List of drinks

Drinks are a part of survival.Drinksareliquidsthat can be consumed, withdrinking waterbeing the base ingredient for many of them. In addition to basic needs, drinks form part of thecultureof human society. In a commercial setting, drinks, other than water, may be termed beverages.
Alcoholic drink– An Alcoholic beverage is a drink containingethanol, commonly known asalcohol, although inchemistrythe definition of analcoholincludes many other compounds. Alcoholic drinks, such aswine,beer, andliquorhave been part of human culture and development for 9,000 years. Manybrandsof alcoholic drinks are produced worldwide.
Beeris produced by thesaccharificationofstarchandfermentationof the resulting sugar. The starch and saccharificationenzymesare often derived from malted cereal grains, most commonlymaltedbarley and malted wheat.Most beer is also flavoured withhops, whichadd bitternessand act as a naturalpreservative, though other flavourings such as herbs or fruit may occasionally be included. The preparation of beer is calledbrewing.
Cider–cideris afermentedalcoholic drinkmade fromapple juice. Cider alcohol content varies from 1.2%ABVto 8.5% or more in traditional English ciders. In some regions, cider may be called "apple wine".
Distilled drinks– also known as liquor and spirits, adistilled drinkis an alcoholic drink produced bydistillationof a mixture produced fromalcoholic fermentation, such as wine. This process purifies it and removes diluting components like water, for the purpose of increasing itsproportionof alcohol content (commonly known as alcohol by volume,ABV).As distilled drinks contain more alcohol they are considered "harder" – in North America, the term hard liquor is used to distinguish distilled drinks from undistilled ones, which are implicitly weaker.
Cocktails– acocktailrefers to any kind ofalcoholicmixed drinkthat contains two or more ingredients. As generally understood today, a cocktail requires at least one alcoholic component—typically adistilled spirit, althoughbeerandwineare permissible—and one sweet component; it may also contain a souring or bittering ingredient.
Hard sodaalso known asAlcopopis a type of alcoholic drink that is manufactured in the style of asoft drink.
Wine–wineis an alcoholic drink made fromfermentedgrapesor other fruits. The natural chemical balance of grapes lets them ferment without the addition ofsugars,acids,enzymes, water, or othernutrients.Yeast consumes the sugarsin the grapes and converts them intoalcoholandcarbon dioxide. Different varieties of grapes and strains of yeasts produce different styles of wine. The well-known variations result from the very complex interactions between the biochemical development of the fruit, reactions involved in fermentation,terroirand subsequentappellation, along with human intervention in the overall process.
Mixed drinks– amixed drinkis a drink in which two or more ingredients are mixed. Some mixed drinks contain liquor while others are non-alcoholic.
This section containsNon-alcoholic drinksthat do not contain other psychoactive substances as well (for example,coffee). Some of the drinks in this sections is also found in thealcoholicsection (for example mixed drinks).
The termnon-alcoholic drinksoften signifies drinks that would normally contain alcohol, such asbeerandwinebut 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.
Category:Barley-based drinks
Barleyis a member of thegrass family, is a majorcereal grain. It was one of the first cultivated grains and is now grown widely. Barley is used in various drinks and as a source of fermentable material forbeerand certaindistilled drinks. In a 2007 ranking of cereal crops in the world, barley was fourth both in terms of quantity produced (136 million tons) and in area of cultivation (566,000 square kilometres or 219,000 square miles).
Cereal coffeeexamples:
Maize drinks
Rice drinks
Soft drinks– asoft drinkis a drink that typically contains water (often, but not always,carbonated water), usually asweetenerand usually aflavoring agent.  The sweetener may besugar,high-fructose corn syrup, fruit juice,sugar substitutes(in the case of diet drinks) or some combination of these.  Soft drinks may also containcaffeine, colorings, preservatives and other ingredients.
Caffeinated drinks– acaffeinated drinkis a drink which containscaffeine, astimulantwhich is legal and popular in most developed countries.
Notable drinks:
Chocolatecontains small amounts of caffeine. Chocolate is a processed, typically sweetenedfoodproduced from the seed of the tropicalTheobroma cacaotree. Its earliest documented use is by theOlmecsof south central Mexico around 1100 BC. The majority ofMesoamericanpeople made chocolate drinks, including theMayansandAztecs,
Polysubstance drinks:
Drinkbrandsand companies exist worldwide. Thedrink industryrefers to the industry that produces drinks. Drink production can vary greatly depending on the type of drink being produced. Innovations in the drinks industry, catalyzed by requests for non-alcoholic drinks, include: drinks plants, drinks processing, and drinks packing.Ready to drinkpackaged drinks are those sold in a prepared form, ready for consumption.