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A drink or beverage is a liquid intended for human consumption. In addition to their basic function of satisfying thirst, drinks play important roles in human culture. Common types of drinks include plain drinking water, milk, juice, smoothies and soft drinks. Traditionally warm beverages include coffee, tea, and hot chocolate. Caffeinated drinks that contain the stimulant caffeine have a long history.

In addition, alcoholic drinks such as wine, beer, and liquor, which contain the drug ethanol, have been part of human culture for more than 8,000 years. Non-alcoholic drinks often signify drinks that would normally contain alcohol, such as beer, wine and cocktails, but are made with a sufficiently low concentration of alcohol by volume. The category includes drinks that have undergone an alcohol removal process such as non-alcoholic beers and de-alcoholized wines. (Full article...)

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A weizen glass, used to serve wheat beer

Beer glassware comprise vessels made of glass, designed or commonly used for serving and drinking beer. Styles of glassware vary in accord with national or regional traditions; legal or customary requirements regarding serving measures and fill lines; such practicalities as breakage avoidance in washing, stacking or storage; commercial promotion by breweries; artistic or cultural expression in folk art or as novelty items or usage in drinking games; or to complement, to enhance, or to otherwise affect a particular type of beer's temperature, appearance and aroma, as in the case of its head.

Drinking vessels intended for beer are made from a variety of materials other than glass, including pottery, pewter, and wood. (Full article...)

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... that Maxine North swore never to return to Thailand after the death of her undercover CIA husband, but ultimately settled there and introduced bottled water to the country?
... that the Buddha is said to have sat under a charoli tree at Bodh Gaya for seven days without eating, drinking, washing, excreting, or lying down?
... that Assyrian Christian couples drink dust from the tombs of martyrs and are crowned during their weddings?
... that the relatively low standards of player selection for Somerset County Cricket Club in 1883 have been described as being "determined with a nod and a wink over drinks"?
... that Phil Elverum recorded Don't Wake Me Up nocturnally, while "drinking pots of black tea all night"?
... that salt marsh snakes drink only rainwater?

... that Coca-Cola was originally invented by John Pemberton in 1886 as a medicine?

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Image 1Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China. (from List of national drinks)
Image 2Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 3Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 4The popular Indian drink mango lassi. (from List of national drinks)
Image 5The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 6A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 7Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 8A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia.
Image 9Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 10Classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan. (from List of national drinks)
Image 11Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore. (from List of national drinks)
Image 12The new Seven Color Tea, a recent competitor for national drink of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 13Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 14A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 15A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013. (from List of national drinks)
Image 16A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 17Krupnik, a national drink of Poland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 18Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 19A Glencairn whisky glass. (from List of national drinks)
Image 20An Italian cappuccino, an espresso-based coffee drink, served in the appropriate cup (from List of national drinks)
Image 21Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 22Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 23Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and the south of Brazil. (from List of national drinks)
Image 24Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 25Characteristics of boba tea (also known as "bubble tea" or "pearl milk tea") -- the national drink of Taiwan -- are the tapioca balls that rest at the bottom of the beverage that are drunk with a wide straw. (from List of national drinks)
Image 26Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries. (from List of national drinks)
Image 27A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 28The espresso comes from the Italian esprimere, which means "to express," and refers to the process by which hot water is forced under pressure through ground coffee. (from List of national drinks)
Image 29Indian Masala chai served in a red clay tea cup. (from List of national drinks)
Image 30Kaapi, Indian filter coffee. (from List of national drinks)
Image 31A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 32Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 33Many in both Peru and Chile think that pisco sour is their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 34A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men. (from List of national drinks)
Image 35Per capita, Turkey drinks more tea than any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 362004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol (from List of drinks)
Image 37Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 38Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 39Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 40Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 41Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 42Bosnian Coffee accessory manufacturers' small shops in Baščaršija - drink is important part of country's culture, and was major part of its economy in the past. (from List of national drinks)
Image 43Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. (from List of national drinks)
Image 44An Italian grappa, a grape-based pomace brandy (from List of national drinks)
Image 45Various views of a bottle of mezcal. The "worm", which is actually the larval form of the moth Hypopta agavis that lives on the agave plant, can be seen in the middle image, at the bottom of the bottle. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 46Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 47A spritz, an Italian wine-based cocktail (from List of national drinks)
Image 48Clear vodka served with pickled cucumber – the usual way of consuming it in Slavic countries of the so-called "vodka belt". (from List of national drinks)

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Bijou (cocktail)

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A Bijou cocktail featuring the three "gems" of alcohol, diamond (gin), ruby (vermouth), and emerald (chartreuse)

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Jasper Newton "Jack" Daniel (September 5, 1849 – October 9, 1911) was an American distiller and businessman, best known as the founder of the Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey distillery. (Full article...)

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The bar is in full swing, and floating rounds of cocktails permeate the garden outside, until the air is alive with chatter and laughter, and casual innuendo and introductions forgotten on the spot, and enthusiastic meetings between women who never knew each other’s names.

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— F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby (1925)

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A bitters (plural also bitters) is traditionally an alcoholic preparation flavored with botanical matter for a bitter or bittersweet flavor. Originally, numerous longstanding brands of bitters were developed as patent medicines, but now are sold as digestifs, sometimes with herbal properties, and as cocktail flavorings.

Since cocktails often contain sour and sweet flavors, bitters are used to engage another primary taste and thereby balance out the drink and make it more complex, giving it a more complete flavor profile. (Full article...)

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General topics:	Bartending • Bottling • Drinking • Drinking water • Bottled water • Mineral water • Coffee • Energy drink • Juice • Tea • Milk • Plant milk • Pasteurization • Refrigeration • Steeping • Water purification
Alcoholic beverages:	Beer • Brandy • Brewing • Caffeinated alcoholic drinks • Cider • Cocktails • Distillation • Fermentation • Hard soda • Liquor • Liqueur • Malt drink • Mead • Proof • Rice Wine • Schnapps • Vodka • Whiskey • Wine
Soft Drinks:	Carbonation • Cola • Orange soft drink • Frozen carbonated drink • Root beer • Soda water • Lithia water •
Miscellaneous:	Drink industry • Lemonade • Limeade • Orange drink • Slush (beverage)

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WikiProject Food & Drink is an association of Wikipedians with an interest in culinary-related subjects. They have come together to co-ordinate the development of food and drink articles here on Wikipedia as well as the many subjects related to food such as foodservice, catering and restaurants. If you wish to learn more about these subjects as well as get involved, please visit the project.

WikiProject Beer – covers Wikipedia's coverage of beer and breweries and microbreweries

WikiProject Wine – aims to compile thorough and accurate information on different vineyards, wineries and varieties of wines, including but not limited to their qualities, origins, and uses.

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