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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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A Pisco sour

A pisco sour is an alcoholic cocktail of Peruvian origin that is traditional to both Peruvian and Chilean cuisine. The drink's name comes from pisco, a brandy which is its base liquor, and the cocktail term sour, implying sour citrus juice and sweetener components. The Peruvian pisco sour uses Peruvian pisco and adds freshly squeezed lime 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 Maxine North swore never to return to Thailand after the death of her undercover CIA husband, but ultimately settled there and introduced bottled water to the country?
... that The Drunkard's Progress suggests that a single social drink leads to poverty, crime, and suicide?
... 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 salt marsh snakes drink only rainwater?
... that the "Mayor of Picklesburgh" is decided by a pickle juice drinking competition?

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

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Image 1A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 2The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh (from List of national drinks)
Image 3A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 4Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 5Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 6Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 7An Italian cappuccino, an espresso-based coffee drink, served in the appropriate cup (from List of national drinks)
Image 8Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 9Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore (from List of national drinks)
Image 10Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China (from List of national drinks)
Image 11Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and the south of Brazil (from List of national drinks)
Image 12Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 13Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries (from List of national drinks)
Image 14Classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan (from List of national drinks)
Image 15Krupnik, a national drink of Poland (from List of national drinks)
Image 16A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia
Image 17A Glencairn whisky glass (from List of national drinks)
Image 18The 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 19The popular Indian drink mango lassi (from List of national drinks)
Image 20Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 21Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 22Indian Masala chai served in a red clay tea cup (from List of national drinks)
Image 23A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men (from List of national drinks)
Image 24Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe (from List of national drinks)
Image 25Kaapi, Indian filter coffee (from List of national drinks)
Image 26Bosnian 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 27A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 28A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 29A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 30Per capita, people in Turkey drink more tea than in any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 31Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 32Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 33An Italian grappa, a grape-based pomace brandy (from List of national drinks)
Image 34The new Seven Color Tea, a recent competitor for national drink of Bangladesh (from List of national drinks)
Image 35Various 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 36Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 37Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 38Many in both Peru and Chile think that pisco sour is their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 39Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 40Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 41Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 42A spritz, an Italian wine-based cocktail (from List of national drinks)
Image 43Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 44Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 452004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol (from List of drinks)
Image 46Clear 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 47A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013 (from List of national drinks)
Image 48Characteristics 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)

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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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Joseph Schlitz (May 15, 1831 – May 7, 1875) was a German-American entrepreneur who made his fortune in the brewing industry. (Full article...)

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You can no more keep a martini in the refrigerator than you can keep a kiss there. The proper union of gin and vermouth is a great and sudden glory; it is one of the happiest marriages on earth, and one of the shortest-lived.

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— Bernard DeVoto
Harper's Magazine (December 1949)

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hybrid skeletal structure of the caffeine molecule

Caffeine is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant of the methylxanthine class and is the most commonly consumed psychoactive substance globally. It is mainly used for its eugeroic (wakefulness promoting), ergogenic (physical performance-enhancing), or nootropic (cognitive-enhancing) properties. Caffeine acts by blocking binding of adenosine at a number of adenosine receptor types, inhibiting the centrally depressant effects of adenosine and enhancing the release of acetylcholine. Caffeine has a three-dimensional structure similar to that of adenosine, which allows it to bind and block its receptors. Caffeine also increases cyclic AMP levels through nonselective inhibition of phosphodiesterase, increases calcium release from intracellular stores, and antagonizes GABA receptors, although these mechanisms typically occur at concentrations beyond usual human consumption.

Caffeine is a bitter, white crystalline purine, a methylxanthine alkaloid, and is chemically related to the adenine and guanine bases of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA). It is found in the seeds, fruits, nuts, or leaves of a number of plants native to Africa, East Asia and South America and helps to protect them against herbivores and from competition by preventing the germination of nearby seeds, as well as encouraging consumption by select animals such as honey bees. The best-known source of caffeine is the coffee bean, the seed of the Coffea plant. People may drink beverages containing caffeine to relieve or prevent drowsiness and to improve cognitive performance. To make these drinks, caffeine is extracted by steeping the plant product in water, a process called infusion. Caffeine-containing drinks, such as coffee, tea, and cola, are consumed globally in high volumes. In 2020, almost 10 million tonnes of coffee beans were consumed globally. Caffeine is the world's most widely consumed psychoactive drug. Unlike most other psychoactive substances, caffeine remains largely unregulated and legal in nearly all parts of the world. Caffeine is also an outlier as its use is seen as socially acceptable in most cultures with it even being encouraged. (Full article...)

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Miscellaneous:	Drink industry • Lemonade • Limeade • Orange drink • Slush (beverage)

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