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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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Plain milk kefir being poured

Kefir ( /kəˈfɪər/ kə-FEER; also spelled as kephir or kefier; Russian: кефир; Polish: kefir; Karachay-Balkar: гыпы) is a fermented milk drink similar to a thin yogurt or ayran that is made from kefir grains, a specific type of mesophilic symbiotic culture. It is prepared by inoculating the milk of cows, goats, or sheep with kefir grains.

Karachays and Balkars are the creators of Kefir and Kefir Yeast. The drink originated in the North Caucasus, in particular the Elbrus region along the upper mountainous sections of Karachay and Balkaria, from where it came to Russia, and from there it spread worldwide. Kefir is a common breakfast, lunch or dinner drink consumed in countries of western Eurasia. Kefir is consumed at any time of the day, such as with zelnik (zeljanica), burek and banitsa/ gibanica, as well as in cold soups. ( Full article...)

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... 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 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 Al-Rantisi Hospital can extract drinking water from air?
... that salt marsh snakes drink only rainwater?
... that the "Mayor of Picklesburgh" is decided by a pickle juice drinking competition?
... 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 7-Up originally contained lithium citrate, a mood-stabilizing drug?

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

Image 1Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 2The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 3A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 4A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 5A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 6 Kaapi, Indian filter coffee. (from List of national drinks)
Image 7Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 8 Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 9Characteristics 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 10 Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries. (from List of national drinks)
Image 11Bosnian 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 12 Espresso brewing, with a dark reddish-brown foam, called crema (from List of drinks)
Image 13 Krupnik, a national drink of Poland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 14The popular Indian drink mango lassi. (from List of national drinks)
Image 15 Hot chocolate served with a croissant (from List of drinks)
Image 16 Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 17Indian Masala chai served in a red clay tea cup. (from List of national drinks)
Image 18 Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore. (from List of national drinks)
Image 19A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men. (from List of national drinks)
Image 20Various 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 21A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia.
Image 22Many in both Peru and Chile think that pisco sour is their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 23A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 24Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. (from List of national drinks)
Image 25 Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 26Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 27 Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 28Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China. (from List of national drinks)
Image 29 Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 30 Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 31 Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 32 Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 33A glass of cola served with ice cubes and lemon (from List of drinks)
Image 34Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 35 Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and the south of Brazil. (from List of national drinks)
Image 36Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 37The new Seven Color Tea, a recent competitor for national drink of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 38Classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan. (from List of national drinks)
Image 39 Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 40 Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 41 Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 42A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 43A Glencairn whisky glass. (from List of national drinks)
Image 44A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013. (from List of national drinks)
Image 45Clear 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 462004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol (from List of drinks)
Image 47 Per capita, Turkey drinks more tea than any other nation. (from List of national drinks)

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Flaming drink

Credit: Nik Frey (niksan)

"Flaming" cocktails contain a small amount of flammable high-proof alcohol which is ignited prior to consumption.

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Anthony Talamo Rossi (September 13, 1900 – January 24, 1993) was an Italian-born American who founded Tropicana Products, a producer of orange juice, in 1947 in Bradenton, Florida. It grew from 50 employees to over 8,000 in 2004, expanding into multiple product lines and becoming one of the world's largest producers and marketers of citrus juice.

Rossi was an early pioneer in including Florida's citrus juices in school meal programs. He also became a noted religiously-oriented businessman, making annual pilgrimages back to Sicily where he helped build a church and mission. In the U.S., he married Sana Barlow and endowed the Aurora Foundation, which has funded various Christian programs. ( Full article...)

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You can no more keep a martini in the refrigerator than you can keep a kiss there. The proper union of gin and vermouth is a great and sudden glory; it is one of the happiest marriages on earth, and one of the shortest-lived.

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— Bernard DeVoto
Harper's Magazine (December 1949)

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Agave

Agave ( /əˈɡɑːvi/; also UK: /əˈɡeɪvi/; Anglo-Hispanic, also US: /əˈɡɑːveɪ/) is a genus of monocots native to the arid regions of the Americas. The genus is primarily known for its succulent and xerophytic species that typically form large rosettes of strong, fleshy leaves. Agave now includes species formerly placed in a number of other genera, such as Manfreda, ×Mangave, Polianthes and Prochnyanthes.

Many plants in this genus may be considered perennial, because they require several to many years to mature and flower.^{[
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Along with plants from the closely related genera Yucca, Hesperoyucca, and Hesperaloe, various Agave species are popular ornamental plants in hot, dry climates, as they require very little supplemental water to survive. Most Agave species grow very slowly. Some Agave species are known by the common name "century plant".

Maguey is a Spanish word that refers to all of the large-leafed plants in the Asparagaceae family, including agaves and yuccas. Maguey flowers are eaten in many indigenous culinary traditions of Mesoamerica. ( Full article...)

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