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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 encompass coffee, tea, and hot chocolate. Caffeinated drinks that contain the stimulant caffeine, have been consumed for centuries.

In addition, alcoholic drinks such as wine, beer, and liquor, which contain the psychoactive substance ethanol, have been part of human culture for more than 8,000 years. Non-alcoholic drinks typically refer to beverages that are traditionally alcoholic—such as beer, wine, or cocktails—but are produced with a very low alcohol by volume content. This category includes beverages that have undergone processes to remove or significantly reduce alcohol, such as non-alcoholic beers and de-alcoholized wines. (Full article...)

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Various brands of energy drinks

An energy drink is a type of non-alcoholic psychoactive functional beverage containing stimulant compounds, usually caffeine (at a higher concentration than ordinary soft drinks) and taurine, which is marketed as reducing tiredness and improving performance and concentration (marketed as "energy", but distinct from food energy). They may or may not be carbonated and may also contain sugar, as well as other sweeteners, or herbal extracts, among numerous other possible ingredients. Energy drinks are different from sugar-sweetened beverages. While both energy drinks and sugar-sweetened beverages typically contain high levels of sugar, energy drinks include stimulants like caffeine and taurine and are marketed for energy, and sugar-sweetened beverages like sodas and fruit juices usually are not.

They are a subset of the larger group of energy products, which includes bars and gels, and are distinct from sports drinks, which are advertised to enhance sports performance. There are many brands and varieties in this drink category. (Full article...)

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... that The Drunkard's Progress suggests that a single social drink leads to poverty, crime, and suicide?
... that a liquor-drinking celebrity goat named Ioiô won an election for city councilman in Fortaleza?
... that 9 to 5 actor Dabney Coleman flew to New York City to pursue acting the day after an actor stopped by for a drink?
... that Yi chieftain Xiao Yedan and a Chinese Red Army military leader established an alliance by drinking chicken blood?
... that communities around the Sirinumu Dam lack reliable access to electricity and drinking water?
... that Al-Rantisi Hospital can extract drinking water from air?

... 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 1A Glencairn whisky glass. (from List of national drinks)
Image 2Coffee accessories in small shops in Baščaršija, Bosnia and Herzegovina. (from List of national drinks)
Image 3The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 4A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men. (from List of national drinks)
Image 5Many in both Peru and Chile consider pisco sour their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 6Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries. (from List of national drinks)
Image 7Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 8Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 9A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia. (from List of national drinks)
Image 10Krupnik, the national drink of Poland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 11A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 12Palm 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 13Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 14Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore. (from List of national drinks)
Image 15Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 16Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 17The 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 18A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 19Various 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 20Mai 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 21A 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 22Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China. (from List of national drinks)
Image 23The 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 24Akpeteshie is a liquor produced by distilling palm wine or sugar cane, primarily in the region of Western Africa. (from List of national 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 26Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 27Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 28Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 29Australian iced coffee served with ice-cream and coffee beans (from List of national drinks)
Image 30Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 31Piña 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 32Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. (from List of national drinks)
Image 33A classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan. (from List of national drinks)
Image 34Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 35A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of 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 37Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 38Per capita, people in Turkey drink more tea than in any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 39A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013. (from List of national drinks)
Image 40A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 41Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 42Clear 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 43Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 44Kaapi, Indian filter coffee. (from List of national drinks)
Image 45Libyan tea with peanuts (from List of national drinks)
Image 46A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 47The popular Indian drink mango lassi. (from List of national drinks)
Image 48Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 49Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 50Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)

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Tea

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A pot of tea with a pitcher of milk and cup

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Amund Ringnes (7 October 1840 – 13 January 1907) was a Norwegian businessman, brewery owner and patron.

He was born in Krødsherad, Buskerud, the son of Anders Knudsen Ringnes (1813–75), farmer, and his wife Maren Amundsdatter (1815–76). He grew up at the Ringnes farm, and commenced working at Akers Mekaniske Verksted in 1860. He left Akers Mek. Verksted in 1865, and was employed by the brewery Christiania Bryggeri. In 1876, he founded Ringnes & Compani brewery with his brother Ellef Ringnes and the businessman Axel Heiberg. It was the eighth brewery in Christiania (now Oslo), and later had its name changed to Ringnes Bryggeri. (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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Cinchona, the plant quinine was derived from

Quinine is a medication used to treat malaria and babesiosis. This includes the treatment of malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum that is resistant to chloroquine when artesunate is not available. While sometimes used for nocturnal leg cramps, quinine is not recommended for this purpose due to the risk of serious side effects. It can be taken by mouth or intravenously. Malaria resistance to quinine occurs in certain areas of the world. Quinine is also used as an ingredient in tonic water and other beverages to impart a bitter taste.

Common side effects include headache, ringing in the ears, vision issues, and sweating. More severe side effects include deafness, low blood platelets, and an irregular heartbeat. Use can make one more prone to sunburn. While it is unclear if use during pregnancy carries potential for fetal harm, treating malaria during pregnancy with quinine when appropriate is still recommended. Quinine is an alkaloid, a naturally occurring chemical compound. It possesses a C₉H₇N quinoline functional group (pyridine fused to benzene).

Quinine was first isolated in 1820 from the bark of a cinchona tree, which is native to Peru, and its molecular formula was determined by Adolph Strecker in 1854. The class of chemical compounds to which it belongs is thus called the cinchona alkaloids. Bark extracts had been used to treat malaria since at least 1632 and it was introduced to Spain as early as 1636 by Jesuit missionaries returning from the New World. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. Treatment of malaria with quinine marks the first known use of a chemical compound to treat an infectious disease. (Full article...)

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