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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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A Pisco sour

A pisco sour is an alcoholic cocktail of Peruvian origin that is typical of Peruvian cuisine and Chilean cuisine. The drink's name comes from pisco, which is its base liquor, and the cocktail term sour, about sour citrus juice and sweetener components. The Peruvian pisco sour uses Peruvian pisco as the base liquor and adds freshly squeezed lemon juice, simple syrup, ice, egg white, and Angostura bitters. The Chilean version is similar, but uses Chilean pisco and Pica lime, and excludes the bitters and egg white. Other variants of the cocktail include those created with fruits like pineapple or plants such as coca leaves.

Although the preparation of pisco-based mixed beverages possibly dates back to the 1700s, historians and drink experts agree that the cocktail as it is known today was invented in the early 1920s in Lima, the capital of Peru, by the American bartender Victor Vaughen Morris. Morris left the United States in 1903 to work in Cerro de Pasco, a city in central Peru. In 1916, he opened Morris' Bar in Lima, and his saloon quickly became a popular spot for the Peruvian upper class and English-speaking foreigners. The oldest known mentions of the pisco sour are found in newspaper and magazine advertisements, dating to the early 1920s, for Morris and his bar published in Peru and Chile. The pisco sour underwent several changes until Mario Bruiget, a Peruvian bartender working at Morris' Bar, created the modern Peruvian recipe for the cocktail in the latter part of the 1920s by adding Angostura bitters and egg whites to the mix. (Full article...)

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... that tourists on holiday trips arranged by the Finland travel agency Keihäsmatkat were encouraged to drink alcoholic beverages, partly to avoid culture shock?
... 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 Wilson Cary Swann organized the construction of several drinking fountains in Philadelphia, in part to stop people from drinking alcohol?
... that after drinking five glasses of "purging" mineral water from the Physic Well on Barnet Common, Samuel Pepys had to break his journey back to London seven or eight times to relieve himself?
... that Schloss Freudenberg and its park in Wiesbaden-Dotzheim offer an exhibition for the senses, with a Dunkelbar for drinking in darkness?

... that 7-Up originally contained lithium citrate, a mood-stabilizing drug?

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Image 1Clear 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 2Indian Masala chai served in a red clay tea cup. (from List of national drinks)
Image 3Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 4A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 5Hot chocolate served with a croissant (from List of drinks)
Image 6A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 7Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 8Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 9The popular Indian drink mango lassi. (from List of national drinks)
Image 10A berele glass containing tej, which is a mead or honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia.
Image 11The new Seven Color Tea, a recent competitor for national drink of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 12Espresso brewing, with a dark reddish-brown foam, called crema (from List of drinks)
Image 13Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 14Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 15A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013 (from List of national drinks)
Image 16A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of 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 18Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. (from List of national drinks)
Image 19Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 20A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 21Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 22Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 23Many in both Peru and Chile think that pisco sour is their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 24Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 25Classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan (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 27Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 28The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 29Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries. (from List of national drinks)
Image 30Characteristics 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 31Kaapi, Indian filter coffee. (from List of national drinks)
Image 32Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay (from List of national drinks)
Image 33Bosnian 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 34Krupnik, a national drink of Poland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 35Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 36Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China (from List of national drinks)
Image 37Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 38Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 39Singapore Sling (from List of national drinks)
Image 40A Glencairn whisky glass. (from List of national drinks)
Image 41Per capita, Turkey drinks more tea than any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 42Various 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 43A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men. (from List of national drinks)
Image 44A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 45Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 46Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 47A glass of cola served with ice cubes and lemon (from List of drinks)

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A glass of iced Coca Cola in its signature logo glass

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Pierre Brejoux was Inspector General of the Appellation d'Origine Controlee Board, which controls the production of top French wines. he served as an expert wine taster in the Paris Wine Tasting of 1976. In the blind tasting, California wines won both the red and white wine categories. After the tasting, there were many calls for him to resign his position as Inspector General because so many people and groups were highly displeased with the results. He later revealed to George Taber that he traveled to California in 1974 and 'learned a lot - to my surprise...'. Brejoux also authored several books on French wine. (Full article...)

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Frederick Miller Adolphus Busch John Stith Pemberton Jack Daniel Paul Draper (winemaker) Joseph Schlitz Charles Leiper Grigg Augustin Thompson 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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“

I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man.

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— Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
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Rice is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa (Asian rice) or less commonly O. 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, particularly 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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Miscellaneous:	Drink industry • Lemonade • Limeade • Orange drink • Slush (beverage)

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