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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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Herbal tea in a glass teapot and cup

Herbal teas, also known as herbal infusions and less commonly called tisanes (UK and US /tɪˈzæn/, US also /tɪˈzɑːn/), are beverages made from the infusion or decoction of herbs, spices, or other plant material in hot water; they do not usually contain any true tea (Camellia sinensis). Often herb tea, or the plain term tea, is used as a reference to all sorts of herbal teas. Many herbs used in teas/tisanes are also used in herbal medicine. Some herbal blends contain true tea (e.g., the Indian classic masala chai).

The term "herbal" tea is often used to distinguish these beverages from true teas (e.g., black, green, white, yellow, oolong), which are prepared from the cured leaves of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis. Unlike true teas, most tisanes do not naturally contain caffeine (though tea can be decaffeinated, processed to remove caffeine). A number of plants, however, do contain caffeine or another stimulant, like theobromine, cocaine or ephedrine. Some have the opposite effect, acting as a sedative. Some common infusions have specific names such as mate (yerba mate) and rooibos (red bush). Hibiscus tea is one type of herbal infusion, but many described as some other plant have hibiscus as the main ingredient, or a major one. (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 Assyrian Christian couples drink dust from the tombs of martyrs and are crowned during their weddings?
... that salt marsh snakes drink only rainwater?
... 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 in 1776 Abraham Hunt entertained Hessian mercenaries with food and drink to render them incapable for duty the night before George Washington defeated them at Trenton?
... that the "Mayor of Picklesburgh" is decided by a pickle juice drinking competition?

... ... that demand for beer from Pittsburgh's East End Brewing Company spiked after the Pittsburgh Steelers won Super Bowl XLIII?

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Image 1Bosnian 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 2Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 3Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. (from List of national drinks)
Image 4A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia.
Image 5Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 6Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 7Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries. (from List of national drinks)
Image 8Indian Masala chai served in a red clay tea cup. (from List of national drinks)
Image 9Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 10A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 112004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol (from List of drinks)
Image 12Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China. (from List of national drinks)
Image 13Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 14A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 15Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 16Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 17The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 18Clear 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 19Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 20Per capita, Turkey drinks more tea than any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 21A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013. (from List of national drinks)
Image 22Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 23Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 24The new Seven Color Tea, a recent competitor for national drink of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 25Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 26Many in both Peru and Chile think that pisco sour is their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 27A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 28Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore. (from List of national drinks)
Image 29Kaapi, Indian filter coffee. (from List of national drinks)
Image 30Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 31Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 32Classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan. (from List of national drinks)
Image 33A Glencairn whisky glass. (from List of national drinks)
Image 34A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 35Various 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 36Krupnik, a national drink of Poland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 37Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and the south of Brazil. (from List of national drinks)
Image 38The popular Indian drink mango lassi. (from List of national drinks)
Image 39Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 40A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 41Characteristics 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 42A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men. (from List of national drinks)
Image 43Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 44Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)

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Zong Qinghou (Chinese: 宗庆后; 11 October 1945 – 25 February 2024) was a Chinese billionaire businessman, and the founder, chairman and CEO of the Hangzhou Wahaha Group, China's leading beverage company. As of March 2022, his net worth was estimated at US$8.7 billion. (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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Hop cone in a Hallertau, Germany, hop yard

Hops are the flowers (also called seed cones or strobiles) of the hop plant Humulus lupulus, a member of the Cannabaceae family of flowering plants. They are used primarily as a bittering, flavouring, and stability agent in beer, to which, in addition to bitterness, they impart floral, fruity, or citrus flavours and aromas. Hops are also used for various purposes in other beverages and herbal medicine. The hops plants have separate female and male plants, and only female plants are used for commercial production. The hop plant is a vigorous, climbing, herbaceous perennial, usually trained to grow up strings in a field called a hopfield, hop garden (in the South of England), or hop yard (in the West Country and United States) when grown commercially. Many different varieties of hops are grown by farmers around the world, with different types used for particular styles of beer.

The first documented use of hops in beer is from the 9th century, though Hildegard of Bingen, 300 years later, is often cited as the earliest documented source. Before this period, brewers used a "gruit", composed of a wide variety of bitter herbs and flowers, including dandelion, burdock root, marigold, horehound (the old German name for horehound, Berghopfen, means "mountain hops"), ground ivy, and heather. Early documents include mention of a hop garden in the will of Charlemagne's father, Pepin the Short.

Hops are also used in brewing for their antibacterial effect over less desirable microorganisms and for purported benefits including balancing the sweetness of the malt with bitterness and a variety of flavours and aromas. It is believed that traditional herb combinations for beers were abandoned after it was noticed that beers made with hops were less prone to spoilage.

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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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