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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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Enhanced water is a category of beverages that are marketed as water with added ingredients, such as natural or artificial flavors, sugar, sweeteners, vitamins and minerals. Most enhanced waters are lower in calories than non-diet soft drinks.

PepsiCo, The Coca-Cola Company and other companies market enhanced water. The marketing usually capitalizes on the healthy image of water combined with the perceived health and taste. Bottled water was introduced to the United States by television commercials in 1977. After the television commercial, bottled water sales increased by 3,000 percent from the year 1976 to the year 1979. In the year 2004, Americans spent $9 billion on bottled water. Many companies produce enhanced water in the United States. The enhanced water category of beverage continues to grow in volume every year, and as of 2007^[update] was the fastest-growing segment of the still beverage category. In 2001, flavored and enhanced water sales were estimated $80 million, and 2002 proved even more successful with $245 million in sales. The U.S. wholesale market for enhanced water was $170 million in 2004.

Enhanced waters vary from zero-calorie beverages certified organic and flavored with natural herb extracts, such as Ayala's Herbal Water, to the Glacéau brands of beverages owned by The Coca-Cola Company. In May 2007 Coca-Cola bought Energy Brands, the maker of Glacéau Vitamin water, for $4.1 billion to narrow its gap with competitor PepsiCo. This was the largest acquisition in the company's history. PepsiCo owns several brands of enhanced water such as SoBe, Propel Fitness Water, and Aquafina Flavorsplash. Coca-Cola owns the brands smartwater, vitaminwater and Dasani. (Full article...)

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... 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 Assyrian Christian couples drink dust from the tombs of martyrs and are crowned during their weddings?
... that the "Mayor of Picklesburgh" is decided by a pickle juice drinking competition?
... that Al-Rantisi Hospital can extract drinking water from air?
... that The Drunkard's Progress suggests that a single social drink leads to poverty, crime, and suicide?
... that the John Snow pub is named for a shy British epidemiologist who did not drink?

... that the first written record of whiskey comes from 1405 in Ireland and it is also mentioned in Scotland in 1496?

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Image 1Per capita, people in Turkey drink more tea than in any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 2Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 3A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men (from List of national drinks)
Image 4Classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan (from List of national drinks)
Image 5Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 6Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 72004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol (from List of drinks)
Image 8Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 9Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore (from List of national drinks)
Image 10Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 11Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and the south of Brazil (from List of national drinks)
Image 12Kaapi, Indian filter coffee (from List of national drinks)
Image 13Various 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 14A Glencairn whisky glass (from List of national drinks)
Image 15A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia
Image 16An Italian grappa, a grape-based pomace brandy (from List of national drinks)
Image 17An Italian cappuccino, an espresso-based coffee drink, served in the appropriate cup (from List of national drinks)
Image 18Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 19Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 20A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 21A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 22Clear 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 23Indian Masala chai served in a red clay tea cup (from List of national drinks)
Image 24Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 25The popular Indian drink mango lassi (from List of national drinks)
Image 26A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 27Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 28A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013 (from List of national drinks)
Image 29Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 30Characteristics 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 31Bosnian 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 32Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China (from List of national drinks)
Image 33Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 34Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 35A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 36Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 37Many in both Peru and Chile think that pisco sour is their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 38The 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 39A spritz, an Italian wine-based cocktail (from List of national drinks)
Image 40Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 41The new Seven Color Tea, a recent competitor for national drink of Bangladesh (from List of national drinks)
Image 42Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries (from List of national drinks)
Image 43Krupnik, a national drink of Poland (from List of national drinks)
Image 44A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 45Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 46The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh (from List of national drinks)
Image 47Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 48Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe (from List of national drinks)

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Carbonation

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A close up of a glass of Coca-Cola featuring the carbonation bubbles that make soda fizz

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Zong Qinghou (Chinese: 宗庆后; 11 October 1945 – 25 February 2024) was a Chinese billionaire businessman, and the founder, chairman and CEO of the Hangzhou Wahaha Group, China's leading beverage company. As of March 2022, his net worth was estimated at US$8.7 billion. (Full article...)

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“

I want one bourbon, one scotch and one beer

One bourbon, one scotch, one beer.

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— John Lee Hooker
George Thorogood & The Destroyers (1977)

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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 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 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 with it even being encouraged. (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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