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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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Enhanced water is a category of beverages that are marketed as water with added ingredients, such as natural or artificial flavors, sugar, sweeteners, vitamins and minerals. Most enhanced waters are lower in calories than non-diet soft drinks.

PepsiCo, The Coca-Cola Company and other companies market enhanced water. The marketing usually capitalizes on the healthy image of water combined with the perceived health and taste. Bottled water was introduced to the United States by television commercials in 1977. After the television commercial, bottled water sales increased by 3,000 percent from the year 1976 to the year 1979. In the year 2004, Americans spent $9 billion on bottled water. Many companies produce enhanced water in the United States. The enhanced water category of beverage continues to grow in volume every year, and was the fastest-growing segment of the still beverage category. In 2001, flavored and enhanced water sales were estimated $80 million, and 2002 proved even more successful with $245 million in sales. The U.S. wholesale market for enhanced water was $170 million in 2004.

Enhanced waters vary from zero-calorie beverages certified organic and flavored with natural herb extracts, such as Ayala's Herbal Water, to the Glacéau brands of beverages owned by The Coca-Cola Company. In May 2007 Coca-Cola bought Energy Brands, the maker of Glacéau Vitamin water, for $4.1 billion to narrow its gap with competitor PepsiCo. This was the largest acquisition in the company's history. PepsiCo owns several brands of enhanced water such as SoBe, Propel Fitness Water, and Aquafina Flavorsplash. Coca-Cola owns the brands smartwater, vitaminwater and Dasani. (Full article...)

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... that Phil Elverum recorded Don't Wake Me Up nocturnally, while "drinking pots of black tea all night"?
... 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 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 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 John Snow pub is named for a shy British epidemiologist who did not drink?

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

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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 2A Glencairn whisky glass. (from List of national drinks)
Image 3Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. (from List of national drinks)
Image 4Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 5Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 6Characteristics 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 7A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 8Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 9Clear 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 10Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and the south of Brazil. (from List of national drinks)
Image 11Per capita, Turkey drinks more tea than any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 12Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 13A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 14Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 15A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 16A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013. (from List of national drinks)
Image 17Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries. (from List of national drinks)
Image 18Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 19A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men. (from List of national drinks)
Image 20A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 21A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia.
Image 22Many in both Peru and Chile think that pisco sour is their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 23Kaapi, Indian filter coffee. (from List of national drinks)
Image 24Classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan. (from List of national drinks)
Image 252004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol (from List of drinks)
Image 26Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 27Various 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 28The new Seven Color Tea, a recent competitor for national drink of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 29Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore. (from List of national drinks)
Image 30Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 31Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 32Krupnik, a national drink of Poland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 33Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China. (from List of national drinks)
Image 34Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 35Indian Masala chai served in a red clay tea cup. (from List of national drinks)
Image 36Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 37Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 38Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 39A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 40Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 41The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 42Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 43Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 44The popular Indian drink mango lassi. (from List of national drinks)

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Racial segregation in the United States

Credit: Russell Lee, July, 1939

An illustration of racial segregation in the United States (Jim Crow laws) in a mid 20^th century photograph showing a "Colored" drinking fountain in Oklahoma City with an African-American drinking.

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Johann Gottlieb Friedrich "Frederick" Pabst (March 28, 1836 – January 1, 1904) was a German-American brewer for whom the Pabst Brewing Company was named. (Full article...)

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“

There's nought, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and true religion

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— Lord Byron
Don Juan

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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 only spices derived from conifers, along with spruce buds.

Used in Gin.

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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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