BALIBETOV Ceramic Yerba Mate Cup and Bombilla Set (Original Traditional Mate Cup - 6.7 Ounces) | Includes 1 Bombilla (Yerba Mate Straws to Use) | Ceramic Easy to Clean (White)

i quite like these style mates as they look and work like one very traditional form of gourd (the curved walls trapping the yerba from floating upward as you first wet it) but will never molder: https://www.amazon.com/BALIBETOV-Ceramic-Bombilla-Original-Traditional/dp/B0DJTFD6C4/ later/second invest in a bombilla cincelada uruguaya and you have a good set — the bombilla makes many vessels a pleasure to use then eventually a real gourd to start enhancing flavor — once you are ready