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Introduction

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, 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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The Coca-Cola Company's headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia

The Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational corporation founded in 1892, best known as the producer of Coca-Cola. The drink industry company also manufactures, sells, and markets other non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups, and alcoholic beverages. The company's stock is listed on the NYSE and is part of the DJIA and the S&P 500 and S&P 100 indexes.

The soft drink was developed in 1886 by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton. At the time it was introduced, the product contained cocaine from coca leaves and caffeine from kola nuts which together acted as a stimulant. The coca and the kola are the source of the product name, and led to Coca-Cola's promotion as a "healthy tonic". Pemberton had been severely wounded in the American Civil War, and had become addicted to the pain medication morphine. He developed the beverage as a patent medicine in an effort to control his addiction.

In 1889, the formula and brand were sold for $2,300 (roughly $71,000 in 2022) to Asa Griggs Candler, who incorporated the Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta in 1892. The company has operated a franchised distribution system since 1889. The company largely produces syrup concentrate, which is then sold to various bottlers throughout the world who hold exclusive territories. The company owns its anchor bottler in North America, Coca-Cola Refreshments. (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 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 after drinking five glasses of "purging" mineral water from the Physic Well on Barnet Common, Samuel Pepys had to break his journey back to London seven or eight times to relieve himself?
... 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 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 the Duke of Sussex has been providing drinks in Acton Green for over a century?

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

Image 1Krupnik, a national drink of Poland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 2Clear 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 3Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 4Kaapi, Indian filter coffee. (from List of national drinks)
Image 5A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 6Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 7Indian Masala chai served in a red clay tea cup. (from List of national drinks)
Image 8Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 9Bosnian 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 10Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 11Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 12Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 13Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 14The new Seven Color Tea, a recent competitor for national drink of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 15A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men. (from List of national drinks)
Image 16Characteristics 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 17Many in both Peru and Chile think that pisco sour is their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 18A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013. (from List of national drinks)
Image 19Hot chocolate served with a croissant (from List of drinks)
Image 20Various 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 21Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore. (from List of national drinks)
Image 22Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries. (from List of national drinks)
Image 23A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia.
Image 24Espresso brewing, with a dark reddish-brown foam, called crema (from List of drinks)
Image 25A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 26Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China. (from List of national drinks)
Image 27Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 28Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 29Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 30A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 31A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 32A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 33Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. (from List of national drinks)
Image 34Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 35Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 36Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 372004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol (from List of drinks)
Image 38The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 39A Glencairn whisky glass. (from List of national drinks)
Image 40Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 41Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 42Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 43A glass of cola served with ice cubes and lemon (from List of drinks)
Image 44Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay. (from List of national drinks)
Image 45Per capita, Turkey drinks more tea than any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 46The popular Indian drink mango lassi. (from List of national drinks)
Image 47Classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan. (from List of national drinks)

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Sake barrels

Sake

Credit: Dan Smith

A row of stacked sake barrels

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Zong Qinghou (Chinese:宗庆后; born 1945) is a Chinese billionaire businessman, and the founder, chairman and CEO of the Hangzhou Wahaha Group, China's leading beverage company. As of March 2022, his net worth was estimated at US$8.7 billion. (Full article...)

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“

Vodka Martini. Shaken, not stirred.

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— James Bond
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

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Underwater Eucheuma farming in the Philippines for carrageenan production

Carrageenans or carrageenins (/ˌkærəˈɡiːnənz/ KARR-ə-GHEE-nənz; from Irish carraigín 'little rock') are a family of natural linear sulfated polysaccharides that are extracted from red edible seaweeds. Carrageenans are widely used in the food industry, for their gelling, thickening, and stabilizing properties. Their main application is in dairy and meat products, due to their strong binding to food proteins. In recent years, carrageenans have emerged as a promising candidate in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications as they resemble native glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). They have been mainly used for tissue engineering, wound coverage, and drug delivery.

Carrageenans contain 15–40% ester-sulfate content, which makes them anionic polysaccharides. They can be mainly categorized into three different classes based on their sulfate content. Kappa-carrageenan has one sulfate group per disaccharide, iota-carrageenan has two, and lambda-carrageenan has three.

A common red seaweed used for manufacturing the hydrophilic colloids to produce carrageenan is Chondrus crispus (Irish moss), which is a dark red parsley-like alga that grows attached to rocks. Gelatinous extracts of the Chondrus crispus seaweed have been used as food additives since approximately the fifteenth century. Carrageenan is a vegetarian and vegan alternative to gelatin in some applications, so may be used to replace gelatin in confectionery and other food. There is no clinical evidence for carrageenan as an unsafe food ingredient, mainly because its fate after digestion is inadequately determined.

The first industrial scale commercial cultivation of Eucheuma and Kappaphycus spp. for carrageenan was developed in the Philippines. The global top producers of carrageenan are the Philippines and Indonesia. Carrageenan, along with agar, are used to produce traditional jelly desserts in the Philippines called gulaman.

Used in Cream, Milkshakes, Soy milk.

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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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