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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 encompass coffee, tea, and hot chocolate. Caffeinated drinks that contain the stimulant caffeine, have been consumed for centuries.

In addition, alcoholic drinks such as wine, beer, and liquor, which contain the psychoactive substance ethanol, have been part of human culture for more than 8,000 years. Non-alcoholic drinks typically refer to beverages that are traditionally alcoholic—such as beer, wine, or cocktails—but are produced with a very low alcohol by volume content. This category includes beverages that have undergone processes to remove or significantly reduce alcohol, such as non-alcoholic beers and de-alcoholized wines. (Full article...)

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A packet of Maraba Coffee as sold in Rwanda

Maraba coffee (Kinyarwanda: Ikawa ya Maraba; French: Café de Maraba) is grown in the Maraba area of southern Rwanda. Maraba's coffee plants are the Bourbon variety of the Coffea arabica species and are grown on fertile volcanic soils on high-altitude hills. The fruit is handpicked, mostly during the rainy season between March and May, and brought to a washing station in Maraba, where the coffee beans are extracted and dried. At several stages, the beans are sorted according to quality. The farmers receive credits based on the amount and quality of the beans they provide.

The beans are sold to various roasting companies, including Union Coffee Roasters of the United Kingdom who produce a Fairtrade-certified brand, and Community Coffee of the United States. Rwanda Smallholder Specialty Coffee Company (RWASHOSCCO) buys from Maraba and sells to the domestic market. Maraba coffee is also brewed into a beer.

About 500,000 smallholder farmers grow the coffee plants under the Abahuzamugambi cooperative, founded in 1999. Since 2000, the cooperative has been supported by the National University of Rwanda (NUR) and the PEARL. The cooperative has improved coffee quality and penetrated the speciality market. (Full article...)

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... that trembleuse cups and saucers enabled people with unsteady hands to drink hot beverages?
... that some insects drink the tears of their predators?
... that The Banquet of Cleopatra depicts Cleopatra drinking a dissolved pearl to impress Mark Antony?
... that Yi chieftain Xiao Yedan and a Chinese Red Army military leader established an alliance by drinking chicken blood?
... that a Thompson Seattle rooftop bar distributes drinks from copper containers shaped like flamingos?
... that salt marsh snakes drink only rainwater?

... that Absinthe, which contains distillates of wormwood, was illegal in the United States until 2007?

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Image 1Akpeteshie is a liquor produced by distilling palm wine or sugar cane, primarily in the region of Western Africa. (from List of national drinks)
Image 2A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 3The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 4Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 5Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 6Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 72004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol (from List of drinks)
Image 8Clear vodka served with pickled cucumber – the usual way of consuming vodka in Slavic countries of the so-called "vodka belt". (from List of national drinks)
Image 9The spritz is an Italian wine-based cocktail, commonly served as an apéritif across Italy. It consists of Prosecco, digestive bitters, and soda water. The original spritz veneziano uses Select as bitters and was created in Venice in 1920. (from List of national drinks)
Image 10Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and the south of Brazil. (from List of national drinks)
Image 11Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore. (from List of national drinks)
Image 12A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 13Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries. (from List of national drinks)
Image 14Ice milk and lemon tea (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 16Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 17A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013. (from List of national drinks)
Image 18Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 19A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men. (from List of national drinks)
Image 20Many in both Peru and Chile consider pisco sour their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 21Kaapi, Indian filter coffee. (from List of national drinks)
Image 22Mai Tai is a cocktail made of rum, Curaçao liqueur, orgeat syrup, and lime juice. It is one of the characteristic cocktails in Tiki culture. (from List of national drinks)
Image 23A classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan. (from List of national drinks)
Image 24Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 25Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 26Coffee accessories in small shops in Baščaršija, Bosnia and Herzegovina. (from List of national drinks)
Image 27A Glencairn whisky glass. (from List of national drinks)
Image 28Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 29A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 30Per capita, people in Turkey drink more tea than in any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 31Palm wine is an alcoholic beverage created from the sap of various species of palm trees such as the palmyra, date palms, and coconut palms. It is known by various names in different regions and is common in various parts of Africa, the Caribbean, South America, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Micronesia. (from List of national drinks)
Image 32Various 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 33A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia. (from List of national drinks)
Image 34Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 35Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 36Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. (from List of national drinks)
Image 37Libyan tea with peanuts (from List of national drinks)
Image 38Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China. (from List of national drinks)
Image 39A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 40Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 41Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 42A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 43Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 44Piña colada, a cocktail made with rum, cream of coconut, and pineapple juice, usually served either blended or shaken with ice. It may be garnished with either a pineapple wedge, maraschino cherry, or both. The drink originated in Puerto Rico. (from List of national drinks)
Image 45Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 46The popular Indian drink mango lassi. (from List of national drinks)
Image 47Australian iced coffee served with ice-cream and coffee beans (from List of national drinks)
Image 48A glass of grappa, a grape-based pomace brandy of Italian origin. Grappa is a protected name in the European Union. (from List of national drinks)
Image 49The 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 50Krupnik, the national drink of Poland. (from List of national drinks)

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Kenyan cuisine

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A Kenyan woman drinking from a ramekin

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Miller in an undated photograph

Frederick John Miller (November 24, 1824 – May 11, 1888) was a German-American 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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Juniper berries, here still attached to a branch, are actually modified conifer cones.

A juniper berry is the female seed cone produced by the various species of junipers. It is not a true berry but a cone with unusually fleshy and merged scales called a galbulus, which gives it a berry-like appearance. The cones from a handful of species, especially Juniperus communis, are used as a spice, particularly in European cuisine, and also give gin its distinctive flavour. Juniper berries are among the few spices derived from conifers, along with spruce buds.

Used in Gin.

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