Beverages, i.e., liquids processed and manufactured for drinking, such as soft drinks, sherbets, teas, etc.
Xu Ke's "Qing Barnyard Banknotes, Diet, Beverages and Food": "Tea, soup, soup (the sum of soup and mixed with vegetables, meat and soup), pulp, cheese are all drinks. ”
Shen Congwen "Xiao Xiao": "Many urban Chinese Ming people completely spend a summer on soft silk clothes, exquisite drinks and all kinds of good things. ”
The earliest beverage production was grain liquor. Ancient Chinese winemaking technology has reached a very high level.
Cocoa is native to the tropical regions of South America. Cacao trees have been cultivated for 3,000 years. The Indians made chocolate drinks from cocoa.
Columbus brought cocoa beans back to Europe in 1502, and cocoa drinks became popular in Europe in the early 18th century. In 1869, the industrial production of grape juice began in England, and the principle of pasteurization was applied for the first time to preserve fruit juice. As a result, the production of vegetable juice gradually became industrialized. Soda production originated in Europe. In 1772, a book was published in England to guide the production of soda, and the production of carbonated beverages, mainly soda, began to take shape. Later, a variety of cola-type drinks appeared, and by the 80s of the 20th century, they had swept the world. Mid-19th century, lPasteur developed a processing method for killing harmful microorganisms in milk (pasteurization) and began the industrial processing of fresh milk.
The world's beverage industry has reached a considerable scale of production since the beginning of the 20th century. After the 60s, the beverage industry began to develop on a large scale and at a high speed. Mineral water, carbonated drinks, fruit juices, vegetable juices, milk, beer and wine have all been produced on a large scale and automated.
There are many kinds of beverages, which are divided into two categories: alcoholic beverages and non-alcoholic beverages according to the production process.
Alcoholic beverages are made from sorghum, barley, rice or fruits, which are fermented or distilled, including various liquors and blended spirits. Coarse grain beverages are made of cereals as raw materials, processed after strict processing and multi-process sterilization, and have successively appeared millet milk, red soybean milk, mung soybean milk, black soybean milk and other varieties.
Non-alcoholic beverages are made from fruits, vegetables, plant roots, stems, leaves, flowers or animal milk as raw materials, and processed after extraction by pressing or impregnating extraction, including soft drinks, hot drinks and milk.
January 1, 2021) officially implemented, Shenzhen will completely ban alcohol for minors, in addition, sellers of alcoholic beverages and carbonated drinks should set up health reminder signs that meet the standards on shelves or counters.
As a family drink, the production, marketing and drinking of tea were prevalent in the Tang Dynasty. Tea from all over the world is imported from China. In the 13th century, tea became a popular drink in Japan, and the tea ceremony was passed down endlessly.
Coffee originated in Ethiopia, and the earliest cultivar to be cultivated was Coffea arabic. It was later introduced to many countries. 1878 JSanborn and CChase first used tinplate can coffee, which gradually became a popular drink.