Drinking mate tea and soda plays a vital role at all hacker congresses! A virtual mate circle is being hosted especially for newbies so everyone can learn how to prepare mate tea and exchange tips with other drinkers. This workshop includes a crash course on mate history (traditional and the bottled soda phenomena, including the most famous: Club-Mate) and a tutorial in mate making techniques. Drinking mate together is an opportunity to sit down and exchange information, and this is an opportunity for participants to become educated in mate making techniques so that they can then go and create their own mate circles.

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