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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, among other hot beverages. 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. 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, pastries or donuts. Many doughnut shops in Canada and the U.S. serve coffee as an accompaniment to doughnuts, so these can be also classified as coffee shops, although doughnut shop tends to be more casual and serve lower-end fare which also facilitates take-out and drive-through which is popular in those countries, compared to a coffee shop or cafe which provides more gourmet pastries and beverages. In continental Europe, some cafés even serve alcoholic beverages.

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 (a canteen-type restaurant without table service). 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.

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 some insects drink the tears of their predators?
... that Robert J. O'Brien said that he did not drink alcohol, despite owning a saloon and being elected as alderman by a district containing more than 250 bars?
... 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 salt marsh snakes drink only rainwater?
... that trembleuse cups and saucers enabled people with unsteady hands to drink hot beverages?
... that a Thompson Seattle rooftop bar distributes drinks from copper containers shaped like flamingos?

... John (Johnnie) Walker, creator of Johnnie Walker whiskey, was a grocer by trade?

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Image 1A 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 2A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 32004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol (from List of drinks)
Image 4Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 5A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 6Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 7Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 8Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 9A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 10Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries. (from List of national drinks)
Image 11Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 12A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia. (from List of national drinks)
Image 13Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 14The 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 15Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 16The popular Indian drink mango lassi. (from List of national drinks)
Image 17Palm 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 18Many in both Peru and Chile consider pisco sour their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 19Piña 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 20Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore. (from List of national drinks)
Image 21Krupnik, the national drink of Poland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 22Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and the south of Brazil. (from List of national drinks)
Image 23Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 24Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 25Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 26Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. (from List of national drinks)
Image 27Australian iced coffee served with ice-cream and coffee beans (from List of national drinks)
Image 28A Glencairn whisky glass. (from List of national drinks)
Image 29Kaapi, Indian filter coffee. (from List of national drinks)
Image 30A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 31The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 32A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men. (from List of national drinks)
Image 33Akpeteshie is a liquor produced by distilling palm wine or sugar cane, primarily in the region of Western Africa. (from List of national drinks)
Image 34Libyan tea with peanuts (from List of national drinks)
Image 35Per capita, people in Turkey drink more tea than in any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 36Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 37The 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 38A classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan. (from List of national drinks)
Image 39A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013. (from List of national drinks)
Image 40Clear 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 41Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China. (from List of national drinks)
Image 42Mai 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 43Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 44Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 45Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 46Coffee accessories in small shops in Baščaršija, Bosnia and Herzegovina. (from List of national drinks)
Image 47A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 48Various 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 49Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 50Cider (from List of drinks)

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Joseph Schlitz (May 15, 1831 – May 7, 1875) was a German-American entrepreneur who made his fortune in the brewing industry. (Full article...)

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“

Good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well used.

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— William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Othello II. iii. (315)

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High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), also known as glucose–fructose (syrup), and isoglucose, is a sweetener made from corn starch. As in the production of conventional corn syrup, the starch is broken down into glucose by enzymes. To make HFCS, the corn syrup is further processed by D-xylose isomerase to convert some of its glucose into fructose. HFCS was first marketed in the early 1970s by the Clinton Corn Processing Company, together with the Japanese Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, where the enzyme was discovered in 1965.

As a sweetener, HFCS is often compared to granulated sugar, but manufacturing advantages of HFCS over sugar include that it is cheaper. "HFCS 42" and "HFCS 55" refer to dry weight fructose compositions of 42% and 55% respectively, the rest being glucose. HFCS 42 is mainly used for processed foods and breakfast cereals, whereas HFCS 55 is used mostly for production of soft drinks.

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) states that it is not aware of evidence showing that HFCS is less safe than traditional sweeteners such as sucrose and honey. Uses and exports of HFCS from American producers have grown steadily during the early 21st century.

Used in Soft drinks.

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Miscellaneous:	Drink industry • Lemonade • Limeade • Orange drink • Slush (beverage)

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