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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...)

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (/ˈkjʊərɪɡ/ KURE-ig), formerly Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (1979–2014) 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).

Through its Keurig division in Massachusetts, the company manufactures 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 1979. 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...)

More selected articles

... 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 a liquor-drinking celebrity goat named Ioiô won an election for city councilman in Fortaleza?
... that Al-Rantisi Hospital can extract drinking water from air?
... that the chairman of the board of a Texas TV station was found to have died from drinking cyanide-laced cola?
... 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 the John Snow pub is named for a shy British epidemiologist who did not drink?

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

Image 1Australian iced coffee served with ice-cream and coffee beans (from List of national drinks)
Image 2Various 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 3Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China. (from List of national drinks)
Image 4A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 5Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 6Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 7A glass of grappa, a grape-based pomace brandy of Italian origin. Grappa is a protected name in the European Union. (from List of national drinks)
Image 8The popular Indian drink mango lassi. (from List of national drinks)
Image 9Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 10Akpeteshie is a liquor produced by distilling palm wine or sugar cane, primarily in the region of Western Africa. (from List of national drinks)
Image 11Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 12A Glencairn whisky glass. (from List of national drinks)
Image 13Krupnik, the national drink of Poland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 14Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 15Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. (from List of national drinks)
Image 16Coffee accessories in small shops in Baščaršija, Bosnia and Herzegovina. (from List of national drinks)
Image 17Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 18Clear vodka served with pickled cucumber – the usual way of consuming vodka in Slavic countries of the so-called "vodka belt". (from List of national drinks)
Image 19Libyan tea with peanuts (from List of national drinks)
Image 20Kaapi, Indian filter coffee. (from List of national drinks)
Image 21Per capita, people in Turkey drink more tea than in any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 22The spritz is an Italian wine-based cocktail, commonly served as an apéritif across Italy. It consists of Prosecco, digestive bitters, and soda water. The original spritz veneziano uses Select as bitters and was created in Venice in 1920. (from List of national drinks)
Image 23Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries. (from List of national drinks)
Image 24The 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 25Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and the south of Brazil. (from List of national drinks)
Image 26Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 272004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol (from List of drinks)
Image 28Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 29Many in both Peru and Chile consider pisco sour their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 30Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 31Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 32The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 33A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 34Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 35Palm wine is an alcoholic beverage created from the sap of various species of palm trees such as the palmyra, date palms, and coconut palms. It is known by various names in different regions and is common in various parts of Africa, the Caribbean, South America, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Micronesia. (from List of national drinks)
Image 36Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 37Mai Tai is a cocktail made of rum, Curaçao liqueur, orgeat syrup, and lime juice. It is one of the characteristic cocktails in Tiki culture. (from List of national drinks)
Image 38Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 39Piña colada, a cocktail made with rum, cream of coconut, and pineapple juice, usually served either blended or shaken with ice. It may be garnished with either a pineapple wedge, maraschino cherry, or both. The drink originated in Puerto Rico. (from List of national drinks)
Image 40A classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan. (from List of national drinks)
Image 41A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 42Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 43A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013. (from List of national drinks)
Image 44A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia. (from List of national drinks)
Image 45A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 46Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 47A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 48A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men. (from List of national drinks)
Image 49Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 50Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore. (from List of national drinks)

Drunkeness

Credit: Gigo Gabashvili

An image of an inebriated Khevsur man from 1880

Ludwig Roselius by Nicola Perscheid c. 1905

Ludwig Roselius (2 June 1874 – 15 May 1943) was a German coffee merchant and founder of the company Kaffee HAG. He was born in Bremen and is credited with the development of commercial decaffeination of coffee. As a patron, he supported artists like Paula Modersohn-Becker and Bernard Hoetger and turned the Böttcherstrasse street in Bremen into an artwork. (Full article...)

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Water is drank by the four legged beast; man prefers it with hops, malts, and yeast.

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German Trinkspruch

Kola Nut — pod and seeds

The kola nut (Yoruba: obi, Dagbani: guli, Hausa: goro, Igbo: ọjị, Sängö: gôro, Swahili: mukezu) is the seed of certain species of plant of the genus Cola, placed formerly in the cocoa family Sterculiaceae and now usually subsumed in the mallow family Malvaceae (as subfamily Sterculioideae). These cola species are trees native to the tropical rainforests of Africa. Their caffeine-containing seeds are used as flavoring ingredients in various carbonated soft drinks, from which the name cola originates.

Used in Cola.

(Full article...)

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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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