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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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Carménère grapes

The Carménère grape is a wine grape variety originally planted in the Médoc region of Bordeaux, France, where it was used to produce deep red wines and occasionally used for blending purposes in the same manner as Petit Verdot.

A member of the Cabernet family of grapes, the name "Carménère" originates from the French word for crimson (carmin) which refers to the brilliant crimson colour of the autumn foliage before leaf-fall. The grape is also known as Grande Vidure, a historic Bordeaux synonym, although current European Union regulations prohibit imports under this name into the European Union. Along with Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Malbec and Petit Verdot, Carménère is considered one of the original six red grapes of Bordeaux.

Now rarely found in France, the world's largest area planted with this variety is in Chile, with more than 8,800 hectares (2009) cultivated in the Central Valley. As such, Chile produces the vast majority of Carménère wines available today and as the Chilean wine industry grows, more experimentation is being carried out on Carménère's potential as a blending grape, especially with Cabernet Sauvignon. It is considered the emblematic strain of Chilean wine.

Carménère is also grown in Italy's Eastern Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia regions, in Argentina, and in smaller quantities in California and Walla Walla (Washington and Oregon) in the United States. (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 in 1776 Abraham Hunt entertained Hessian mercenaries with food and drink to render them incapable for duty the night before George Washington defeated them at Trenton?
... that Assyrian Christian couples drink dust from the tombs of martyrs and are crowned during their weddings?
... that salt marsh snakes drink only rainwater?
... 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 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 1Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China. (from List of national drinks)
Image 2Classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan. (from List of national drinks)
Image 3Many in both Peru and Chile think that pisco sour is their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 4Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 5Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 6Kaapi, Indian filter coffee. (from List of national drinks)
Image 7A glass of cola served with ice cubes and lemon (from List of drinks)
Image 8Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 9A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 10Hot chocolate served with a croissant (from List of drinks)
Image 11Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries. (from List of national drinks)
Image 12A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 13Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 14The popular Indian drink mango lassi. (from List of national drinks)
Image 15Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. (from List of national drinks)
Image 162004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol (from List of drinks)
Image 17A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013. (from List of national drinks)
Image 18Krupnik, a national drink of Poland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 19Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 20Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and the south of Brazil. (from List of national drinks)
Image 21A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men. (from List of national drinks)
Image 22Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 23Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore. (from List of national drinks)
Image 24Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 25A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia.
Image 26Per capita, Turkey drinks more tea than any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 27Indian Masala chai served in a red clay tea cup. (from List of national drinks)
Image 28Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 29Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 30Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 31The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 32Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 33Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 34Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 35Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 36Bosnian 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 37The new Seven Color Tea, a recent competitor for national drink of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 38Various 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 39Espresso brewing, with a dark reddish-brown foam, called crema (from List of drinks)
Image 40Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 41Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 42A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 43A Glencairn whisky glass. (from List of national drinks)
Image 44Clear 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 45Characteristics 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 46A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 47A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)

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A picture of the Toll Gate Saloon in Black Hawk, Colorado, circa 1897

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Amalie Auguste Melitta Bentz (31 January 1873 – 29 June 1950), born Amalie Auguste Melitta Liebscher, was a German entrepreneur who invented the paper coffee filter in 1908. She founded the company Melitta, which still operates under family control.

The Melitta filters, made with specialized paper, transformed coffee brewing by simplifying it, the innovation also addressed issues of wastage and cleanliness. (Full article...)

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When alchemists first learned how to distill spirits, they called it aqua vitae, the water of life, and far from considering it the work of the devil, they thought the discovery was divinely inspired.

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— Gene Logsdon
Good Spirits: A New Look at Ol' Demon Alcohol

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hybrid skeletal structure of the caffeine molecule

Caffeine is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant of the methylxanthine class. It is mainly used as a eugeroic (wakefulness promoter) or as a mild cognitive enhancer to increase alertness and attentional performance. Caffeine acts by blocking binding of adenosine to the adenosine A₁ receptor, which enhances release of the neurotransmitter 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.

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 and even encouraged in others. (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
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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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WikiProject Food & Drink is an association of Wikipedians with an interest in culinary-related subjects. They have come together to co-ordinate the development of food and drink articles here on Wikipedia as well as the many subjects related to food such as foodservice, catering and restaurants. If you wish to learn more about these subjects as well as get involved, please visit the project.

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