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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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Condensed milk from a plastic tube package

Condensed milk is cow's milk from which water has been removed (roughly 60% of it). It is most often found with sugar added, in the form of sweetened condensed milk, to the extent that the terms "condensed milk" and "sweetened condensed milk" are often used interchangeably today. Sweetened condensed milk is a very thick, sweet product, which when canned can last for years without refrigeration if not opened. The product is used in numerous dessert dishes in many countries.

A related product is evaporated milk, which has undergone a lengthier preservation process because it is not sweetened. Evaporated milk is known in some countries as unsweetened condensed milk. (Full article...)

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... that Phil Elverum recorded Don't Wake Me Up nocturnally, while "drinking pots of black tea all night"?
... that salt marsh snakes drink only rainwater?
... 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 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 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 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 Baileys Irish Cream was the first liqueur to use cream and alcohol together in a manner sufficiently stable to allow commercial distribution?

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Image 1Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 2Per capita, Turkey drinks more tea than any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 3An Italian cappuccino, an espresso-based coffee drink, served in the appropriate cup (from List of national drinks)
Image 4A spritz, an Italian wine-based cocktail (from List of national drinks)
Image 5Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 6Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore. (from List of national drinks)
Image 7Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 8A Glencairn whisky glass. (from List of national drinks)
Image 9Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 10The new Seven Color Tea, a recent competitor for national drink of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 11Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 12Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 13Clear 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 14A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia.
Image 15The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 16Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 17Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries. (from List of national drinks)
Image 18Many in both Peru and Chile think that pisco sour is their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 19Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 20A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 21Classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan. (from List of national drinks)
Image 22A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 23A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 24Krupnik, a national drink of Poland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 25Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 26Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 27Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 28A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 29The popular Indian drink mango lassi. (from List of national drinks)
Image 30Indian Masala chai served in a red clay tea cup. (from List of national drinks)
Image 312004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol (from List of drinks)
Image 32Characteristics 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 33Kaapi, Indian filter coffee. (from List of national drinks)
Image 34Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 35Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 36Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 37Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and the south of Brazil. (from List of national drinks)
Image 38A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men. (from List of national drinks)
Image 39Various 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 40Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 41The 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 42A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of 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 44Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 45A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013. (from List of national drinks)
Image 46An Italian grappa, a grape-based pomace brandy (from List of national drinks)
Image 47Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. (from List of national drinks)
Image 48Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China. (from List of national drinks)

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A glass of ruby Port wine

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Pemberton, before 1888

John Stith Pemberton (July 8, 1831 – August 16, 1888) was an American pharmacist and Confederate States Army veteran who is best known as the inventor of Coca-Cola. On May 8, 1886, he developed an early version of a beverage that would later become Coca-Cola, but sold the rights to the drink shortly before his death in 1888.

He suffered from a sabre wound sustained in April 1865, during the Battle of Columbus. His efforts to control his chronic pain led to morphine addiction. In an attempt to curb his addiction he began to experiment with various painkillers and toxins. The development of an earlier beverage blending alcohol and cocaine led to the recipe that later was adapted to make Coca-Cola. (Full article...)

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If you are cold, tea will warm you. If you are heated, it will cool you. If you are depressed, it will cheer you. If you are excited, it will calm you.

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— William Ewart Gladstone

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Cinchona, the plant quinine was derived from

Quinine is a medication used to treat malaria and babesiosis. This includes the treatment of malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum that is resistant to chloroquine when artesunate is not available. While sometimes used for nocturnal leg cramps, quinine is not recommended for this purpose due to the risk of serious side effects. It can be taken by mouth or intravenously. Malaria resistance to quinine occurs in certain areas of the world. Quinine is also used as an ingredient in tonic water and other beverages to impart a bitter taste.

Common side effects include headache, ringing in the ears, vision issues, and sweating. More severe side effects include deafness, low blood platelets, and an irregular heartbeat. Use can make one more prone to sunburn. While it is unclear if use during pregnancy carries potential for fetal harm, treating malaria during pregnancy with quinine when appropriate is still recommended. Quinine is an alkaloid, a naturally occurring chemical compound. How it works as a medicine is not entirely clear.

Quinine was first isolated in 1820 from the bark of a cinchona tree, which is native to Peru, and its molecular formula was determined by Adolph Strecker in 1854. The class of chemical compounds to which it belongs is thus called the cinchona alkaloids. Bark extracts had been used to treat malaria since at least 1632 and it was introduced to Spain as early as 1636 by Jesuit missionaries returning from the New World. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. Treatment of malaria with quinine marks the first known use of a chemical compound to treat an infectious disease. (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
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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