Everything about Beverages totally explained
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
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 has been recurrently defined as not referring to water.
Essential to the survival of all organisms, 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),
Distilled (pure) water is rarely found in nature.
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.
Alcoholic beverages
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.
Non-alcohol beverages
Non-alcoholic beverages are drinks that would normally contain alcohol, such as
beer and
wine but are made with no more 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.
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 don't fall into this classification. Many carbonated soft drinks are optionally available in versions sweetened with
sugars or with
non-caloric sweeteners.
Hot beverages
Hot beverages, including infusions. Sometimes drunk chilled.
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
YogurtFurther Information
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