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Tea is the second‑most‑consumed drink in the world, after water.

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 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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Energy Brands, also doing business as Glacéau, is a privately owned subsidiary of The Coca-Cola Company based in Whitestone, Queens, New York, that manufactures and distributes various lines of sugary drinks marked as enhanced water. Founded in May 1996 by J. Darius Bikoff with an electrolyte enhanced line of water called Smartwater, Energy Brands initially distributed its products to health food stores and independent retailers in the New York area. Adding Fruitwater and VitaminWater to its line in 1998 and 2000, respectively, the company expanded to nationwide distribution in the early 2000s.

By 2002, the Glacéau line of waters were the top selling enhanced water brand in the United States, with the company's VitaminWater being its best selling product. In 2006, the company earned US$350 million in revenues. The company then began its global expansion, launching its products in the United Kingdom and Australia in 2008, France in 2009 and Argentina in 2011.

Energy Brands is owned primarily by Bikoff, employees, and small investors. Rapper 50 Cent obtained a minority share of the company as part of an endorsement deal in the company. Thirty percent of the equity was sold to LVMH sometime in the 2000s, which in turn sold those shares. The shares eventually were sold to India-based Tata Group in August 2006, which held the shares until May 2007 when The Coca-Cola Company purchased the company as an independent subsidiary, leaving its actual operations with its existing management including Bikoff. (Full article...)

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... that as the governor of North Sumatra, Ulung Sitepu donated 2,400 bottles of passion fruit drinks for the inaugural Games of the New Emerging Forces?
... that late arrivals at American colonial-era inns might find that the only drink on offer was Whistle Belly Vengeance, a mixture of sour beer, molasses and bread crusts?
... that Jackie Summers quit his corporate job to pursue a "lifelong dream of day-drinking professionally"?
... that Julian Wylie, known as the King of Pantomime, "never took to drink, he took to ice-cream"?
... that a mural of William Rath depicts him drinking from a Fountain of Youth?
... that although judge R. W. Buzzard has been criticized for drinking and carrying a loaded gun on the job, he has also personally intervened in fistfights and pursued fleeing suspects?

... there is a white variety of Tempranillo grapes?

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Image 1A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men. (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 3Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 4Bottles of Sombai infused rice wine with hand-painted images of Angkor temples (from List of national drinks)
Image 5Gourds for drinking mate, Uruguay's national drink (from List of national drinks)
Image 6Krupnik, a national drink of Poland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 7Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 8Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 9Kaapi, Indian filter coffee. (from List of national drinks)
Image 10Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 11A Glencairn whisky glass. (from List of national drinks)
Image 12Kvass street vendor, Rīga, Latvia, 1977. This was a popular way of selling Kvass in former USSR republics. (from List of national drinks)
Image 13A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 14Per capita, Turkey drinks more tea than any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 15Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic 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 display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 18A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 19The popular Indian drink mango lassi. (from List of national drinks)
Image 20Many in both Peru and Chile think that pisco sour is their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 21Krating Daeng, an energy drink, created in Thailand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 22Peach kompot, traditional to eastern European countries like Bulgaria. (from List of national drinks)
Image 23Clear 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 24Classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan (from List of national drinks)
Image 25A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 26Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 27Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 28Hot chocolate served with a croissant (from List of drinks)
Image 29Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 30Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China (from List of national drinks)
Image 31Red wine is popular in several countries such as France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 32The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 33Kvass, popular in the Baltics and Slavic countries. (from List of national drinks)
Image 34A berele glass containing tej, which is a mead or honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia.
Image 35Indian Masala chai served in a red clay tea cup. (from List of national drinks)
Image 36A glass of cola served with ice cubes and lemon (from List of drinks)
Image 37Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 38Espresso brewing, with a dark reddish-brown foam, called crema (from List of drinks)
Image 39A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 40Singapore Sling (from List of national drinks)
Image 41Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 42The new Seven Color Tea, a recent competitor for national drink of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 43Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 44Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 45Various 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 46Bosnian 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 47Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 48Flaming cocktails (from List of drinks)
Image 49Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)

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An image of an inebriated Khevsur man from 1880

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The Bronfman family is a Canadian family, known for its extensive business holdings. It owes its initial fame to Samuel Bronfman (1889–1971), the most influential Canadian Jew of the mid-20th century, who made a fortune in the alcoholic distilled beverage business during American prohibition through founding the Seagram Company, and who later became president of the Canadian Jewish Congress (1939–62).

The family is of Russian-Jewish and Romanian-Jewish ancestry; the patriarch, Yechiel (Ekiel) Bronfman, was originally a tobacco farmer from Bessarabia. According to The New York Times staff reporter Nathaniel Popper, the Bronfman family is "perhaps the single largest force in the Jewish charitable 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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Malted barley

Malting is a process applied to cereal grains, in which the grains are made to germinate by soaking in water and are then quickly halted from germinating further by drying/heating with hot air. Malting is thus a combination of two processes; namely the sprouting process and the kiln-drying process. These latter terms are often preferred when referring to the field of brewing for batches of beer or other beverages as they provide more in-depth information. Malted grain is used to make malt beer, malt whisky, malted shakes, malt vinegar, and some baked goods, such as bagels. Malting grains develops the enzymes that are required to modify the grain's starches into sugars, including monosaccharides (glucose, fructose, etc.) and disaccharides (sucrose, etc.). It also develops other enzymes, such as proteases which break down the proteins in the grain into forms which can be utilized by yeast. Barley is the most commonly malted grain in part because of its high diastatic power or enzyme content. Also very important is the retention of the grain's husk even after threshing, unlike the bare seeds of threshed wheat or rye. This protects the growing acrospire (developing plant embryo) from damage during malting, which can easily lead to mold growth. It also allows the mash of converted grain to create a filter bed during lautering (see brewing). Other grains may be malted, especially wheat.

Used in Alcoholic beverages, Milkshakes.

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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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