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{{For|the act of consuming a liquid through the mouth|drinking}}
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[[Image:FountainSoda.jpg|right|thumb|150px|A carbonated beverage]]
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.
==Types of beverage==
===Water===
{{main|Drinking water}}
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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 ''[[wiktionary:beverage|beverage]]'' has been recurrently defined as not referring to water.
Essential to the survival of all organisms,<ref name="bbc">{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/healthy_living/nutrition/drinks_water.shtml |title=Healthy living - Water |accessdate=2007-02-19 |last=Greenhalgh |first=Alison |year= 2001 |month= March |work= [[BBC]] Health}}</ref> 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 [[litre|litres]]),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/2700/2731.asp?index=7250|title= The Benefits of Water|accessdate=2007-02-19 |publisher=Cleveland Clinic}}</ref><ref name="epa" /> and the [[British Dietetic Association]] recommends 1.8 litres.<ref name="bbc" /> The [[United States Environmental Protection Agency]] has determined that the average adult actually ingests 2.0 litres per day.<ref name="epa">{{cite web |url= http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6pd/rcra_c/pd-o/chap3.pdf|title=Chapter 3, Exposure Scenario Selection |accessdate=2007-02-19 |year= 2000|month= May|format= [[Portable Document Format|PDF]]|publisher= [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|EPA]]|pages=[http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6pd/rcra_c/pd-o/chap3.pdf#page=123 p. 8]}} </ref>
[[Distillation|Distilled]] (pure) water is rarely found in nature.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cspinet.org/nah/water/waterlinks.html <!--one link might help-->|title=Water Links|accessdate=2007-02-19|publisher=[[Center for Science in the Public Interest]]}}</ref> [[Spring water]], a natural resource from which much [[bottled water]] comes, is generally imbued with minerals. [[Tap water]], delivered by [[domestic water system]]s in [[developed nation]]s, refers to water piped to homes through a [[Tap (valve)|tap]]. All of these forms of water are commonly drunk, often purified through [[filtration]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.awwa.org/Advocacy/news/info/HistoryofDrinkingWater.cfm |title= Brief History of Drinking Water |accessdate=2007-02-19 |year= 2007 |publisher= [[American Water Works Association]]}}</ref>
[[Image:Oranges and orange juice.jpg|right|thumb|[[Orange juice]]]]
===Alcoholic beverages===
{{main|Alcoholic beverage}}
An alcoholic beverage is a drink containing [[ethanol]], commonly known as alcohol, although in [[chemistry]] the definition of an [[alcohol]] includes many other compounds. Alcoholic beverages, such as [[wine]], [[beer]], and [[liquor]] have been part of human culture and development for 8,000 years.<ref>{{cite book|title=Origin and History of Beer and Brewing: From Prehistoric Times to the Beginning of Brewing Science and Technology|first=John P|last=Arnold|ISBN='''0966208412}}</ref>
===Non-alcohol beverages===
{{main|Non-alcoholic beverage}}
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]]
===Soft drinks===
{{main|Soft drink}}
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 [[cola]]s, [[sparkling water]], [[iced tea]], [[lemonade]], [[squash (drink)|squash]], and [[fruit punch]] are among the most common types of soft drinks, while [[hot chocolate]], hot [[tea]], [[coffee]], [[milk]], [[tap water]], [[alcohol]], and [[milkshake]]s do not fall into this classification. Many carbonated soft drinks are optionally available in versions sweetened with [[sugar]]s or with [[Sugar substitute|non-caloric sweetener]]s.
===Hot beverages===
[[Image:A small cup of coffee.JPG|thumb|right|A cup of [[coffee]]]]
* Hot beverages, including [[infusion]]s. Sometimes drunk chilled.
** [[Coffee]]-based beverages
*** [[Cappuccino]]
*** [[Coffee]]
*** [[Espresso]]
*** [[Café au lait]]
*** [[Greek frappe coffee|Frappé]]
*** Flavored [[coffee]]s ([[Cafe mocha|mocha]] etc.)
*** [[Latte]]
** [[Hot chocolate]]
** [[cider|Hot cider]]
*** Mulled [[cider]]
** [[Glühwein]]
** [[Tea]]-based beverages
*** Flavored [[tea]]s ([[chai]] etc.)
*** [[Green tea]]
*** [[Pearl milk tea]]
*** [[Tea]]
** [[Herbal tea]]s
** [[Roasted grain beverage]]s
===Other===
Some substances may either be called food or drink, and accordingly be eaten with a [[spoon]] or drunk, depending on solid ingredients in it and on how thick it is, and on preference:
* [[Soup]]
* [[Yogurt]]
==Measuring drinks==
{|class="wikitable" cellpadding="5" border="1" cellspacing="0"
!|
!colspan=2|UK
!colspan=2|US
|-
!|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
||11.2
||330
|-
||pint
||20
||568
||16
||473
|-
||bottle of spirits
||24.6
||700
||23.7
||700
|-
||bottle of wine
||26.4
||750
||25.4
||750
|}
==See also==
{{Cookbook|Beverages}}
*[[Drinking]]
*[[Soft drinks]]
*[[Food]]
*[[Nutrition]]
*[[List of cocktails]]
*[[Soda]]
* [[Milk]]
== References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
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