Bombilla

A Mate Bombilla (Spanish), bomba (Portuguese) or massasa (Arabic) is a type of drinking straw, used to drink Yerba Mate. In metal bombillas, the lower end is perforated and acts as a metal filter which is used to separate the mate infusion from leaves, stems, and other mate debris, and functions in a similar fashion to the perforated metal screen of a tea strainer.

The Spanish name “Bombilla” means literally “little pump”.