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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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Herbal tea in a glass teapot and cup

Herbal teas, also known as herbal infusions and less commonly called tisanes (UK and US /tɪˈzæn/, US also /tɪˈzɑːn/), are beverages made from the infusion or decoction of herbs, spices, or other plant material in hot water; they do not usually contain any true tea (Camellia sinensis). Often herb tea, or the plain term tea, is used as a reference to all sorts of herbal teas. Many herbs used in teas/tisanes are also used in herbal medicine. Some herbal blends contain true tea (e.g., the Indian classic masala chai).

The term "herbal" tea is often used to distinguish these beverages from true teas (e.g., black, green, white, yellow, oolong), which are prepared from the cured leaves of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis. Unlike true teas, most tisanes do not naturally contain caffeine (though tea can be decaffeinated, processed to remove caffeine). A number of plants, however, do contain caffeine or another stimulant, like theobromine, cocaine or ephedrine. Some have the opposite effect, acting as a sedative. Some common infusions have specific names such as mate (yerba mate) and rooibos (red bush). Hibiscus tea is one type of herbal infusion, but many described as some other plant have hibiscus as the main ingredient, or a major one. (Full article...)

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... 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 an image of MacCarthy's Bar on the front cover of a book featured a staff member posing as a nun drinking a pint of Guinness and the surprise appearance of a dog?
... that the John Snow pub is named for a shy British epidemiologist who did not drink?
... 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 Al-Rantisi Hospital can extract drinking water from air?
... that Ben Phillips replaced his friend's hair gel with superglue, put Viagra in his sports drink, and placed him on a lake while he slept on an inflatable mattress?

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

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Image 1Indian Masala chai served in a red clay tea cup. (from List of national drinks)
Image 2Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 3Classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan. (from List of national drinks)
Image 4Per capita, Turkey drinks more tea than any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 5Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 6The popular Indian drink mango lassi. (from List of national drinks)
Image 7Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 8A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 9Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and the south of Brazil. (from List of national drinks)
Image 10Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 11A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013. (from List of national drinks)
Image 12Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 13Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. (from List of national drinks)
Image 14A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men. (from List of national drinks)
Image 152004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol (from List of drinks)
Image 16Ice milk and lemon 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 18Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 19A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 20A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 21Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 22A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 23Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 24Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China. (from List of national drinks)
Image 25Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 26Characteristics 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 27Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 28Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore. (from List of national drinks)
Image 29The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 30A Glencairn whisky glass. (from List of national drinks)
Image 31Kaapi, Indian filter coffee. (from List of national drinks)
Image 32A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia.
Image 33Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 34Various 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 35Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 36Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 37Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries. (from List of national drinks)
Image 38Krupnik, a national drink of Poland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 39Bosnian 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 40Clear 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 41A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 42Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 43Many in both Peru and Chile think that pisco sour is their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 44The new Seven Color Tea, a recent competitor for national drink of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)

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Hot chocolate

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A cup of hot chocolate with whipped cream and topped with cocoa powder

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Portrait of William Horlick

William Horlick, Sr. (23 February 1846 – 25 September 1936) was an English-born food manufacturer and the original patent holder of malted milk. He emigrated to the United States in 1869, settling in Racine, Wisconsin. There he started a food company with his brother, James. Horlick was a well-known philanthropist in the Racine area. He was also a major sponsor of the Racine Legion, which played in the National Football League from 1922 until 1924. He died 25 September 1936 at the age of ninety. (Full article...)

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“

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

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— Benjamin Franklin

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Malted barley

Malting is a process applied to cereal grains, in which the grains are made to germinate by soaking in water and are then quickly halted from germinating further by drying/heating with hot air. Malting is thus a combination of two processes; namely the sprouting process and the kiln-drying process. These latter terms are often preferred when referring to the field of brewing for batches of beer or other beverages as they provide more in-depth information. Malted grain is used to make malt beer, malt whisky, malted shakes, malt vinegar, and some baked goods, such as bagels. Malting grains develops the enzymes that are required to modify the grain's starches into sugars, including monosaccharides (glucose, fructose, etc.) and disaccharides (sucrose, etc.). It also develops other enzymes, such as proteases which break down the proteins in the grain into forms which can be utilized by yeast. Barley is the most commonly malted grain in part because of its high diastatic power or enzyme content. Also very important is the retention of the grain's husk even after threshing, unlike the bare seeds of threshed wheat or rye. This protects the growing acrospire (developing plant embryo) from damage during malting, which can easily lead to mold growth. It also allows the mash of converted grain to create a filter bed during lautering (see brewing). Other grains may be malted, especially wheat.

Used in Alcoholic beverages, Milkshakes.

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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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