Mate cocido is just mate in tea bags, rather than the traditional preparation method. Sugar is prevalent but strictly speaking, optional (nobody is going to say

Mate cocido is just mate in tea bags, rather than the traditional preparation method. Sugar is prevalent but strictly speaking, optional (nobody is going to say it's not mate cocido if you don't take sweetener in yours). I know a few retired Argentine Navy guys who make their mate cocido in a coffee percolator. The horrors of war change a man in ways difficult for us civilians to understand.