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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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Plain milk kefir being poured

Kefir (/kəˈfɪər/ kə-FEER; alternative spellings: kephir or kefier; Armenian: Կեֆիր Armenian pronunciation: [ˈkɛfir]; Georgian: კეფირი Georgian pronunciation: [ˈkɛpiri]; Karachay-Balkar: гыпы) is a fermented milk drink similar to a thin yogurt or ayran that is made from kefir grains, a specific type of mesophilic symbiotic culture. It is prepared by inoculating the milk of cows, goats, or sheep with kefir grains.

Kefir is a common breakfast, lunch or dinner drink consumed in countries of western Eurasia. Kefir is consumed at any time of the day, such as alongside European pastries like zelnik (zeljanica), burek and banitsa/gibanica, as well as being an ingredient in cold soups. (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 trembleuse cups and saucers enabled people with unsteady hands to drink hot beverages?
... that Al-Rantisi Hospital can extract drinking water from air?
... that the "Mayor of Picklesburgh" is decided by a pickle juice drinking competition?
... that Robert J. O'Brien said that he did not drink alcohol, despite owning a saloon and being elected as alderman by a district containing more than 250 bars?
... that salt marsh snakes drink only rainwater?

... there is a white variety of Tempranillo grapes?

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Image 1Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 2Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 32004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol (from List of drinks)
Image 4Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. (from List of national drinks)
Image 5Mai Tai is a cocktail made of rum, Curaçao liqueur, orgeat syrup, and lime juice. It is one of the characteristic cocktails in Tiki culture. (from List of national drinks)
Image 6A Glencairn whisky glass. (from List of national drinks)
Image 7Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 8A glass of grappa, a grape-based pomace brandy of Italian origin. Grappa is a protected name in the European Union. (from List of national drinks)
Image 9Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries. (from List of national drinks)
Image 10A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia. (from List of national drinks)
Image 11The spritz is an Italian wine-based cocktail, commonly served as an apéritif across Italy. It consists of Prosecco, digestive bitters, and soda water. The original spritz veneziano uses Select as bitters and was created in Venice in 1920. (from List of national drinks)
Image 12Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 13Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 14Piña colada, a cocktail made with rum, cream of coconut, and pineapple juice, usually served either blended or shaken with ice. It may be garnished with either a pineapple wedge, maraschino cherry, or both. The drink originated in Puerto Rico. (from List of national drinks)
Image 15A classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan. (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 17Australian iced coffee served with ice-cream and coffee beans (from List of national drinks)
Image 18Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore. (from List of national drinks)
Image 19Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 20Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 21A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 22Clear vodka served with pickled cucumber – the usual way of consuming vodka in Slavic countries of the so-called "vodka belt". (from List of national drinks)
Image 23Libyan tea with peanuts (from List of national drinks)
Image 24A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 25A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men. (from List of national drinks)
Image 26Krupnik, the national drink of Poland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 27Kaapi, Indian filter coffee. (from List of national drinks)
Image 28Akpeteshie is a liquor produced by distilling palm wine or sugar cane, primarily in the region of Western Africa. (from List of national drinks)
Image 29Many in both Peru and Chile consider pisco sour their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 30Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 31A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 32Palm wine is an alcoholic beverage created from the sap of various species of palm trees such as the palmyra, date palms, and coconut palms. It is known by various names in different regions and is common in various parts of Africa, the Caribbean, South America, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Micronesia. (from List of national drinks)
Image 33Various 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 34The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 35Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 36Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 37Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China. (from List of national drinks)
Image 38Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and the south of Brazil. (from List of national drinks)
Image 39A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013. (from List of national drinks)
Image 40A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 41Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 42The popular Indian drink mango lassi. (from List of national drinks)
Image 43Per capita, people in Turkey drink more tea than in any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 44Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 45The 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 46Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 47Coffee accessories in small shops in Baščaršija, Bosnia and Herzegovina. (from List of national drinks)
Image 48Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 49Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 50Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)

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Carbonation

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A close up of a glass of Coca-Cola featuring the carbonation bubbles that make soda fizz

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Mohamed Yehia Zakaria (born May 10, 1938) is an Emirati businessman of Egyptian origin. He is the longest-serving chief executive of the beverage industry in the Middle East. He is the co-founder and was chief executive of Dubai Refreshments (Pepsi), in Dubai, and institutionalized the soft drink industry in the Middle East. (Full article...)

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When alchemists first learned how to distill spirits, they called it aqua vitae, the water of life, and far from considering it the work of the devil, they thought the discovery was divinely inspired.

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— Gene Logsdon
Good Spirits: A New Look at Ol' Demon Alcohol

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Caramel color or caramel coloring is a water-soluble food coloring. It is made by heat treatment of carbohydrates (sugars), in general in the presence of acids, alkalis, or salts, in a process called caramelization. It is more fully oxidized than caramel candy, and has an odor of burnt sugar and a somewhat bitter taste. Its color ranges from pale yellow to amber to dark brown.

Caramel color is one of the oldest and most used food colorings for enhancing naturally occurring colors, correcting natural variations in color, and replacing color that is lost to light degradation during food processing and storage. The use of caramel color as a food additive in the brewing industry in the 19th century is the first recorded instance of it being manufactured and used on a wide scale. Caramel color is found in many commercially made foods and beverages, including batters, beer, brown bread, buns, chocolate, cookies, cough drops, spirits and liquor such as brandy, rum, and whisky, chocolate-flavored confectionery and coatings, custards, decorations, fillings and toppings, potato chips, dessert mixes, doughnuts, fish and shellfish spreads, frozen desserts, fruit preserves, glucose tablets, gravy, ice cream, pickles, sauces and dressings, soft drinks (especially colas), sweets, vinegar, and more. Caramel color is widely approved for use in food globally but application and use level restrictions vary by country. (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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