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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 pint of ale.

Ale is a type of beer brewed from malted barley using a top-fermenting brewers' yeast. This yeast ferments the beer quickly, giving it a sweet, full bodied and fruity taste. Most ales contain hops, which impart a bitter herbal flavour that helps to balance the sweetness of the malt and preserve the beer. The other major style of beer is lager, which is bottom-fermented.

Ales are common in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium, Germany, the eastern provinces of Canada and among craft beer consumers in the United States. The German word for "top-fermenting" is "obergärig"; the French equivalent is "Haute fermentation".

Ale typically takes 3 to 4 weeks to make, although some varieties can take as long as 4 months. The Sumerians are credited with discovering beer in approximately 3000 BCE. They made ales in a shorter time than those made by modern techniques because they did not add any hops. Lagers take longer than ales to make and tend to be less sweet. (Full article...)

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... that the John Snow pub is named for a shy British epidemiologist who did not drink?
... that Phil Elverum recorded Don't Wake Me Up nocturnally, while "drinking pots of black tea all night"?
... that Assyrian Christian couples drink dust from the tombs of martyrs and are crowned during their weddings?
... that the "Mayor of Picklesburgh" is decided by a pickle juice drinking competition?
... that Al-Rantisi Hospital can extract drinking water from air?
... that salt marsh snakes drink only rainwater?

... that the first written record of whiskey comes from 1405 in Ireland and it is also mentioned in Scotland in 1496?

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Image 1A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 2A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 3Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 4Various 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 5Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 6Many in both Peru and Chile think that pisco sour is their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 7A Glencairn whisky glass (from List of national drinks)
Image 8Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe (from List of national drinks)
Image 9A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 10Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 11A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013 (from List of national drinks)
Image 12A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men (from List of national drinks)
Image 13Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 14An Italian cappuccino, an espresso-based coffee drink, served in the appropriate cup (from List of national drinks)
Image 15Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 16Characteristics 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 17A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 18Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 192004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol (from List of drinks)
Image 20Krupnik, a national drink of Poland (from List of national drinks)
Image 21Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 22Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 23Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries (from List of national drinks)
Image 24The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh (from List of national drinks)
Image 25The 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 26Bosnian 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 27Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 28Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 29The new Seven Color Tea, a recent competitor for national drink of Bangladesh (from List of national drinks)
Image 30Kaapi, Indian filter coffee (from List of national drinks)
Image 31A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 32Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 33An Italian grappa, a grape-based pomace brandy (from List of national drinks)
Image 34The popular Indian drink mango lassi (from List of national drinks)
Image 35Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 36A spritz, an Italian wine-based cocktail (from List of national drinks)
Image 37Per capita, people in Turkey drink more tea than in any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 38A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia
Image 39Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 40Indian Masala chai served in a red clay tea cup (from List of national drinks)
Image 41Clear 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)
Image 42Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore (from List of national drinks)
Image 43Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 44Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and the south of Brazil (from List of national drinks)
Image 45Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 46Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China (from List of national drinks)
Image 47Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 48Classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan (from List of national drinks)

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A glass of ruby Port wine

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Pemberton, before 1888

John Stith Pemberton (July 8, 1831 – August 16, 1888) was an American pharmacist and Confederate States Army veteran who is best known as the inventor of Coca-Cola. On May 8, 1886, he developed an early version of a beverage that would later become Coca-Cola, but sold the rights to the drink shortly before his death in 1888.

He suffered from a sabre wound sustained in April 1865, during the Battle of Columbus. His efforts to control his chronic pain led to morphine addiction. In an attempt to curb his addiction he began to experiment with various painkillers and toxins. The development of an earlier beverage blending alcohol and cocaine led to the recipe that later was adapted to make Coca-Cola. (Full article...)

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“

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

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— Benjamin Franklin

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Kola Nut — pod and seeds

The kola nut (Yoruba: obi, Dagbani: guli, Hausa: goro, Igbo: ọjị, Sängö: gôro, Swahili: mukezu) is the seed of certain species of plant of the genus Cola, placed formerly in the cocoa family Sterculiaceae and now usually subsumed in the mallow family Malvaceae (as subfamily Sterculioideae). These cola species are trees native to the tropical rainforests of Africa. Their caffeine-containing seeds are used as flavoring ingredients in various carbonated soft drinks, from which the name cola originates.

Used in Cola.

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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

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