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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 pint of ale.

Ale is a type of beer brewed from malted barley using a top-fermenting brewers' yeast. This yeast ferments the beer quickly, giving it a sweet, full bodied and fruity taste. Most ales contain hops, which impart a bitter herbal flavour that helps to balance the sweetness of the malt and preserve the beer. The other major style of beer is lager, which is bottom-fermented.

Ales are common in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium, Germany, the eastern provinces of Canada and among craft beer consumers in the United States. The German word for "top-fermenting" is "obergärig"; the French equivalent is "Haute fermentation".

Ale typically takes 3 to 4 weeks to make, although some varieties can take as long as 4 months. The Sumerians are credited with discovering beer in approximately 3000 BCE. They made ales in a shorter time than those made by modern techniques because they did not add any hops. Lagers take longer than ales to make and tend to be less sweet. (Full article...)

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... that the John Snow pub is named for a shy British epidemiologist who did not drink?
... that the "Mayor of Picklesburgh" is decided by a pickle juice drinking competition?
... that Assyrian Christian couples drink dust from the tombs of martyrs and are crowned during their weddings?
... 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 Drunkard's Progress suggests that a single social drink leads to poverty, crime, and suicide?
... 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 when Ted Hough was signed by Southampton Football Club, his "transfer fee" was a round of 52 pints of beer?

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

Image 1Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 2Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 3Characteristics 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 4Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 5Classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan. (from List of national drinks)
Image 6Many in both Peru and Chile think that pisco sour is their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 7Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore. (from List of national drinks)
Image 8A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 9Bosnian 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 10Krupnik, a national drink of Poland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 11A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 12Kaapi, Indian filter coffee. (from List of national drinks)
Image 13Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 14Per capita, Turkey drinks more tea than any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 15A Glencairn whisky glass. (from List of national drinks)
Image 16Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 17Clear 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 18Various 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 19A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 20A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 21A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men. (from List of national drinks)
Image 22Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 23Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 24Bottled beer (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 26Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 27Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 28A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013. (from List of national drinks)
Image 29The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 30The new Seven Color Tea, a recent competitor for national drink of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 31A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 32The popular Indian drink mango lassi. (from List of national drinks)
Image 33A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia.
Image 34Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 35Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national 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 37Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. (from List of national drinks)
Image 38Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 39Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 40Indian Masala chai served in a red clay tea cup. (from List of national drinks)
Image 41Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries. (from List of national drinks)
Image 42Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 43Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China. (from List of national drinks)
Image 44Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (from List of alcoholic drinks)

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Mineral water

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A glass of mineral water being poured

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The Bronfman family is a Canadian family, known for its extensive business holdings. It owes its initial fame to Samuel Bronfman (1889–1971), the most influential Canadian Jew of the mid-20th century, who made a fortune in the alcoholic distilled beverage business during American prohibition, including the sale of liquor through organized crime, through founding the Seagram Company, and who later became president of the Canadian Jewish Congress (1939–62).

The family is of Russian-Jewish and Romanian-Jewish ancestry; the patriarch, Yechiel (Ekiel) Bronfman, was originally a tobacco farmer from Bessarabia. According to The New York Times staff reporter Nathaniel Popper, the Bronfman family is "perhaps the single largest force in the Jewish charitable world". (Full article...)

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“

And malt does more than Milton can
To justify God's ways to man.

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— A. E. Housman
A Shropshire Lad LXII.

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hybrid skeletal structure of the caffeine molecule

Caffeine is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant of the methylxanthine class. It is mainly used as a eugeroic (wakefulness promoter) or as a mild cognitive enhancer to increase alertness and attentional performance. Caffeine acts by blocking binding of adenosine to the adenosine A₁ receptor, which enhances release of the neurotransmitter 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.

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 best-known source of caffeine is the coffee bean, the seed of the Coffea plant. People may 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 coffee, tea, 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 also an outlier as its use is seen as socially acceptable in most cultures and even encouraged in others. (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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