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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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Mate in a traditional calabash gourd

'Mate or maté (/ˈmɑːteɪ/ MAH-tay, Spanish: [ˈmate], Portuguese: [ˈmatʃi]) is a traditional South American caffeine-rich infused herbal drink. It is also known as chimarrão or cimarrón,' and ka’ay in Guarani. It is made by soaking dried yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) leaves in hot water and is traditionally served with a metal straw (bombilla) in a container typically made from a calabash gourd (also called the mate), but also made from a cattle horn (guampa) in some areas. A very similar preparation, known as mate cocido, removes some of the plant material and sometimes comes in tea bags. Today, mate is sold commercially in tea bags and as bottled iced tea.

Mate was consumed by the Guaraní and Tupi peoples. It is the national beverage of Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay and is also consumed in the Bolivian Chaco, Brazil, Northern and Southern Chile, Lebanon and Syria, where it was brought from Paraguay and Argentina by immigrants. (Full article...)

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... 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 Phil Elverum recorded Don't Wake Me Up nocturnally, while "drinking pots of black tea all night"?
... 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 Drunkard's Progress suggests that a single social drink leads to poverty, crime, and suicide?
... that the John Snow pub is named for a shy British epidemiologist who did not drink?
... 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 demand for beer from Pittsburgh's East End Brewing Company spiked after the Pittsburgh Steelers won Super Bowl XLIII?

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

Image 1Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 2A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 3Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 4A Glencairn whisky glass. (from List of national drinks)
Image 5Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 6Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and the south of Brazil. (from List of national drinks)
Image 7Bosnian 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 8The popular Indian drink mango lassi. (from List of national drinks)
Image 9The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 10The new Seven Color Tea, a recent competitor for national drink of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 11Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 12Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (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 15Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 16Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 17Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China. (from List of national drinks)
Image 18A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 19Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 20Indian Masala chai served in a red clay tea cup. (from List of national drinks)
Image 21A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 22Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries. (from List of national drinks)
Image 23Characteristics 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 24Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 25Krupnik, a national drink of Poland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 26Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 27Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 28Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore. (from List of national drinks)
Image 29Kaapi, Indian filter coffee. (from List of national drinks)
Image 30Various 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 31A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 32Per capita, Turkey drinks more tea than any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 33A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men. (from List of national drinks)
Image 34A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013. (from List of national drinks)
Image 35Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 36Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 372004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol (from List of drinks)
Image 38A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 39A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia.
Image 40Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 41Classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan. (from List of national drinks)
Image 42Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 43Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 44Clear 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)

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Carbonation

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A close up of a glass of Coca-Cola featuring the carbonation bubbles that make soda fizz

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Paul Draper thieving wine from a barrel at Ridge Monte Bello.

Paul Draper (born March 10, 1936) is a California winemaker who has been the chief winemaker at Ridge Vineyards in California since 1969. Without any formal training in winemaking, Draper first gained recognition for his 1971 Monte Bello Cabernet Sauvignon when it placed fifth at the Judgment of Paris wine tasting. Draper has played a significant role in the history of California wine through his pioneering work in popularizing "vineyard-designated" wines as well as instigating the resurgence of old vine Zinfandel. Along with Ravenswood Winery's Joel Peterson, Draper is considered one of the most important figures in the history of Californian Zinfandel, rescuing the grape from obscurity and demonstrating its full potential as a serious wine. Draper was featured in a short film titled Terroir and directed by Christopher McGilvray which was shown at the 2017 Cinequest Film Festival. (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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Citric acid is an organic compound with the skeletal 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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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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