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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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Carménère grapes

The Carménère grape is a wine grape variety originally planted in the Médoc region of Bordeaux, France, where it was used to produce deep red wines and occasionally used for blending purposes in the same manner as Petit Verdot.

A member of the Cabernet family of grapes, the name "Carménère" originates from the French word for crimson (carmin) which refers to the brilliant crimson colour of the autumn foliage before leaf-fall. The grape is also known as Grande Vidure, a historic Bordeaux synonym, although current European Union regulations prohibit imports under this name into the European Union. Along with Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Malbec and Petit Verdot, Carménère is considered one of the original six red grapes of Bordeaux.

Now rarely found in France, the world's largest area planted with this variety is in Chile, with more than 8,800 hectares (2009) cultivated in the Central Valley. As such, Chile produces the vast majority of Carménère wines available today and as the Chilean wine industry grows, more experimentation is being carried out on Carménère's potential as a blending grape, especially with Cabernet Sauvignon. It is considered the emblematic strain of Chilean wine.

Carménère is also grown in Italy's Eastern Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia regions, in Argentina, and in smaller quantities in California and Walla Walla (Washington and Oregon) in the United States. (Full article...)

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... that the "Mayor of Picklesburgh" is decided by a pickle juice drinking competition?
... 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 Assyrian Christian couples drink dust from the tombs of martyrs and are crowned during their weddings?
... 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 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 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 Absinthe, which contains distillates of wormwood, was illegal in the United States until 2007?

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

Image 1A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men. (from List of national drinks)
Image 2A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 32004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol (from List of drinks)
Image 4A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 5Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 6Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 7Indian Masala chai served in a red clay tea cup. (from List of national drinks)
Image 8Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 9Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 10Various 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 11Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 12Kaapi, Indian filter coffee. (from List of national drinks)
Image 13A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 14A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 15Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China. (from List of national drinks)
Image 16Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries. (from List of national drinks)
Image 17Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 18Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 19Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 20Krupnik, a national drink of Poland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 21A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 22Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 23Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 24Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 25Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. (from List of national drinks)
Image 26A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013. (from List of national drinks)
Image 27Characteristics 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 28The new Seven Color Tea, a recent competitor for national drink of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 29Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 30Bosnian 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 31A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia.
Image 32The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 33Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 34Many in both Peru and Chile think that pisco sour is their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 35Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 36Classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan. (from List of national drinks)
Image 37Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 38Clear 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 39The popular Indian drink mango lassi. (from List of national drinks)
Image 40A Glencairn whisky glass. (from List of national drinks)
Image 41Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 42Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and the south of Brazil. (from List of national drinks)
Image 43Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore. (from List of national drinks)
Image 44Per capita, Turkey drinks more tea than any other nation. (from List of national drinks)

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Tea

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A pot of tea with a pitcher of milk and cup

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Jasper Newton "Jack" Daniel (c. 1849 – October 9, 1911) was an American distiller and businessman, best known as the founder of the Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey distillery. (Full article...)

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“

Good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well used.

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— William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Othello II. iii. (315)

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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
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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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