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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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Ripening Tempranillo grapes

Tempranillo (also known as Ull de Llebre, Cencibel, Tinto Fino and Tinta del Pais in Spain, Aragonez or Tinta Roriz in Portugal, and several other synonyms elsewhere) is a black grape variety widely grown to make full-bodied red wines in its native Spain. Its name is the diminutive of the Spanish temprano ("early"), a reference to the fact that it ripens several weeks earlier than most Spanish red grapes. Tempranillo has been grown on the Iberian Peninsula since the time of Phoenician settlements. It is the main grape used in Rioja, and is often referred to as Spain's noble grape. The grape has been planted throughout the globe's wine regions. (Full article...)

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... that Al-Rantisi Hospital can extract drinking water from air?
... 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 The Drunkard's Progress suggests that a single social drink leads to poverty, crime, and suicide?
... that Assyrian Christian couples drink dust from the tombs of martyrs and are crowned during their weddings?
... that salt marsh snakes drink only rainwater?
... that the John Snow pub is named for a shy British epidemiologist who did not drink?

... John (Johnnie) Walker, creator of Johnnie Walker whiskey, was a grocer by trade?

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Image 1A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 2Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 3A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 4Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 5Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 6Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 7Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 8Indian Masala chai served in a red clay tea cup. (from List of national drinks)
Image 9A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 10Classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan. (from List of national drinks)
Image 11Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 12Hot chocolate served with a croissant (from List of drinks)
Image 13Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 14A Glencairn whisky glass. (from List of national drinks)
Image 15Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic 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 17Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries. (from List of national drinks)
Image 18Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 19A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia.
Image 20Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 21Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China. (from List of national drinks)
Image 22Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore. (from List of national drinks)
Image 23Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. (from List of national drinks)
Image 24The popular Indian drink mango lassi. (from List of national drinks)
Image 25Kaapi, Indian filter coffee. (from List of national drinks)
Image 26Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 27Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and the south of Brazil. (from List of national drinks)
Image 28Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 29A glass of cola served with ice cubes and lemon (from List of drinks)
Image 30Espresso brewing, with a dark reddish-brown foam, called crema (from List of drinks)
Image 31Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 32A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013. (from List of national drinks)
Image 332004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol (from List of drinks)
Image 34Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 35The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 36Bosnian 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 37Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 38Per capita, Turkey drinks more tea than any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 39A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men. (from List of national drinks)
Image 40Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 41A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 42The new Seven Color Tea, a recent competitor for national drink of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 43A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 44Clear 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 45Various 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 46Many in both Peru and Chile think that pisco sour is their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 47Krupnik, a national drink of Poland. (from List of national drinks)

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A strawberry milkshake from the Johnny Rockets restaurant

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Orangina bottles, which Beton introduced in 1951.

Jean-Claude Beton (January 14, 1925 – December 2, 2013) was an Algerian-born French businessman, agricultural engineer and entrepreneur. Beton was the founder of the French soft drink maker, Orangina. He is credited with transforming Orangina from a little known citrus soda first manufactured by his father, Léon Beton, into a major global brand. Beton launched Orangina's iconic, signature 8-ounce bottle in 1951, which became a symbol of the brand. The bottle is shaped like an orange, with a glass texture designed to mimic the fruit. In 2009, Beton called Orangina the "champagne of soft drinks," saying that "It doesn't contain added colorants. It was and still is slightly sparkling. It had a little bulby bottle." (Full article...)

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If you are cold, tea will warm you. If you are heated, it will cool you. If you are depressed, it will cheer you. If you are excited, it will calm you.

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— William Ewart Gladstone

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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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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.

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