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The Drink Portal

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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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Horlicks is a sweet malted milk hot drink powder developed by founders James and William Horlick. It was first sold as "Horlick's Infant and Invalids Food", soon adding "aged and travellers" to their label. In the early 20th century, it was sold as a powdered meal replacement drink mix.

‘Night starvation’ was a fictitious condition invented by Horlicks as an advertising gimmick that was supposedly relieved if a mug of the malt drink was consumed before bedtime. In the song "Goodness gracious me!", the doctor (played by Peter Sellers) mentions night starvation as one of the many possible ailments that his wealthy Italian patient (played by Sophia Loren) might be suffering from, when in fact the trouble is that they are both lovesick.

It was then marketed as a nutritional supplement and manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline (Consumer Healthcare) in Australia, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Malaysia, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and the United Kingdom. It is now produced by the Anglo-Dutch company Unilever through its Indian division. Horlicks in the UK is currently owned by Aimia Foods. (Full article...)

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... 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 the Buddha is said to have sat under a charoli tree at Bodh Gaya for seven days without eating, drinking, washing, excreting, or lying down?
... that Phil Elverum recorded Don't Wake Me Up nocturnally, while "drinking pots of black tea all night"?
... 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 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 an image of MacCarthy's Bar on the front cover of a book featured a staff member posing as a nun drinking a pint of Guinness and the surprise appearance of a dog?

... that Baileys Irish Cream was the first liqueur to use cream and alcohol together in a manner sufficiently stable to allow commercial distribution?

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Image 1Many in both Peru and Chile think that pisco sour is their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 2Kaapi, Indian filter coffee. (from List of national drinks)
Image 3Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 4Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 5Clear 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 6A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 7Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and the south of Brazil. (from List of national drinks)
Image 8Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. (from List of national drinks)
Image 9A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 10Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 11Krupnik, a national drink of Poland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 12Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 13Classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan. (from List of national drinks)
Image 14Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 15Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 16Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 17Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 18Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 19Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 20Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 21Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 22A Glencairn whisky glass. (from List of national drinks)
Image 23A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 24The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 25A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men. (from List of national drinks)
Image 26Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 27Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 28Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China. (from List of national drinks)
Image 29A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013. (from List of national drinks)
Image 30Various 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 31A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 32Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 33The new Seven Color Tea, a recent competitor for national drink of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 34Bosnian 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 35A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 36The popular Indian drink mango lassi. (from List of national drinks)
Image 37Indian Masala chai served in a red clay tea cup. (from List of national drinks)
Image 38Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries. (from List of national drinks)
Image 39Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 402004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol (from List of 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 42Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore. (from List of national drinks)
Image 43Per capita, Turkey drinks more tea than any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 44A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia.

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

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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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You can no more keep a martini in the refrigerator than you can keep a kiss there. The proper union of gin and vermouth is a great and sudden glory; it is one of the happiest marriages on earth, and one of the shortest-lived.

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— Bernard DeVoto
Harper's Magazine (December 1949)

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Cinchona, the plant quinine was derived from

Quinine is a medication used to treat malaria and babesiosis. This includes the treatment of malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum that is resistant to chloroquine when artesunate is not available. While sometimes used for nocturnal leg cramps, quinine is not recommended for this purpose due to the risk of serious side effects. It can be taken by mouth or intravenously. Malaria resistance to quinine occurs in certain areas of the world. Quinine is also used as an ingredient in tonic water and other beverages to impart a bitter taste.

Common side effects include headache, ringing in the ears, vision issues, and sweating. More severe side effects include deafness, low blood platelets, and an irregular heartbeat. Use can make one more prone to sunburn. While it is unclear if use during pregnancy carries potential for fetal harm, treating malaria during pregnancy with quinine when appropriate is still recommended. Quinine is an alkaloid, a naturally occurring chemical compound. How it works as a medicine is not entirely clear.

Quinine was first isolated in 1820 from the bark of a cinchona tree, which is native to Peru, and its molecular formula was determined by Adolph Strecker in 1854. The class of chemical compounds to which it belongs is thus called the cinchona alkaloids. Bark extracts had been used to treat malaria since at least 1632 and it was introduced to Spain as early as 1636 by Jesuit missionaries returning from the New World. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. Treatment of malaria with quinine marks the first known use of a chemical compound to treat an infectious disease. (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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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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