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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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Lemon drop cocktails

A lemon drop is a vodka-based cocktail that has a lemony, sweet and sour flavor, prepared using vodka, triple sec, and fresh lemon juice. It has been described as a variant of, or as "a take on", the vodka martini, but is in fact closer to a daisy or a white lady variant. It is typically prepared and served straight up – chilled with ice and strained.

The drink was invented sometime in the 1970s by Norman Jay Hobday, the founder and proprietor of Henry Africa's bar in San Francisco, California. Variations of the drink exist, such as blueberry and raspberry lemon drops, and some recipes that call for simple syrup. It is served at some bars and restaurants in the United States, and in such establishments in other areas of the world. (Full article...)

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... that Al-Rantisi Hospital can extract drinking water from air?
... that the relatively low standards of player selection for Somerset County Cricket Club in 1883 have been described as being "determined with a nod and a wink over drinks"?
... that the John Snow pub is named for a shy British epidemiologist who did not drink?
... 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 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?

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

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Image 1The 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 2Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China (from List of national drinks)
Image 3Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 4A spritz, an Italian wine-based cocktail (from List of national drinks)
Image 5The popular Indian drink mango lassi (from List of national drinks)
Image 6Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries (from List of national drinks)
Image 7Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 8A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 9Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 10The new Seven Color Tea, a recent competitor for national drink of Bangladesh (from List of national drinks)
Image 11An Italian grappa, a grape-based pomace brandy (from List of national drinks)
Image 12Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe (from List of national drinks)
Image 13Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 14Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 15An Italian cappuccino, an espresso-based coffee drink, served in the appropriate cup (from List of national drinks)
Image 16Indian Masala chai served in a red clay tea cup (from List of national drinks)
Image 17Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 18Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 19Krupnik, a national drink of Poland (from List of national drinks)
Image 20A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013 (from List of national drinks)
Image 21Characteristics 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 22Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 23A Glencairn whisky glass (from List of national drinks)
Image 24A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 25A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 26Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 27A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia
Image 28Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 29Kaapi, Indian filter coffee (from List of national drinks)
Image 30Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore (from List of national drinks)
Image 31A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 32Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 33Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 34Per capita, people in Turkey drink more tea than in any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 352004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol (from List of drinks)
Image 36Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and the south of Brazil (from List of national drinks)
Image 37Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 38The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh (from List of national drinks)
Image 39Classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan (from List of national drinks)
Image 40Various 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 41Many in both Peru and Chile think that pisco sour is their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 42Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 43Clear 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 44Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 45Bosnian 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 46Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 47A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 48A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men (from List of national drinks)

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Flaming drink

Credit: Nik Frey (niksan)

"Flaming" cocktails contain a small amount of flammable high-proof alcohol which is ignited prior to consumption.

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Orangina bottles, which Beton introduced in 1951.

Jean-Claude Beton (January 14, 1925 – December 2, 2013) was a French businessman, agricultural engineer and entrepreneur. Born in Colonial Algeria, Beton was a key figure in the rise of the French soft drink maker Orangina, being credited with transforming the drink from a little-known citrus soda first manufactured by his father, Léon Beton, into a major global brand. Beton launched Orangina's iconic, signature 8-ounce bottle in 1951, which became a symbol of the brand. The bottle is shaped like an orange, with a glass texture designed to mimic the fruit. In 2009, Beton called Orangina the "champagne of soft drinks," saying that "It doesn't contain added colorants. It was and still is slightly sparkling. It had a little bulby bottle." (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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Citric acid is an organic compound with the formula C₆H₈O₇. It is a colorless weak organic acid. It occurs naturally in citrus fruits. In biochemistry, it is an intermediate in the citric acid cycle, which occurs in the metabolism of all aerobic organisms.

More than two million tons of citric acid are manufactured every year. It is used widely as acidifier, flavoring, preservative, and chelating agent.

A citrate is a derivative of citric acid; that is, the salts, esters, and the polyatomic anion found in solutions and salts of citric acid. An example of the former, a salt is trisodium citrate; an ester is triethyl citrate. When citrate trianion is part of a salt, the formula of the citrate trianion is written as C
₆H
₅O³⁻
₇ or C
₃H
₅O(COO)³⁻
₃.

Used in Soft drinks, Sports drinks.

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