Hand Thrown Ceramic Gourd

Hand-Thrown Ceramic Yerba Mate Drinking Gourd This hand-thrown ceramic gourd is the ideal solution for the mate lover that wants something durable and practical. Sizes shapes vary. Average size dimensions below...Height: 3 1/4" Width: 3 1/4" Opening: 2"This ceramic gourd works best with our stainless steel bombillas or alpaca bombillas. Caution: Do Not Drop! Like all ceramics, this item is breakable. Hand Crafted by Artists in USA Traditional Yerba Mate Gourd Packing Instructions How to Use Your Mate Gourd Method 1 Fill your gourd 2/3 full of hot (not boiling) water. Place bombilla in the water and let it rest at an angle against the top of the gourd. Pour mate leaves on top of the water, letting them mound up. Poke about a 1/2 inch hole in the Mate mound on the opposite side to where the bombilla is resting. Sip through the bombilla and then re-pour with water through the hole. The first run may allow some leaves to get through, but then it seals as the Mate expands and sinks to the b