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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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The Café de Flore in Paris is one of the oldest coffeehouses in the city. It is celebrated for its famous clientele, which included high-profile writers and philosophers

A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café (French: [kafe] ), is an establishment that serves various types of coffee, espresso, latte, americano and cappuccino. Some coffeehouses may serve iced coffee among other cold beverages, such as iced tea, as well as other non-caffeinated beverages. A coffeehouse may also serve food, such as light snacks, sandwiches, muffins, cakes, breads, donuts or pastries. In continental Europe, some cafés also serve alcoholic beverages. Coffeehouses range from owner-operated small businesses to large multinational corporations. Some coffeehouse chains operate on a franchise business model, with numerous branches across various countries around the world.

While café may refer to a coffeehouse, the term "café" can also refer to a diner, British café (also colloquially called a "caff"), "greasy spoon" (a small and inexpensive restaurant), transport café, teahouse or tea room, or other casual eating and drinking place. A coffeehouse may share some of the same characteristics of a bar or restaurant, but it is different from a cafeteria. Many coffeehouses in West Asia offer shisha (actually called nargile in Levantine Arabic, Greek, and Turkish), flavored tobacco smoked through a hookah. An espresso bar is a type of coffeehouse that specializes in serving espresso and espresso-based drinks.

From a cultural standpoint coffeehouses largely serve as centers of social interaction: a coffeehouse provides patrons with a place to congregate, talk, read, write, entertain one another, or pass the time, whether individually or in small groups. A coffeehouse can serve as an informal social club for its regular members. As early as the 1950s Beatnik era and the 1960s folk music scene, coffeehouses have hosted singer-songwriter performances, typically in the evening. The digital age saw the rise of the Internet café along similar principles. (Full article...)

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... that Assyrian Christian couples drink dust from the tombs of martyrs and are crowned during their weddings?
... that the "Mayor of Picklesburgh" is decided by a pickle juice drinking competition?
... 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 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 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 when Ted Hough was signed by Southampton Football Club, his "transfer fee" was a round of 52 pints of beer?

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Image 1Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 2A spritz, an Italian wine-based cocktail (from List of national drinks)
Image 3Clear 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 4A Glencairn whisky glass (from List of national drinks)
Image 5The new Seven Color Tea, a recent competitor for national drink of Bangladesh (from List of national drinks)
Image 6Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 7Many in both Peru and Chile think that pisco sour is their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 8Per capita, people in Turkey drink more tea than in any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 9Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 10A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 11Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 12A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia
Image 13A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 14Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 15A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 16The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh (from List of national drinks)
Image 17An Italian cappuccino, an espresso-based coffee drink, served in the appropriate cup (from List of national drinks)
Image 18Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries (from List of national drinks)
Image 19Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 20Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 21Various 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 22A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men (from List of national drinks)
Image 23An Italian grappa, a grape-based pomace brandy (from List of national drinks)
Image 24Krupnik, a national drink of Poland (from List of national drinks)
Image 25A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 26Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 27Kaapi, Indian filter coffee (from List of national drinks)
Image 28The popular Indian drink mango lassi (from List of national drinks)
Image 29A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013 (from List of national drinks)
Image 30Classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan (from List of national drinks)
Image 31Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 32Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 33Characteristics 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 34Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 35Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 36Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 37Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 38Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore (from List of national drinks)
Image 39The 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 40Indian Masala chai served in a red clay tea cup (from List of national drinks)
Image 41Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China (from List of national drinks)
Image 42Bosnian 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 432004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol (from List of drinks)
Image 44A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 45Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe (from List of national drinks)
Image 46Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and the south of Brazil (from List of national drinks)
Image 47Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 48Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)

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Coca Cola in its signature logo glass

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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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“

...good company, good wine, good welcome, can make good people.

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— William Shakespeare
Henry VIII

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Bottle for distilled water in the Royal Academy of Pharmacy (Spain)

Purified water is water that has been mechanically filtered or processed to remove impurities and make it suitable for use. Distilled water was, formerly, the most common form of purified water, but, in recent years, water is more frequently purified by other processes including capacitive deionization, reverse osmosis, carbon filtering, microfiltration, ultrafiltration, ultraviolet oxidation, or electrodeionization. Combinations of a number of these processes have come into use to produce ultrapure water of such high purity that its trace contaminants are measured in parts per billion (ppb) or parts per trillion (ppt).

Purified water has many uses, largely in the production of medications, in science and engineering laboratories and industries, and is produced in a range of purities. It is also used in the commercial beverage industry as the primary ingredient of any given trademarked bottling formula, in order to maintain product consistency. It can be produced on-site for immediate use or purchased in containers. Purified water in colloquial English can also refer to water that has been treated ("rendered potable") to neutralize, but not necessarily remove contaminants considered harmful to humans or animals. (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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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.

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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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