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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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Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc. (/ˈkjʊərɪɡ/ KURE-ig) is a publicly traded American beverage company headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, and Frisco, Texas. It was formed on July 9, 2018, through the merger of Keurig Green Mountain and Dr Pepper Snapple Group. The company produces and distributes a range of hot and cold beverages, including brands such as Keurig, Dr Pepper, Snapple, Canada Dry, and others. Prior to the merger, Keurig Green Mountain, formerly known as Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, operated as a specialty coffee company and manufacturer of the Keurig single-serve brewing system, while Dr Pepper Snapple Group managed a portfolio of soft drinks and other beverages.

Since April 2024, Tim Cofer has served as the CEO of Keurig Dr Pepper. (Full article...)

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... that trembleuse cups and saucers enabled people with unsteady hands to drink hot beverages?
... that Tan Boon Chiang awarded four cases of PepsiCo soft drinks to each worker in Singapore after rejecting their claim for higher wages?
... that Yi chieftain Xiao Yedan and a Chinese Red Army military leader established an alliance by drinking chicken blood?
... that a liquor-drinking celebrity goat named Ioiô won an election for city councilman in Fortaleza?
... that two ancient Chinese astronomers are said to have been executed for failing to predict a solar eclipse because they were drinking?
... that, according to legend, Maurille de Sombreuil saved her father's life during the September Massacres by drinking a glass of blood?

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

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Image 1A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia. (from List of national drinks)
Image 2A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 3A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 4Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries. (from List of national drinks)
Image 5Many in both Peru and Chile consider pisco sour their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 6Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 7Various 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 8A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 9Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 10The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 11A 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 12Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore. (from List of national drinks)
Image 13Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 14A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013. (from List of national drinks)
Image 15The popular Indian drink mango lassi. (from List of national drinks)
Image 16The 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 17Per capita, people in Turkey drink more tea than in any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 18Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. (from List of national drinks)
Image 19Libyan tea with peanuts (from List of national drinks)
Image 20Mai 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 21Palm 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 22Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 23Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 24Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (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 262004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol (from List of drinks)
Image 27A classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan. (from List of national drinks)
Image 28A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men. (from List of national drinks)
Image 29Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 30A Glencairn whisky glass. (from List of national drinks)
Image 31Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 32Krupnik, the national drink of Poland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 33Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and the south of Brazil. (from List of national drinks)
Image 34Coffee accessories in small shops in Baščaršija, Bosnia and Herzegovina. (from List of national drinks)
Image 35The 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 36Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 37Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 38Kaapi, Indian filter coffee. (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 40Akpeteshie is a liquor produced by distilling palm wine or sugar cane, primarily in the region of Western Africa. (from List of national drinks)
Image 41Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 42Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 43Australian iced coffee served with ice-cream and coffee beans (from List of national drinks)
Image 44Clear 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 45A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 46Piña 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 47Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China. (from List of national drinks)
Image 48Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 49Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 50Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)

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Bijou (cocktail)

Credit: Chris Palmer

A Bijou cocktail featuring the three "gems" of alcohol, diamond (gin), ruby (vermouth), and emerald (chartreuse)

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Hiram Walker (July 4, 1816 – January 12, 1899) was an American entrepreneur and founder of the Hiram Walker and Sons Ltd. distillery in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He was born in East Douglas, Massachusetts, and moved to Detroit in 1838. He purchased land across the Detroit River, just east of what is Windsor, Ontario, and established a distillery in 1858 in what would become Walkerville, Ontario. He began selling his whisky as Hiram Walker's Club Whisky, in containers that were "clearly marked". He used a process to make his whisky that was vastly different from all other distillers.

It became very popular, angering American distillers, who forced the US government to pass a law requiring that all foreign whiskeys state their country of origin on the label. From this point forward, Hiram Walker's Canadian Club whisky was Canada's top export whisky. He established and maintained the company town that grew around his distillery, exercising planning and control over every facet of the town, from public works to religious services to police and fire control. (Full article...)

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When alchemists first learned how to distill spirits, they called it aqua vitae, the water of life, and far from considering it the work of the devil, they thought the discovery was divinely inspired.

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— Gene Logsdon
Good Spirits: A New Look at Ol' Demon Alcohol

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Purified water is water that has been mechanically filtered or processed to remove impurities and make it suitable for use. Distilled water was the most common form of purified water but water is more frequently purified by other processes including capacitive deionization, reverse osmosis, carbon filtering, microfiltration, ultrafiltration, ultraviolet oxidation, or electrodeionization. Combinations of a number of these processes have come into use to produce ultrapure water of such high purity that its trace contaminants are measured in parts per billion (ppb) or parts per trillion (ppt).

Purified water has many uses, largely in the production of medications, in science and engineering laboratories and industries, and is produced in a range of purities. It is also used in the commercial beverage industry as the primary ingredient of any given trademarked bottling formula, in order to maintain product consistency. It can be produced on-site for immediate use or purchased in containers. Purified water in colloquial English can also refer to water that has been treated ("rendered potable") to neutralize, but not necessarily remove contaminants considered harmful to humans or animals. (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
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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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