Essays on Drink

Tom Standage describes the importance of wine as well as Greece and the Empire of Rome. As he explains it, it was around 9000 BCE when the fermented grape juice was discovered in Armenia and Iran. As wine grew in popularity to nearby areas, it...

Wine has always been attributed as a healthy drink paired nicely with pasta or steak. But a new study is surfacing that has allegedly found that drinking wine is apparently equivalent to smoking five to 10 cigarettes a week. What’s the proof? According to health...

In terms of growing competition in international markets, achieving higher quality standards becomes one of the most important factors in the vineyard and wine industry. Traditionally, viticulture has been conducted in a consistent way; similar doses of fertilizer, soil management or pruning have been applied...

Energy drinks are essentially carbonated drinks with various ingredients such as carbohydrates, caffeine, and taurine to name a few. They are popular mainly among college students, athletes, and even people in the military. Marketing tactics often claim that energy drinks have various benefits such as...

Many people think that coffee consumption and the coffee industry are harmful to the health of people, industry workers, and the environment, while others believe that coffee brings many benefits. There is a huge number of opinions that the coffee trade does not benefit society,...

Coffee is said to be the most popular beverage consumed in the first world countries, but is grown in the third world countries. There are two varieties of coffee: Arabica and Robusta. The former is considered of superior quality and is mostly supplied from Latin...

Have you ever wanted to go up to that random cute stranger at a party but told your friends “I need more alcohol in my system first?” It’s an interesting topic to think about why we think we would need alcohol in order to feel...