ABSTRACT
Three groups of beverages are commonly consumed. These include: carbonated nonalcoholic beverages or soft drinks, non-carbonated non-alcoholic stimulating beverages such as coffee and tea and alcoholic beverages. The most popular soft drinks include those based on cola, orange, ginger, lemon and lime. Coffee fruits are typically harvested in one of three ways: picking, stripping, or mechanical harvest. After harvest, coffee fruits undergo pulp extraction to produce green coffee seeds. All real teas are made from the tea plant, Camellia sinensis, a caffeine-producing bush. Beer and ale are the principal malt beverages. Beer is made from barley malt to which hops and cereal or malt adjuncts are added and fermented. Wine is principally fermented grape juice. It may also be produced by fermentation of juices of fruits such as apple, peaches, apricots, plums, pears, cherries and berries and honey. Vinegar is an alcoholic liquid that has been allowed to sour. The use of vinegar to flavour food is centuries old.
