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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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Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (/ˈkjʊərɪɡ/), formerly Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (1981–2014) and Keurig Green Mountain (2014–2018), is a publicly traded American beverage and coffeemaker conglomerate with headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts, and Frisco, Texas. Formed in July 2018, with the merger of Keurig Green Mountain and Dr Pepper Snapple Group (formerly Dr. Pepper/7up Inc.), Keurig Dr Pepper offers over 125 hot and cold beverages. The company's Canadian business unit subsidiary operates as Keurig Dr Pepper Canada (formerly Canada Dry Motts).

The company's east-coast division manufactures Keurig brewing systems; sources, produces, and sells coffee, hot cocoa, teas, and other beverages under various brands for its Keurig machines; and sells coffee beans and ground coffee in bags and fractional packs. As of 2018, the newly merged conglomerate also sells sodas, juices, and other soft drinks via its Dr Pepper Snapple division based in Texas.

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) was established in 1981. After regional and national expansion in the late 1980s, and an IPO in 1993, the company completed its acquisition of the brewing-machine manufacturer Keurig, Inc. in 2006, enabling rapid growth through the high-margin sales of its many varieties of single-serve K-Cup pods. In March 2014, GMCR changed its name to Keurig Green Mountain. (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 The Drunkard's Progress suggests that a single social drink leads to poverty, crime, and suicide?
... 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 "Mayor of Picklesburgh" is decided by a pickle juice drinking competition?
... that salt marsh snakes drink only rainwater?

... ... that demand for beer from Pittsburgh's East End Brewing Company spiked after the Pittsburgh Steelers won Super Bowl XLIII?

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

Image 1Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 2A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 3Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. (from List of national drinks)
Image 4Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 5The espresso comes from the Italian esprimere, which means "to express," and refers to the process by which hot water is forced under pressure through ground coffee. (from List of national drinks)
Image 6Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 7Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 8Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 9The popular Indian drink mango lassi. (from List of national drinks)
Image 10An Italian grappa, a grape-based pomace brandy (from List of national drinks)
Image 11Many in both Peru and Chile think that pisco sour is their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 12Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and the south of Brazil. (from List of national drinks)
Image 13Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries. (from List of national drinks)
Image 14The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 15Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 16A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 17Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 18A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013. (from List of national drinks)
Image 19Kaapi, Indian filter coffee. (from List of national drinks)
Image 20Characteristics 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 21A spritz, an Italian wine-based cocktail (from List of national drinks)
Image 22Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 23Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 24Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore. (from List of national drinks)
Image 25A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 26An Italian cappuccino, an espresso-based coffee drink, served in the appropriate cup (from List of national drinks)
Image 27Classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan. (from List of national drinks)
Image 28Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 29Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 30Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 31Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 32Indian Masala chai served in a red clay tea cup. (from List of national drinks)
Image 33Per capita, Turkey drinks more tea than any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 34Clear 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 35Bosnian 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 36The new Seven Color Tea, a recent competitor for national drink of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 37Various 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 38Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 39A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men. (from List of national drinks)
Image 40A Glencairn whisky glass. (from List of national drinks)
Image 41A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia.
Image 42Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 43A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 44A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 45Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China. (from List of national drinks)
Image 46Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 47Krupnik, a national drink of Poland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 482004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol (from List of drinks)

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Trappist beer

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Rochefort Trappist Brewery in Abbey of Our Lady of Saint-Remy, Wallonia, Belgium

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Anthony Talamo Rossi (September 13, 1900 – January 24, 1993) was an Italian-born American who founded Tropicana Products, a producer of orange juice, in 1947 in Bradenton, Florida. It grew from 50 employees to over 8,000 in 2004, expanding into multiple product lines and becoming one of the world's largest producers and marketers of citrus juice.

Rossi was an early pioneer in including Florida's citrus juices in school meal programs. He also became a noted religiously-oriented businessman, making annual pilgrimages back to Sicily where he helped build a church and mission. In the U.S., he married Sana Barlow and endowed the Aurora Foundation, which has funded various Christian programs. (Full article...)

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“

I want one bourbon, one scotch and one beer

One bourbon, one scotch, one beer.

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— John Lee Hooker
George Thorogood & The Destroyers (1977)

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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
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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