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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 encompass coffee, tea, and hot chocolate. Caffeinated drinks that contain the stimulant caffeine have been consumed for centuries.

In addition, alcoholic drinks such as wine, beer, and liquor, which contain the psychoactive substance ethanol, have been part of human culture for more than 8,000 years. Non-alcoholic drinks typically refer to beverages that are traditionally alcoholic—such as beer, wine, or cocktails—but are produced with a very low alcohol by volume content. This category includes beverages that have undergone processes to remove or significantly reduce alcohol, 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 Peruvian 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 communities around the Sirinumu Dam lack reliable access to electricity and drinking water?
... that 9 to 5 actor Dabney Coleman flew to New York City to pursue acting the day after an actor stopped by for a drink?
... that trembleuse cups and saucers enabled people with unsteady hands to drink hot beverages?
... that part of the bonus paid to bartender Gary Hoffman after he was selected in the 1984 NFL draft was a round of drinks for his friends?
... that The Banquet of Cleopatra depicts Cleopatra drinking a dissolved pearl to impress Mark Antony?
... that the chairman of the board of a Texas TV station was found to have died from drinking cyanide-laced cola?

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

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Image 1Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. (from List of national drinks)
Image 2The popular Indian drink mango lassi. (from List of national drinks)
Image 3Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 4Libyan tea with peanuts (from List of national drinks)
Image 5Palm wine is an alcoholic beverage created from the sap of various species of palm trees such as the palmyra, date palms, and coconut palms. It is known by various names in different regions and is common in various parts of Africa, the Caribbean, South America, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Micronesia. (from List of national drinks)
Image 6A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 7Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 8A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 9Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 10Krupnik, the national drink of Poland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 11A classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan. (from List of national drinks)
Image 12A Glencairn whisky glass. (from List of national drinks)
Image 13Per capita, people in Turkey drink more tea than in any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 14Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 15Mai Tai is a cocktail made of rum, Curaçao liqueur, orgeat syrup, and lime juice. It is one of the characteristic cocktails in Tiki culture. (from List of national drinks)
Image 16A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013. (from List of national drinks)
Image 17Coffee accessories in small shops in Baščaršija, Bosnia and Herzegovina. (from List of national drinks)
Image 18A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 19Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 20Many in both Peru and Chile consider pisco sour their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 21Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 22Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 23A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men. (from List of national drinks)
Image 24Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 252004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol (from List of drinks)
Image 26A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia. (from List of national drinks)
Image 27Piña colada, a cocktail made with rum, cream of coconut, and pineapple juice, usually served either blended or shaken with ice. It may be garnished with either a pineapple wedge, maraschino cherry, or both. The drink originated in Puerto Rico. (from List of national drinks)
Image 28Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 29Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore. (from List of national drinks)
Image 30Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 31Clear vodka served with pickled cucumber – the usual way of consuming vodka in Slavic countries of the so-called "vodka belt". (from List of national drinks)
Image 32Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 33The spritz is an Italian wine-based cocktail, commonly served as an apéritif across Italy. It consists of Prosecco, digestive bitters, and soda water. The original spritz veneziano uses Select as bitters and was created in Venice in 1920. (from List of national drinks)
Image 34The 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 35Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 36Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and the south of Brazil. (from List of national drinks)
Image 37Australian iced coffee served with ice-cream and coffee beans (from List of national drinks)
Image 38Kaapi, Indian filter coffee. (from List of national drinks)
Image 39Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries. (from List of national drinks)
Image 40A glass of grappa, a grape-based pomace brandy of Italian origin. Grappa is a protected name in the European Union. (from List of national drinks)
Image 41Various 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 42Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 43Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 44A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 45The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 46Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 47Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China. (from List of national drinks)
Image 48Akpeteshie is a liquor produced by distilling palm wine or sugar cane, primarily in the region of Western Africa. (from List of national drinks)
Image 49A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 50Cider (from List of drinks)

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"Flaming" cocktails contain a small amount of flammable high-proof alcohol which is ignited prior to consumption.

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"Flaming" cocktails contain a small amount of flammable high-proof alcohol which is ignited prior to consumption.

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Charles Leiper Grigg

Charles Leiper Grigg (May 11, 1868 – April 16, 1940) was an American businessman who invented 7 Up, once known as 7Up Lithiated Lemon Soda, in October 1929. Grigg became acquainted with the carbonated beverage business after moving to St. Louis, Missouri. Prior to inventing 7 Up, Grigg had created an orange soft drink named "Whistle" for the Vess Soda Company. It is still made and sold in St. Louis. (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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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; it is also used recreationally or in social settings. Caffeine acts by blocking the 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 most common sources of caffeine for human consumption are the tea leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant and the coffee bean, the seed of the Coffea plant. Some people 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 tea, coffee, 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 seen as socially acceptable in most cultures and is encouraged in some.^[vague] (Full article...)

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