Quotes About Beverage

It's not really wine," he said. "It's Diet Coke. And if anyone ever serves you brown wine with a foamy head, send it back.

John turned to me. "Frozen daiquiri?" "Pina colada, please." "Virgin?" He wasn't asking my permission. He was just making sure I knew he wasn't going to try to swipe me any alcohol. "That's optimistic," I said.

ICED TEA REQUIRES only half as much sugar if sweetened when hot than when cold.

Sweetened ice tea is one of the things I love about the South, right up there with homemade biscuits and cheese grits.

coffee's the most important thing they sell because most of us need it to keep us going, like gas in the car.

the layer of charcoal filters and flavors the whiskey

archeologist Patrick McGovern found evidence of an eight-thousand-year-old brew of rice, fruit, and honey at the Jiahu site in Henan Province. (He worked with Dogfish Head brewery to re-create the brew, which they named Chateau Jiahu.) It

The first boozy concoction to come from apples was cider. Americans refer to unfiltered apple juice as apple cider and usually drink it hot with a cinnamon stick. But ask for cider in other parts of the world and you'll get something far better: a drink as dry and bubbly as Champagne and as cold and refreshing as beer. When we drink it at all in North America, we call it hard cider to distinguish it from the nonalcoholic version, but such a distinction isn't necessary elsewhere.

Even today, we tend to think of sake as a miserable hot, sour, yeasty drink we once tasted at the urging of an aunt who took us to a Japanese restaurant in Kansas City.

I'd like a cheese Bunza. French fries. A Dr Pepper --" "Oh, you're a Pepper?" "Yeah, I'm a Pepper. Wouldn't you like to be a Pepper, too?" I can't help but laugh at this guy. He's actually funny. Kind of a surprise. I thought maybe he'd just be some hot lug-head jerk. But this? This is unfair. "And a shake." "Really?" "Yeah. A shake. Instead of Dr Pepper. Oh ... and you. I'd like a date with you. Saturday night.

TIP: Adding a splash of the wine you're drinking to the sauce can build a bridge between the food and the wine.

Assam tea goes very well after white wine. —MICHAEL OBNOWLENNY, Canada's first tea sommelier

TIP: In Japan, green tea is steeped for one to two minutes, while in China it is steeped for three to five minutes.

If New Yorkers reduced portion size to 16 ounces from 20 ounces for one sugary drink every two weeks, it would collectively save approximately 2.3 million pounds over one year.

Slice Mango - something that, you know, is a phenomenal drink, but mango is not a flavour that is easily liked by many people in the West. People in Latin America like it. But we do a lot of Mango in India.

I love coffee. I definitely have coffee every day.

I hate the taste of alcohol. When I'm drinking, I'm drinking Red Bull.

There is no such thing as a bad beer. It's that some taste better than others.

I just started making Bloody Marys. I always thought they looked gross, then I tasted one. There's an art to it, from the Tabasco to the Worcestershire.

I had this beer brewed just for me. I think its the best I ever tasted. And I've tasted a lot. I think you'll like it too.

Fresh juice is my favorite, but I do love a tasty protein shake.

There is nothing quite like a freshly brewed pot of tea to get you going in the morning.

I put hibiscus flower in every cup of tea I have. It's sweet, sexy, and cleansing.

Tea, though ridiculed by those who are naturally coarse in their nervous sensibilities will always be the favorite beverage of the intellectual.