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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 Assyrian Christian couples drink dust from the tombs of martyrs and are crowned during their weddings?
... that an image of MacCarthy's Bar on the front cover of a book featured a staff member posing as a nun drinking a pint of Guinness and the surprise appearance of a dog?
... 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 the "Mayor of Picklesburgh" is decided by a pickle juice drinking competition?
... that The Drunkard's Progress suggests that a single social drink leads to poverty, crime, and suicide?
... that Phil Elverum recorded Don't Wake Me Up nocturnally, while "drinking pots of black tea all night"?

... John (Johnnie) Walker, creator of Johnnie Walker whiskey, was a grocer by trade?

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Image 1The new Seven Color Tea, a recent competitor for national drink of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 2Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 3Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. (from List of national drinks)
Image 4A Glencairn whisky glass. (from List of national drinks)
Image 5Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 6Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 7A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 8A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 9Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 10A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia.
Image 11Indian Masala chai served in a red clay tea cup. (from List of national drinks)
Image 12Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore. (from List of national drinks)
Image 13Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 14Krupnik, a national drink of Poland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 15The popular Indian drink mango lassi. (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 17A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 18Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 19Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and the south of Brazil. (from List of national drinks)
Image 20Clear 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 21A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013. (from List of national drinks)
Image 22Per capita, Turkey drinks more tea than any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 23Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 242004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol (from List of 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 26The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 27A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men. (from List of national drinks)
Image 28Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 29Classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan. (from List of national drinks)
Image 30Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 31Many in both Peru and Chile think that pisco sour is their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 32Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China. (from List of national drinks)
Image 33Bosnian 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 34Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 35A glass of cola served with ice cubes and lemon (from List of drinks)
Image 36Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 37A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 38Kaapi, Indian filter coffee. (from List of national drinks)
Image 39Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 40Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries. (from List of national drinks)
Image 41Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 42Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 43Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 44Espresso brewing, with a dark reddish-brown foam, called crema (from List of 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 46Hot chocolate served with a croissant (from List of drinks)
Image 47Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)

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Coca Cola in its signature logo glass

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A glass of iced Coca Cola in its signature logo glass

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Pierre Brejoux was Inspector General of the Appellation d'Origine Controlee Board, which controls the production of top French wines. he served as an expert wine taster in the Paris Wine Tasting of 1976. In the blind tasting, California wines won both the red and white wine categories. After the tasting, there were many calls for him to resign his position as Inspector General because so many people and groups were highly displeased with the results. He later revealed to George Taber that he traveled to California in 1974 and 'learned a lot - to my surprise...'. Brejoux also authored several books on French wine. (Full article...)

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Where I go, I hope there's rum

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— Jimmy Buffett
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from the album Volcano (1977)

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Bottle for distilled water in the Royal Academy of Pharmacy (Spain)

Purified water is water that has been mechanically filtered or processed to remove impurities and make it suitable for use. Distilled water was, formerly, the most common form of purified water, but, in recent years, water is more frequently purified by other processes including capacitive deionization, reverse osmosis, carbon filtering, microfiltration, ultrafiltration, ultraviolet oxidation, or electrodeionization. Combinations of a number of these processes have come into use to produce ultrapure water of such high purity that its trace contaminants are measured in parts per billion (ppb) or parts per trillion (ppt).

Purified water has many uses, largely in the production of medications, in science and engineering laboratories and industries, and is produced in a range of purities. It is also used in the commercial beverage industry as the primary ingredient of any given trademarked bottling formula, in order to maintain product consistency. It can be produced on-site for immediate use or purchased in containers. Purified water in colloquial English can also refer to water that has been treated ("rendered potable") to neutralize, but not necessarily remove contaminants considered harmful to humans or animals. (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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