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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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Champagne is often served in specialized stemware.

Champagne (/ʃæmˈpeɪn/, French: [ʃɑ̃paɲ] ) is a sparkling wine originated and produced in the Champagne wine region of France under the rules of the appellation, which demand specific vineyard practices, sourcing of grapes exclusively from designated places within it, specific grape-pressing methods and secondary fermentation of the wine in the bottle to cause carbonation.

The grapes Pinot noir, Pinot meunier, and Chardonnay are used to produce almost all Champagne, but small amounts of Pinot blanc, Pinot gris (called Fromenteau in Champagne), Arbane, and Petit Meslier are vinified as well.

Champagne became associated with royalty in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. The leading manufacturers made efforts to associate their Champagnes with nobility and royalty through advertising and packaging, which led to its popularity among the emerging middle class. (Full article...)

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... that in 1776 Abraham Hunt entertained Hessian mercenaries with food and drink to render them incapable for duty the night before George Washington defeated them at Trenton?
... that the John Snow pub is named for a shy British epidemiologist who did not drink?
... 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 Phil Elverum recorded Don't Wake Me Up nocturnally, while "drinking pots of black tea all night"?
... 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 Absinthe, which contains distillates of wormwood, was illegal in the United States until 2007?

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The following are images from various drink-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and the south of Brazil. (from List of national drinks)
Image 2A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia.
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 4Krupnik, a national drink of Poland. (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 6A Glencairn whisky glass. (from List of national drinks)
Image 7Various 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 8Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 9Classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan. (from List of national drinks)
Image 10Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 11A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 12Characteristics 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 13Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. (from List of national drinks)
Image 14Many in both Peru and Chile think that pisco sour is their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 15Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 16The popular Indian drink mango lassi. (from List of national drinks)
Image 17Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 18Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries. (from List of national drinks)
Image 19Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 20Per capita, Turkey drinks more tea than any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 21Bosnian 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 22A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men. (from List of national drinks)
Image 23A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013. (from List of national drinks)
Image 24Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China. (from List of national drinks)
Image 25Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 26Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 27Indian Masala chai served in a red clay tea cup. (from List of national drinks)
Image 28Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 29Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 30A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic 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 32Kaapi, Indian filter coffee. (from List of national drinks)
Image 33The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 34Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore. (from List of national drinks)
Image 35Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 36A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 37Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 38Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 39A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 40Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 41A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 42Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 43Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 44Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)

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Credit: Gigo Gabashvili

An image of an inebriated Khevsur man from 1880

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Isaac Wolfe Bernheim (November 4, 1848 – April 1, 1945) was an American businessman notable for starting the I. W. Harper brand of premium bourbon whiskey (a historically important brand currently owned by Diageo). The success of his distillery and distribution business helped to consolidate the Louisville area as a major center of Kentucky bourbon distilling. Bernheim was also a philanthropist, establishing the 14,000-acre (5,700 ha; 22 sq mi) Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest in Bullitt County. (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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Citric acid is an organic compound with the chemical formula H O C(CO₂H)(CH₂CO₂H)₂. It is a colorless weak organic acid. It occurs naturally in citrus fruits. In biochemistry, it is an intermediate in the citric acid cycle, which occurs in the metabolism of all aerobic organisms.

More than two million tons of citric acid are manufactured every year. It is used widely as an acidifier, as a flavoring, and a chelating agent.

A citrate is a derivative of citric acid; that is, the salts, esters, and the polyatomic anion found in solutions and salts of citric acid. An example of the former, a salt is trisodium citrate; an ester is triethyl citrate. When citrate trianion is part of a salt, the formula of the citrate trianion is written as C
₆H
₅O³⁻
₇ or C
₃H
₅O(COO)³⁻
₃.

Used in Soft drinks, Sports drinks.

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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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