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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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Ada Coleman bartending at the Savoy Hotel in London, circa 1920

A bartender (also known as a barkeep or barman or barmaid or a mixologist) is a person who formulates and serves alcoholic or soft drink beverages behind the bar, usually in a licensed establishment as well as in restaurants and nightclubs, but also occasionally at private parties. Bartenders also usually maintain the supplies and inventory for the bar. As well as serving beer and wine, a bartender can generally also mix classic cocktails such as a Cosmopolitan, Manhattan, Old Fashioned, and Mojito.

Bartenders are also responsible for confirming that customers meet the legal drinking age requirements before serving them alcoholic beverages. In certain countries, such as the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and Sweden, bartenders are legally required to refuse more alcohol to drunk customers.

Mixology is defined as the art or skill of preparing mixed drinks. At its core, the purpose of this practice is to craft cocktails. However, the science and skills required to successfully practice mixology are more intricate than what is seen at face value. The key to mixing drinks is knowing the ideal quantity of each ingredient needed to create the flavor profile required. Mixology aims to both elevate and balance the various flavors found in a cocktail. Mixology is essentially edible chemistry in the form of cocktails. (Full article...)

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... 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 Al-Rantisi Hospital can extract drinking water from air?
... that The Drunkard's Progress suggests that a single social drink leads to poverty, crime, and suicide?
... that salt marsh snakes drink only rainwater?
... 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 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 demand for beer from Pittsburgh's East End Brewing Company spiked after the Pittsburgh Steelers won Super Bowl XLIII?

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Image 1Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 2Characteristics 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 3The popular Indian drink mango lassi. (from List of national drinks)
Image 4Various 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 5The new Seven Color Tea, a recent competitor for national drink of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 6Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 7Krupnik, a national drink of Poland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 8Per capita, Turkey drinks more tea than any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 9Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 10A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 11Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 12Many in both Peru and Chile think that pisco sour is their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 13Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 14A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013. (from List of national drinks)
Image 15A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 16Bosnian 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 17A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 18Clear 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 19Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 20Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 21Classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan. (from List of national drinks)
Image 22Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and the south of Brazil. (from List of national drinks)
Image 232004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol (from List of drinks)
Image 24Indian Masala chai served in a red clay tea cup. (from List of national drinks)
Image 25Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 26Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 27A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia.
Image 28Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 29Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries. (from List of national drinks)
Image 30Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 31A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 32Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 33Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 34A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men. (from List of national drinks)
Image 35The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 36A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 37Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. (from List of national drinks)
Image 38Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China. (from List of national drinks)
Image 39Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 40Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore. (from List of national drinks)
Image 41Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 42A Glencairn whisky glass. (from List of national 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 44Kaapi, Indian filter coffee. (from List of national drinks)

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The Pineapple Public House in the London Borough of Lambeth in London, England at night

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Hiram Walker (July 4, 1816 – January 12, 1899) was an American entrepreneur and founder of the Hiram Walker and Sons Ltd. distillery in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Walker was born in East Douglas, Massachusetts, and moved to Detroit in 1838. He purchased land across the Detroit River, just east of what is Windsor, Ontario, and established a distillery in 1858 in what would become Walkerville, Ontario. Walker began selling his whisky as Hiram Walker's Club Whisky, in containers that were "clearly marked" and he used a process to make his whisky that was vastly different from all other distillers.

It became very popular, angering American distillers, who forced the US government to pass a law requiring that all foreign whiskeys state their country of origin on the label. From this point forward, Hiram Walker's Canadian Club whisky was Canada's top export whisky. He established and maintained the company town that grew around his distillery, exercising planning and control over every facet of the town, from public works to religious services to police and fire control. (Full article...)

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“

In victory I deserve Champagne, in defeat I need it.

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— Napoleon Bonaparte

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Citric acid is an organic compound with the chemical formula H O C(CO₂H)(CH₂CO₂H)₂. It is a colorless weak organic acid. It occurs naturally in citrus fruits. In biochemistry, it is an intermediate in the citric acid cycle, which occurs in the metabolism of all aerobic organisms.

More than two million tons of citric acid are manufactured every year. It is used widely as an acidifier, as a flavoring, and a chelating agent.

A citrate is a derivative of citric acid; that is, the salts, esters, and the polyatomic anion found in solutions and salts of citric acid. An example of the former, a salt is trisodium citrate; an ester is triethyl citrate. When citrate trianion is part of a salt, the formula of the citrate trianion is written as C
₆H
₅O³⁻
₇ or C
₃H
₅O(COO)³⁻
₃.

Used in Soft drinks, Sports drinks.

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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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