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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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Mate in a traditional calabash gourd

Maté (/ˈmɑːteɪ/ MAH-tay; Spanish: mate [ˈmate], Portuguese: [ˈmatʃi]) is a traditional South American caffeine-rich infused herbal drink. It is also known as chimarrão in Portuguese, cimarrón in Spanish, and kaʼay in Guarani. It is made by soaking dried yerba-maté (Ilex paraguariensis) leaves in hot water and is traditionally served with a metal straw (bombilla) in a container typically made from a calabash gourd (also called the mate), but also made from a cattle horn (guampa) in some areas. A very similar preparation, known as mate cocido, removes some of the plant material and sometimes comes in tea bags. Today, maté is sold commercially in tea bags and as bottled iced tea.

Maté has been originally consumed by the Guaraní and Tupi peoples native to Brazil and neighboring countries. After European colonization, it was spread across the Southern Cone countries, namely Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile, but it is also consumed in the Bolivian Chaco. Maté is the national beverage of Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. In Chile, maté is predominantly consumed in the central and southern regions. Maté is also popular in Lebanon and Syria, where it was brought by immigrants from Paraguay and Argentina. (Full article...)

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... that salt marsh snakes drink only rainwater?
... that Al-Rantisi Hospital can extract drinking water from air?
... 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 trembleuse cups and saucers enabled people with unsteady hands to drink hot beverages?
... that Assyrian Christian couples drink dust from the tombs of martyrs and are crowned during their weddings?
... that Ben Phillips replaced his friend's hair gel with superglue, put Viagra in his sports drink, and placed him on a lake while he slept on an inflatable mattress?

... that when Ted Hough was signed by Southampton Football Club, his "transfer fee" was a round of 52 pints of beer?

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Image 1Kaapi, Indian filter coffee (from List of national drinks)
Image 2Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 3An Italian grappa, a grape-based pomace brandy (from List of national drinks)
Image 4A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 5Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 6Various 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 7Krupnik, a national drink of Poland (from List of national drinks)
Image 8Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 9Indian Masala chai served in a red clay tea cup (from List of national drinks)
Image 10Characteristics 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 11A Glencairn whisky glass (from List of national drinks)
Image 12Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 13Per capita, people in Turkey drink more tea than in any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 14Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and the south of Brazil (from List of national drinks)
Image 15Classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan (from List of national drinks)
Image 16A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 17Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 18Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 19Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 20Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 21Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 22Clear 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 23Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 24A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 25A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 26An Italian cappuccino, an espresso-based coffee drink, served in the appropriate cup (from List of national drinks)
Image 27Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 28The popular Indian drink mango lassi (from List of national drinks)
Image 29Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries (from List of national drinks)
Image 30Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 31The new Seven Color Tea, a recent competitor for national drink of Bangladesh (from List of national drinks)
Image 32A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia
Image 33Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 34Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 35The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh (from List of national drinks)
Image 36A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 372004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol (from List of drinks)
Image 38A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men (from List of national drinks)
Image 39Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe (from List of national drinks)
Image 40Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 41Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore (from List of national drinks)
Image 42The 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 43A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013 (from List of national drinks)
Image 44A spritz, an Italian wine-based cocktail (from List of national drinks)
Image 45Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China (from List of national drinks)
Image 46Many in both Peru and Chile think that pisco sour is their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 47Bosnian 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 48Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)

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A glass of ruby Port wine

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Miller in an undated photograph

Frederick John Miller (November 24, 1824 – May 11, 1888) was a brewery owner in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He founded the Miller Brewing Company at the Plank Road Brewery, purchased in 1855. He learned the brewing business in Germany at Sigmaringen.

He was born Friedrich Johannes Miller in Riedlingen in the Kingdom of Württemberg. Some German records, like the one about the baptism of his first son Joseph Eduard, also state the name as Müller. Since the end of the 20th century, some publications state Miller's name as "Frederick Edward John Miller" from which they derive the birth name "Friedrich Eduard Johann(es) Müller". (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.

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