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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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A packet of Maraba Coffee as sold in Rwanda

Maraba coffee (Kinyarwanda: Ikawa ya Maraba; French: Café de Maraba) is grown in the Maraba area of southern Rwanda. Maraba's coffee plants are the Bourbon variety of the Coffea arabica species and are grown on fertile volcanic soils on high-altitude hills. The fruit is handpicked, mostly during the rainy season between March and May, and brought to a washing station in Maraba, where the coffee beans are extracted and dried. At several stages, the beans are sorted according to quality. The farmers receive credits based on the amount and quality of the beans they provide.

The beans are sold to various roasting companies, with the best beans going to Union Coffee Roasters of the United Kingdom, who produce a Fairtrade-certified brand and Community Coffee of the United States. Rwanda Smallholder Specialty Coffee Company (RWASHOSCCO) buys from Maraba and sells to the domestic market. Maraba coffee is also brewed into a beer.

About 500,000 smallholder farmers grow the coffee plants under the Abahuzamugambi cooperative, founded in 1999. Since 2000, the cooperative has been supported by the National University of Rwanda (NUR) and the PEARL. The cooperative has improved coffee quality and penetrated the speciality market. (Full article...)

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... 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 Al-Rantisi Hospital can extract drinking water from air?
... that the John Snow pub is named for a shy British epidemiologist who did not drink?
... that the "Mayor of Picklesburgh" is decided by a pickle juice drinking competition?
... 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 salt marsh snakes drink only rainwater?

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

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

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A row of stacked sake barrels

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Amund Ringnes (7 October 1840 – 13 January 1907) was a Norwegian businessman, brewery owner and patron.

He was born in Krødsherad, Buskerud, the son of Anders Knudsen Ringnes (1813–75), farmer, and his wife Maren Amundsdatter (1815–76). He grew up at the Ringnes farm, and commenced working at Akers Mekaniske Verksted in 1860. He left Akers Mek. Verksted in 1865, and was employed by the brewery Christiania Bryggeri. In 1876, he founded Ringnes & Compani brewery with his brother Ellef Ringnes and the businessman Axel Heiberg. It was the eighth brewery in Christiania (now Oslo), and later had its name changed to Ringnes Bryggeri. (Full article...)

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“

...good company, good wine, good welcome, can make good people.

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— William Shakespeare
Henry VIII

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A bitters (plural also bitters) is traditionally an alcoholic preparation flavored with botanical matter for a bitter or bittersweet flavor. Originally, numerous longstanding brands of bitters were developed as patent medicines, but now are sold as digestifs, sometimes with herbal properties, and as cocktail flavorings.

Since cocktails often contain sour and sweet flavors, bitters are used to engage another primary taste and thereby balance out the drink and make it more complex, giving it a more complete flavor profile. (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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