Portal:Drink

The Drink Portal

A portal dedicated to all beverages

Introduction

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 encompass coffee, tea, and hot chocolate. Caffeinated drinks that contain the stimulant caffeine, have been consumed for centuries.

In addition, alcoholic drinks such as wine, beer, and liquor, which contain the psychoactive substance ethanol, have been part of human culture for more than 8,000 years. Non-alcoholic drinks typically refer to beverages that are traditionally alcoholic—such as beer, wine, or cocktails—but are produced with a very low alcohol by volume content. This category includes beverages that have undergone processes to remove or significantly reduce alcohol, such as non-alcoholic beers and de-alcoholized wines. (Full article...)

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St. Ann's Well, Great Malvern, a popular café for walkers on the hills.

Malvern water is a natural spring water from the Malvern Hills on the border of the counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire in England. The Hills consist of very hard granite and limestone rock. Fissures in the rock retain rain water, which slowly permeates through, escaping at the springs. The springs release an average of about 60 litres a minute and the flow has never been known to cease.

Beneficial properties of the water have been reported for over 400 years, and the reason for such benefits was a topic of scholarly discussion by 1817. In the 19th century Malvern became famous for the water cure, resulting in its rapid development from a village to a busy town with many large Victorian and Edwardian hotels. The writings of the hydrotherapists James Gully and James Wilson, and well known patients who included Lord Lytton contributed to Malvern's renown at that time. The water was bottled on an industrial scale under the Schweppes brand from 1850 until 2010, and has been bottled by a family-owned company since 2009 as Holywell Malvern Spring Water. In 2012 the Holywell Water Co Ltd was granted permission to use the world-famous "Malvern" name in its branding, thus becoming Holywell Malvern Spring Water. It has been drunk by several British monarchs. Elizabeth I drank it in public in the 16th century; Queen Victoria refused to travel without it. (Full article...)

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... that salt marsh snakes drink only rainwater?
... that a Thompson Seattle rooftop bar distributes drinks from copper containers shaped like flamingos?
... that most cocoa in Samoa is consumed locally as a drink known as koko Samoa?
... that The Drunkard's Progress suggests that a single social drink leads to poverty, crime, and suicide?
... that the chairman of the board of a Texas TV station was found to have died from drinking cyanide-laced cola?
... 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?

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

Image 1Akpeteshie is a liquor produced by distilling palm wine or sugar cane, primarily in the region of Western Africa. (from List of national drinks)
Image 2Krupnik, the national drink of Poland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 3Palm 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 4Piña 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 5Kaapi, Indian filter coffee. (from List of national drinks)
Image 6Per capita, people in Turkey drink more tea than in any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 7The popular Indian drink mango lassi. (from List of national drinks)
Image 8Various 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 9The 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 10A classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan. (from List of national drinks)
Image 11Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. (from List of national drinks)
Image 12Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 13Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 14Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 15Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore. (from List of national drinks)
Image 16Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 17A 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 18The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 19A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013. (from List of national drinks)
Image 20Many in both Peru and Chile consider pisco sour their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 21A Glencairn whisky glass. (from List of national drinks)
Image 22Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 23Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 242004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol (from List of drinks)
Image 25Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 26A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 27Various distilled drinks (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 29Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 30A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 31Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 32Australian iced coffee served with ice-cream and coffee beans (from List of national drinks)
Image 33Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 34Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 35A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 36Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China. (from List of national drinks)
Image 37Clear 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 38A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 39Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (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 41Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 42Coffee accessories in small shops in Baščaršija, Bosnia and Herzegovina. (from List of national drinks)
Image 43Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries. (from List of national drinks)
Image 44Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and the south of Brazil. (from List of national drinks)
Image 45A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 46Libyan tea with peanuts (from List of national drinks)
Image 47Mai 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 48A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia. (from List of national drinks)
Image 49Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 50A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men. (from List of national drinks)

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Milk

Credit: Amarant

A glass of milk

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Robert Gerald Mondavi (June 18, 1913 – May 16, 2008) was an American winemaker. His technical and marketing strategies brought worldwide recognition for the wines of the Napa Valley in California. From an early period, Mondavi promoted labeling wines varietally rather than generically, which became the standard for New World wines. The Robert Mondavi Institute (RMI) for Wine and Food Science at the University of California, Davis opened in October 2008 in his honor. (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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Aspartame

Aspartame is an artificial, non-saccharide sweetener commonly used as a sugar substitute in foods and beverages. It is 200 times sweeter than sucrose, and is a methyl ester of the aspartic acid/phenylalanine dipeptide with brand names NutraSweet, Equal, and Canderel. Discovered in 1965, aspartame was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1974 and re-approved in 1981 after its initial approval was briefly revoked.

Aspartame is one of the most studied food additives in the human food supply. Reviews by over 100 governmental regulatory bodies found the ingredient safe for consumption at the normal acceptable daily intake limit.

Used in Diet drinks, instant breakfast, juice.

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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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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.

WikiProject Beer – covers Wikipedia's coverage of beer and breweries and microbreweries

WikiProject Wine – aims to compile thorough and accurate information on different vineyards, wineries and varieties of wines, including but not limited to their qualities, origins, and uses.

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