traditional drink

Customary cultural refreshment

A traditional drink is a beverage with established cultural or regional significance, often prepared according to recipes passed down through generations.

The term appears in tourism, hospitality, and cultural contexts: We sampled traditional drinks at the festival, The menu features traditional drinks from the region.

What counts as traditional varies by place—mate in Argentina, sake in Japan, mulled wine in northern Europe.

Related

tea · rice wine · sake · mead · brew · fermented · ritual · ancestral · recipe · homemade · elders · customs · roots · spiced · spiced rum · mulled · mulled wine · hot toddy

Opposites
temporal origin/innovation

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Carefully made mixed drink

cultural authenticity

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Stimulant beverage with caffeine

sports drink · soft drink · soda pop · alcopop

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G