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The Drink Portal

A portal dedicated to all beverages

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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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Herbal tea in a glass teapot and cup

Herbal teas, also known as herbal infusions and less commonly called tisanes (UK and US /tɪˈzæn/, US also /tɪˈzɑːn/), are beverages made from the infusion or decoction of herbs, spices, or other plant material in hot water; they do not usually contain any true tea (Camellia sinensis). Often herb tea, or the plain term tea, is used as a reference to all sorts of herbal teas. Many herbs used in teas/tisanes are also used in herbal medicine and in folk medicine. Some herbal blends contain true tea (e.g., the Indian classic masala chai).

The term "herbal" tea is often used to distinguish these beverages from true teas (e.g., black, green, white, yellow, oolong), which are prepared from the cured leaves of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis. Unlike true teas, most tisanes do not naturally contain caffeine (though tea can be decaffeinated, processed to remove caffeine).

A number of plants, however, do contain psychoactive compounds, such as caffeine or another stimulant, like theobromine, cocaine or ephedrine. Some have the opposite effect, acting as a sedative. Some common infusions have specific names such as mate (yerba mate) and rooibos (red bush). Hibiscus tea is one type of herbal infusion, but many described as some other plant have hibiscus as the main ingredient, or a major one. (Full article...)

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... that Phil Elverum recorded Don't Wake Me Up nocturnally, while "drinking pots of black tea all night"?
... that Assyrian Christian couples drink dust from the tombs of martyrs and are crowned during their weddings?
... 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 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 the John Snow pub is named for a shy British epidemiologist who did not drink?
... that Al-Rantisi Hospital can extract drinking water from air?

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

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Image 1A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 2Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 3Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries. (from List of national drinks)
Image 4Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 5Per capita, Turkey drinks more tea than any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 6Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 7Various 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 8Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and the south of Brazil. (from List of national drinks)
Image 9Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. (from List of national drinks)
Image 10Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 11Classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan. (from List of national drinks)
Image 12A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men. (from List of national drinks)
Image 13The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 14Bosnian 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 15Clear 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 16Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 17A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 18Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 192004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol (from List of drinks)
Image 20Krupnik, a national drink of Poland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 21Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 22Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China. (from List of national drinks)
Image 23A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 24Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 25A Glencairn whisky glass. (from List of national drinks)
Image 26Characteristics 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 27Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 28A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 29A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia.
Image 30A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013. (from List of national drinks)
Image 31Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore. (from List of national drinks)
Image 32Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 33Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 34Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 35Indian Masala chai served in a red clay tea cup. (from List of national drinks)
Image 36Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 37Kaapi, Indian filter coffee. (from List of national drinks)
Image 38The popular Indian drink mango lassi. (from List of national drinks)
Image 39Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 40Many in both Peru and Chile think that pisco sour is their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 41The new Seven Color Tea, a recent competitor for national drink of Bangladesh. (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 43Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 44Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)

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Orange juice

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A glass of orange juice

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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, including the sale of liquor through organized crime, 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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“

I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man.

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— Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
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Agave

Agave (/əˈɡɑːvi/; also UK: /əˈɡeɪvi/; Anglo-Hispanic, also US: /əˈɡɑːveɪ/) is a genus of monocots native to the arid regions of the Americas. The genus is primarily known for its succulent and xerophytic species that typically form large rosettes of strong, fleshy leaves. Agave now includes species formerly placed in a number of other genera, such as Manfreda, ×Mangave, Polianthes and Prochnyanthes.

Many plants in this genus may be considered perennial, because they require several to many years to mature and flower.^{[page needed]} However, most Agave species are more accurately described as monocarpic rosettes or multiannuals, since each individual rosette flowers only once and then dies; a small number of Agave species are polycarpic.^{[page needed]}

Along with plants from the closely related genera Yucca, Hesperoyucca, and Hesperaloe, various Agave species are popular ornamental plants in hot, dry climates, as they require very little supplemental water to survive. Most Agave species grow very slowly. Some Agave species are known by the common name "century plant".

Maguey is a Spanish word that refers to all of the large-leafed plants in the Asparagaceae family, including agaves and yuccas. Maguey flowers are eaten in many indigenous culinary traditions of Mesoamerica. (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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