Drinks questions

Schweppes is a beverage brand founded by Johann Jacob Schweppe in Geneva in 1783 to sell car­bon­at­ed water. The popular American brands were in­tro­duced over 100 years later: Dr Pepper in 1885, Co­ca-­Co­la in 1886 and Pepsi in 1893.

1886. In 1886, Co­ca-­Co­la was invented by a phar­ma­cist named John Pem­ber­ton, oth­er­wise known as "Doc." Coca Cola is cur­rent­ly one of the most popular brands in the world.

Water is the main in­gre­di­ent of beer, ac­count­ing for 93% of its weight. Though water itself is, ideally, fla­vor­less, its level of dis­solved min­er­al­s, specif­i­cal­ly, bi­car­bon­ate ion, does in­flu­ence beer's finished taste.

Barley malt. Nearly all beer includes barley malt as the majority of the starch. This is because its fibrous hull remains attached to the grain during thresh­ing. After malting, barley is milled, which finally removes the hull, breaking it into large pieces. These pieces remain with the grain during the mash, and act as a filter bed during lau­ter­ing, when sweet wort is sep­a­rat­ed from in­sol­u­ble grain ma­te­ri­al.

Spain. Sangria is an al­co­holic beverage of Spanish and Por­tuguese origin. A punch, the sangria tra­di­tion­al­ly consists of red wine and chopped fruit, often with other in­gre­di­ents such as orange juice or brandy.

Aged for at least three years. In Por­tuguese and Spanish wines, the re­quire­ments varies between regions, but typ­i­cal­ly, when used on a label "Reser­va" means that the wine was aged for at least three years in the cask and bottle, at least one of which must have been in the cask.

Blue agave. Tequila is a re­gion­al­ly specific dis­tilled beverage and type of al­co­holic drink made from the blue agave plant, pri­mar­i­ly in the area sur­round­ing the city of Tequila and in the high­lands (Los Altos) of the central western Mexican state of Jalisco.

Cocaine. Vin Mariani was a tonic and patent medicine created about 1863 by Angelo Mariani, a French chemist who became in­trigued with coca and its economic po­ten­tial after reading Paolo Man­tegaz­za­’s paper on coca's effects. The ethanol in the wine acted as a solvent and ex­tract­ed the cocaine from the coca leaves, altering the drink’s effect.

Sambuca is an Italian anise-flavoured, usually colour­less, liqueur. Its most common variety is often referred to as white sambuca to dif­fer­en­ti­ate it from other va­ri­eties that are deep blue in colour (black sambuca) or bright red (red sam­bu­ca). Like other anise-flavoured liqueurs, the ouzo effect is some­times observed when combined with water.

Chardon­nay, pinot noir and pinot meunier. Pri­mar­i­ly, the grapes Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, and Chardon­nay are used in the pro­duc­tion of almost all Cham­pag­ne, but a tiny amount of pinot blanc, pinot gris, arbane, and petit meslier are vinified as well. Cham­pagne ap­pel­la­tion law allows only grapes grown ac­cord­ing to ap­pel­la­tion rules in specif­i­cal­ly des­ig­nat­ed plots within the ap­pel­la­tion to be used in the pro­duc­tion of cham­pagne.