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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 Glenlivet distillery

The Glenlivet distillery is a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery near Ballindalloch in Moray, Scotland, that produces single malt Scotch whisky. It is the oldest legal distillery in the Highlands of Scotland. It was founded in 1824 and has operated almost continuously since.

The distillery remained open throughout the Great Depression and its only closure came during World War II. The Glenlivet distillery has grown in the post-war period to become one of the biggest single malt distilleries. The Glenlivet brand is the biggest selling single malt whisky in the United States and the second biggest selling single malt brand globally after Glenfiddich.

Today, the distillery is owned by the Chivas Brothers subsidiary of the French alcoholic beverages company Pernod Ricard, which also oversees the distillery's production of 5,900,000 proof litres per annum. The majority of this – enough for 6 million bottles – is sold as The Glenlivet single malt, with the remainder being used in Pernod Ricard's blended whisky brands. (Full article...)

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... that Yi chieftain Xiao Yedan and a Chinese Red Army military leader established an alliance by drinking chicken blood?
... that Al-Rantisi Hospital can extract drinking water from air?
... that salt marsh snakes drink only rainwater?
... 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 the "Mayor of Picklesburgh" is decided by a pickle juice drinking competition?
... 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 Absinthe, which contains distillates of wormwood, was illegal in the United States until 2007?

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Image 1Many in both Peru and Chile consider pisco sour their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 2A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 3Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 4Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 5A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 6Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore. (from List of national drinks)
Image 7A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men. (from List of national drinks)
Image 8Per capita, people in Turkey drink more tea than in any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 9Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 10Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 11Piña 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 12Australian iced coffee served with ice-cream and coffee beans (from List of national drinks)
Image 13Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 14Akpeteshie is a liquor produced by distilling palm wine or sugar cane, primarily in the region of Western Africa. (from List of national drinks)
Image 15Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 16Clear 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 17Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 18A 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 192004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol (from List of drinks)
Image 20Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 21Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 22Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 23A classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan. (from List of national drinks)
Image 24Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries. (from List of national drinks)
Image 25The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 26The popular Indian drink mango lassi. (from List of national drinks)
Image 27The 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 28Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and the south of Brazil. (from List of national drinks)
Image 29A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013. (from List of national drinks)
Image 30Palm 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 31Coffee accessories in small shops in Baščaršija, Bosnia and Herzegovina. (from List of national drinks)
Image 32A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia. (from List of national drinks)
Image 33Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China. (from List of national drinks)
Image 34Krupnik, the national drink of Poland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 35Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 36A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 37Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 38Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 39Kaapi, Indian filter coffee. (from List of national drinks)
Image 40Various 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 41Libyan tea with peanuts (from List of national drinks)
Image 42Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. (from List of national drinks)
Image 43Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 44Mai 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 45The 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 46A Glencairn whisky glass. (from List of national drinks)
Image 47A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 48Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 49A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 50Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)

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Bijou (cocktail)

Credit: Chris Palmer

A Bijou cocktail featuring the three "gems" of alcohol, diamond (gin), ruby (vermouth), and emerald (chartreuse)

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Amalie Auguste Melitta Bentz (née Liebscher, January 31, 1873 – June 29, 1950) was a German inventor and entrepreneur known for revolutionizing the process of coffee brewing with her invention of the coffee filter. Her company, Melitta, has long been a significant leader in the coffee industry. Her contributions enhanced coffee preparation methods and influenced coffee culture around the world. (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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hybrid skeletal structure of the caffeine molecule

Caffeine is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant of the methylxanthine class and is the most commonly consumed psychoactive substance globally. It is mainly used for its eugeroic (wakefulness promoting), ergogenic (physical performance-enhancing), or nootropic (cognitive-enhancing) properties. Caffeine acts by blocking the binding of adenosine at a number of adenosine receptor types, inhibiting the centrally depressant effects of adenosine and enhancing the release of 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, increases calcium release from intracellular stores, and antagonizes GABA receptors, although these mechanisms typically occur at concentrations beyond usual human consumption.

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 most common sources of caffeine are the tea leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant, and 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 tea, coffee, 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 with it even being encouraged. (Full article...)

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