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What is it?
A drink is a liquid which is specifically prepared for human consumption. In addition to filling a basic human need, beverages form part of the culture of human society and our history.
Beverage type
Water: Water is an abundant substance on Earth. It exists in many places and forms: mostly as our planet's oceans and our planet's polar ice-caps, but also as clouds, rain water, rivers or freshwaters, and sea ice. Humans consume "drinking water".
Alcoholic beverages: Any fermented liquor, such as wine, beer, or distilled liquor, that contains ethyl alcohol, or ethanol, as an intoxicating agent. When an alcoholic beverage is ingested, the alcohol is rapidly absorbed in the stomach and intestines because it does not undergo any digestive processes.
Some alcoholic beverages: Beer , mead, cider, kilju, kumis, palm wine, chicha, plum jerkum, sake, lappish Hag's Love, potion, tepache, tonto, perry, sonti, absinthe, pulque, tiswin, baijiu, wine, arak, horilka, maotai, kaoliang, rakia, akvavit, arrack, cachaça, gin, damson gin, sloe gin, mezcal, rum, palinka, tequila, cognac, slivovitz, ogogoro, soju, pisco, neutral grain spirit, vodka, whisky, armagnac, brandy, non-alcoholic beverages, soft drinks, fruit juice, hot beverages.
Non-alcoholic beverages: A non-alcoholic beverage is a beverage that contains less than 0.5% alcohol by volume. Non-alcoholic versions of some alcoholic beverages, such as non-alcoholic beer and cocktails, are widely available where alcoholic beverages are sold.
Soft drinks: Usually carbonated nonalcoholic beverage; especially .
Fruit juice: The natural fluid, fluid content, or liquid part that can be extracted from a plant or one of its parts, especially of a fruit: orange juice.
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