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Tea is the second‑most‑consumed drink in the world, after water.

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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Plain milk kefir being poured

Kefir (also spelled as kephir or kefier, Russian: Кефир; Adyghe: Къундэпс; Karachay-Balkar: Гыпы) (/kəˈfɪər/ kə-FEER) is a fermented milk drink similar to a thin yogurt or ayran that is made from kefir grains, a specific type of mesophilic symbiotic culture. The drink originated in the North Caucasus, in particular the Elbrus region along the upper mountainous sections of Circassia, Karachay and Balkaria from where it came to Russia, and from there it spread to Europe and the United States, where it is prepared by inoculating the milk of cows, goats, or sheep with kefir grains.

The principal human benefit of consuming kefir, rather than the milk that it is produced from, is that adults often lose the ability to digest lactose and therefore may have difficulty or digestive problems absorbing the nutrients and minerals usually present in animal milk; kefir converts milk into a low-lactose beverage that still retains all of milk's nutritional benefits. The dense concentration of certain bacteria and yeast in kefir is also believed to aid digestion in much the same way that yoghurt does. (Full article...)

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... that Wilson Cary Swann organized the construction of several drinking fountains in Philadelphia, in part to stop people from drinking alcohol?
... 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 Jackie Summers quit his corporate job to pursue a "lifelong dream of day-drinking professionally"?
... that Julian Wylie, known as the King of Pantomime, "never took to drink, he took to ice-cream"?
... that a night-time guard at the Bank of the Metropolis once left the bank unprotected when he went out for a drink?
... that the River Poddle, the main water source of the city of Dublin for over 500 years, was later so polluted by industry that it allegedly killed cattle and horses drinking from it?

... John (Johnnie) Walker, creator of Johnnie Walker whiskey, was a grocer by trade?

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Image 1Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 2Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 3Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 4Per capita, Turkey drinks more tea than any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 5Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries. (from List of national drinks)
Image 6Singapore Sling (from List of national drinks)
Image 7Bottles of Sombai infused rice wine with hand-painted images of Angkor temples (from List of national drinks)
Image 8Clear 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 92004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol. (from List of drinks)
Image 10Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. (from List of national drinks)
Image 11A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 12Espresso brewing, with a dark reddish-brown foam, called crema (from List of drinks)
Image 13A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 14Indian Masala chai served in a red clay tea cup. (from List of national drinks)
Image 15Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 16Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 17Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 18Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 19Flaming cocktails (from List of drinks)
Image 20A glass of cola served with ice cubes and lemon (from List of drinks)
Image 21Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 22Classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan (from List of national drinks)
Image 23Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 24A berele glass containing tej, which is a mead or honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia.
Image 25A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 26The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 27Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 28Krating Daeng, an energy drink, created in Thailand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 29Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 30Many in both Peru and Chile think that pisco sour is their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 31A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013 (from List of national drinks)
Image 32A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 33Hot chocolate served with a croissant (from List of drinks)
Image 34Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 35The popular Indian drink mango lassi. (from List of national drinks)
Image 36Kaapi, Indian filter coffee. (from List of national drinks)
Image 37Krupnik, a national drink of Poland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 38The new Seven Color Tea, a recent competitor for national drink of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 39Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 40Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 41A Glencairn whisky glass. (from List of national drinks)
Image 42A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 43Bosnian 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 44Various 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 45A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men. (from List of national drinks)
Image 46Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay (from List of national drinks)
Image 47Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China (from List of national drinks)
Image 48Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 49Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)

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Toast (honor)

Credit: Wolfgang Sauber

A postcard from the late 1800s featuring a lady toasting the reader

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Augustin Thompson (Union, Maine on November 25, 1835 – June 8, 1903) was a physician, businessman and philanthropist who created the Moxie soft drink and the company that manufactures it (now part of the Kirin Holdings Company of Tokyo, Japan). (Full article...)

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Frederick Miller Adolphus Busch John Stith Pemberton Jack Daniel Pierre Brejoux Paul Draper (winemaker) Joseph Schlitz Charles Leiper Grigg Robert Mondavi John Walker (grocer) Frederick Pabst Caleb Bradham Isaac Wolfe Bernheim Bronfman family Elijah Craig Hiram Walker Harry C. Hatch Zong Qinghou Mohamed Yehia Zakaria Dietrich Mateschitz Jean-Claude Beton Melitta Bentz Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi Amund Ringnes (brewery owner, 1840) Ludwig Roselius Anthony T. Rossi William Horlick

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“

Good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well used.

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— William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Othello II. iii. (315)

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Rice is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa (Asian rice) or less commonly Oryza glaberrima (African rice). The name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera Zizania and Porteresia, both wild and domesticated, although the term may also be used for primitive or uncultivated varieties of Oryza.

As a cereal grain, domesticated rice is the most widely consumed staple food for over half of the world's human population, especially in Asia and Africa. It is the agricultural commodity with the third-highest worldwide production, after sugarcane and maize. Since sizable portions of sugarcane and maize crops are used for purposes other than human consumption, rice is the most important food crop with regard to human nutrition and caloric intake, providing more than one-fifth of the calories consumed worldwide by humans. There are many varieties of rice and culinary preferences tend to vary regionally.

The traditional method for cultivating rice is flooding the fields while, or after, setting the young seedlings. This simple method requires sound irrigation planning but reduces the growth of less robust weed and pest plants that have no submerged growth state, and deters vermin. While flooding is not mandatory for the cultivation of rice, all other methods of irrigation require higher effort in weed and pest control during growth periods and a different approach for fertilizing the soil.

Used in Beer, Rice wine, Whiskey.

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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.

WikiProject Beer – covers Wikipedia's coverage of beer and breweries and microbreweries

WikiProject Wine – aims to compile thorough and accurate information on different vineyards, wineries and varieties of wines, including but not limited to their qualities, origins, and uses.

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