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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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Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (/ˈkjʊərɪɡ/), formerly Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (1981–2014) and Keurig Green Mountain (2014–2018), is a publicly traded American beverage and coffeemaker conglomerate with headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts, and Frisco, Texas. Formed in July 2018, with the merger of Keurig Green Mountain and Dr Pepper Snapple Group (formerly Dr. Pepper/7up Inc.), Keurig Dr Pepper offers over 125 hot and cold beverages. The company's Canadian business unit subsidiary operates as Keurig Dr Pepper Canada (formerly Canada Dry Motts).

The company's east-coast division manufactures Keurig brewing systems; sources, produces, and sells coffee, hot cocoa, teas, and other beverages under various brands for its Keurig machines; and sells coffee beans and ground coffee in bags and fractional packs. As of 2018, the newly merged conglomerate also sells sodas, juices, and other soft drinks via its Dr Pepper Snapple division based in Texas.

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) was established in 1981. After regional and national expansion in the late 1980s, and an IPO in 1993, the company completed its acquisition of the brewing-machine manufacturer Keurig, Inc. in 2006, enabling rapid growth through the high-margin sales of its many varieties of single-serve K-Cup pods. In March 2014, GMCR changed its name to Keurig Green Mountain. (Full article...)

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... that trembleuse cups and saucers enabled people with unsteady hands to drink hot beverages?
... that Ben Phillips replaced his friend's hair gel with superglue, put Viagra in his sports drink, and placed him on a lake while he slept on an inflatable mattress?
... that Assyrian Christian couples drink dust from the tombs of martyrs and are crowned during their weddings?
... that the John Snow pub is named for a shy British epidemiologist who did not drink?
... that The Drunkard's Progress suggests that a single social drink leads to poverty, crime, and suicide?
... 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"?

... John (Johnnie) Walker, creator of Johnnie Walker whiskey, was a grocer by trade?

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Image 1Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries (from List of national drinks)
Image 2A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia
Image 3Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 4Per capita, people in Turkey drink more tea than in any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 5Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and the south of Brazil (from List of national drinks)
Image 6Clear 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 7Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore (from List of national drinks)
Image 8Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe (from List of national drinks)
Image 9Indian Masala chai served in a red clay tea cup (from List of national drinks)
Image 10Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 11Many in both Peru and Chile think that pisco sour is their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 12A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 13A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 14Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 15The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh (from List of national drinks)
Image 16A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men (from List of national drinks)
Image 17Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 18Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 19Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 20Classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan (from List of national drinks)
Image 21Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 22A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 23Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China (from List of national drinks)
Image 24Kaapi, Indian filter coffee (from List of national drinks)
Image 25Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 262004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol (from List of drinks)
Image 27Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 28The 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 29An Italian grappa, a grape-based pomace brandy (from List of national drinks)
Image 30Krupnik, a national drink of Poland (from List of national drinks)
Image 31An Italian cappuccino, an espresso-based coffee drink, served in the appropriate cup (from List of national drinks)
Image 32Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 33The new Seven Color Tea, a recent competitor for national drink of Bangladesh (from List of national drinks)
Image 34Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 35Various 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 36The popular Indian drink mango lassi (from List of national drinks)
Image 37Bosnian 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 38Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 39A Glencairn whisky glass (from List of national drinks)
Image 40Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 41Characteristics 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 42Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 43A spritz, an Italian wine-based cocktail (from List of national drinks)
Image 44A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 45Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 46A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 47Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 48A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013 (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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Ludwig Roselius by Nicola Perscheid c. 1905

Ludwig Roselius (2 June 1874 – 15 May 1943) was a German coffee merchant and founder of the company Kaffee HAG. He was born in Bremen and is credited with the development of commercial decaffeination of coffee. As a patron, he supported artists like Paula Modersohn-Becker and Bernard Hoetger and turned the Böttcherstrasse street in Bremen into an artwork. (Full article...)

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What’s great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. You can be watching TV and see Coca-Cola, and you know that the President drinks Coke, Liz Taylor drinks Coke, and just think, you can drink Coke, too. A Coke is a Coke and no amount of money can get you a better Coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking. All the Cokes are the same and all the Cokes are good. Liz Taylor knows it, the President knows it, the bum knows it, and you know it...

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— Andy Warhol (1928 – 1987)
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975)

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Juniper berries, here still attached to a branch, are actually modified conifer cones.

A juniper berry is the female seed cone produced by the various species of junipers. It is not a true berry but a cone with unusually fleshy and merged scales called a galbulus, which gives it a berry-like appearance. The cones from a handful of species, especially Juniperus communis, are used as a spice, particularly in European cuisine, and also give gin its distinctive flavour. Juniper berries are among the only spices derived from conifers, along with spruce buds.

Used in Gin.

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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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