Yerba Mate

Interesting South American tea-like beverage. Being a tea drinker I am definitely curious to try yerba mate. The cool part about this is the drink is consumed from a special gourd. Drinking yerba mate can either be a solitary, contemplate life kind of experience or it can be shared very socially. I'd be curious to hear if anybody has partaken and how is it? Here's some info if anybody's more curious: