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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 Al-Rantisi Hospital can extract drinking water from air?
... that the John Snow pub is named for a shy British epidemiologist who did not drink?
... that salt marsh snakes drink only rainwater?
... that Assyrian Christian couples drink dust from the tombs of martyrs and are crowned during their weddings?
... 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 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 1A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 2A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 3Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 4The 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 5Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 6A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 7Krupnik, a national drink of Poland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 8Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national 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 10Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 11Per capita, Turkey drinks more tea than any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 12Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 13Bosnian 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 14Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. (from List of national drinks)
Image 15Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries. (from List of national drinks)
Image 16Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 17Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore. (from List of national drinks)
Image 18Kaapi, Indian filter coffee. (from List of national drinks)
Image 19Many in both Peru and Chile think that pisco sour is their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 202004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol (from List of drinks)
Image 21A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 22Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 23Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 24Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 25The new Seven Color Tea, a recent competitor for national drink of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 26A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men. (from List of national drinks)
Image 27Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 28The popular Indian drink mango lassi. (from List of national drinks)
Image 29Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 30Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China. (from List of national drinks)
Image 31Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national 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 33The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 34Clear 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 35Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 36A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013. (from List of national drinks)
Image 37Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 38A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia.
Image 39Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 40Indian Masala chai served in a red clay tea cup. (from List of national drinks)
Image 41A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 42Various 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 43Classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan. (from List of national drinks)
Image 44A Glencairn whisky glass. (from List of national drinks)
Image 45Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)

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A glass of ruby Port wine

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Harold Clifford "Harry" Hatch (1884–1946) was a millionaire industrialist from Prince Edward County, Ontario, specializing in the business of wine and spirits.

Hatch started out with a small liquor store in Whitby, Ontario, and prospered to the point where he was able to purchase the controlling interest of Gooderham & Worts Ltd. in 1923. Four years later, Hatch acquired Hiram Walker & Sons Ltd. based in Walkerville, Ontario, and in 1927 merged the two companies under the parent company of Hiram Walker-Gooderham & Worts Limited. The company was one of a number of Canadian distillers who prospered by shipping their products into the United States during the Prohibition era from 1920 to 1933. (Full article...)

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“

There's nought, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and true religion

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— Lord Byron
Don Juan

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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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