It's impossible not to notice the football players with their mate gourds when they're on the sidelines. But they don't have the same gourds as ordinary mortals. They all have personalized gourds . Most of them have magnificent ones, with their name and some gold engravings... Real jewels!
So, if you're still choosing your gourd and wondering who makes these jewels (or how to get them), this article should please you.
Lionel Messi , as a good Argentinian, is a big fan of mate . And it shows.
He never lets it go, and always shows up with it, whether it's on the sidelines, getting off the bus... or even teasing Sergio Agüero!
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Edinson Cavani aka "El Matador", PSG's all-time top scorer, never fails to introduce this drink to the Parisian locker room.
View this post on InstagramTraveling to Rennes with one of our friends 👍, my important party, Go to Paris 💪...
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If the vast majority of French people are familiar with mate, it's largely thanks to Antoine Griezmann . The "most Uruguayan of the French" often shows up with a mate in his hand, and he didn't fail to introduce this drink during Euro 2016 in France.
Getting your hands on a custom gourd is difficult. Finding the right contact, having the gourd made, importing it from Argentina or Uruguay... It's an expensive, time-consuming, and sometimes quite complicated process.
We don't currently offer custom gourds, but we do offer high-end mate gourds . So if you're a true mate lover, you'll already find something to please you!