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A drink, or beverage, is a liquid specifically prepared for human consumption. In addition to basic needs, beverages form part of the culture of human society.
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[edit] Types of beverage
[edit] Water
Despite the fact that most beverages, including juice, soft drinks, and carbonated drinks, have some form of water in them; water itself is often not classified as a beverage, and the word beverage has been recurrently defined as not referring to water.[citation needed]
Essential to the survival of all organisms,[1] water has historically been an important and life-sustaining drink to humans. Excluding fat, water composes approximately 70% of the human body by mass. It is a crucial component of metabolic processes and serves as a solvent for many bodily solutes. Health authorities have historically suggested at least eight glasses, eight fluid ounces each, of water per day (64 fluid ounces, or 1.89 litres),[2][3] and the British Dietetic Association recommends 1.8 litres.[1] The United States Environmental Protection Agency has determined that the average adult actually ingests 2.0 litres per day.[3]
Distilled (pure) water is rarely found in nature.[4] Spring water, a natural resource from which much bottled water comes, is generally imbued with minerals. Tap water, delivered by domestic water systems in developed nations, refers to water piped to homes through a tap. All of these forms of water are commonly drunk, often purified through filtration.[5]
[edit] Alcoholic beverages
An alcoholic beverage is a drink that contains ethanol, commonly known as alcohol (although in chemistry the definition of “alcohol” includes many other compounds).
Beer has been a part of human culture for 8000 years.[6]
[edit] Non-alcoholic beverages
Non-alcoholic beverages are drinks that would normally contain alcohol, such as beer and wine but are made with less than .5 percent alcohol by volume. The category includes drinks that have undergone an alcohol removal process such as non-alcoholic beers and de-alcoholized wines.
- Non-alcoholic variants:
- Low alcohol beer
- Non-alcoholic wine
- Sparkling cider
[edit] Soft drinks
The name "soft drink" specifies a lack of alcohol by way of contrast to the term "hard drink" and the term "drink", the latter of which is nominally neutral but often carries connotations of alcoholic content. Beverages like colas, sparkling water, iced tea, lemonade, squash, and fruit punch are among the most common types of soft drinks, while hot chocolate, hot tea, coffee, milk, tap water, alcohol, and milkshakes do not fall into this classification. Many carbonated soft drinks are optionally available in versions sweetened with sugars or with non-caloric sweeteners.
[edit] Hot beverages
- Hot beverages
- Coffee-based beverages
- Cappuccino
- Coffee
- Espresso
- Café au lait
- Frappé
- Flavored coffees (mocha etc.)
- Latte
- Hot chocolate
- Hot cider
- Mulled cider
- Glühwein
- Tea-based beverages
- Flavored teas (chai etc.)
- Green tea
- Pearl milk tea
- Tea
- Herbal teas
- Roasted grain beverages
- Coffee-based beverages
[edit] Others
Some substances may be called either food or drink, and accordingly may be eaten with a spoon or drunk, depending upon their thickness and solid ingredients.
[edit] Measuring drinks
| UK | US | |||
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| Unit | fl. oz (UK) | ml | fl. oz (US) | ml |
| dash | 1/48 | 0.592 | 1/48 | 0.616 |
| teaspoon | 1/8 | 3.55 | 1/6 | 4.93 |
| tablespoon | 1/2 | 14.2 | 1/2 | 14.8 |
| fluid ounce or pony | 1 | 28.413 | 1 | 29.574 |
| shot, bar glass or jigger | 3/2 | 42.6 | 3/2 | 44.4 |
| can of Coke | 11.6 | 330 | 12 | 330 |
| pint | 20 | 568 | 16 | 473 |
| bottle of spirits | 24.6 | 700 | 25.3 | 750 |
| bottle of wine | 26.4 | 750 | 25.3 | 750 |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b Greenhalgh, Alison (March 2001). "Healthy living - Water". BBC Health. http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/healthy_living/nutrition/drinks_water.shtml. Retrieved on 2007-02-19.
- ^ "The Benefits of Water". Cleveland Clinic. http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/2700/2731.asp?index=7250. Retrieved on 2007-02-19.
- ^ a b "Chapter 3, Exposure Scenario Selection" (PDF). EPA. May 2000. p. 8. http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6pd/rcra_c/pd-o/chap3.pdf. Retrieved on 2007-02-19.
- ^ "Water Links". Center for Science in the Public Interest. http://www.cspinet.org/nah/water/waterlinks.html. Retrieved on 2007-02-19.
- ^ "Brief History of Drinking Water". American Water Works Association. 2007. http://www.awwa.org/Advocacy/news/info/HistoryofDrinkingWater.cfm. Retrieved on 2007-02-19.
- ^ Arnold, John P (2005). Origin and History of Beer and Brewing: From Prehistoric Times to the Beginning of Brewing Science and Technology (Reprint ed.). BeerBooks.com.
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