Cider is the most popular beverage of the middle and lower economic classes at Christmas and New Year ( the upper classes proverbially preferring to celebrate with locally produced champagne, although real old-line " creole " aristocrats will still drink cider, which is much more traditional ).

The drink became popular in most parts of East and Southeast Asia during the 1990s.

Since the bigger 1 / 4 " tapioca pearls are separately sold as " black pearls " ( 黑珍珠 ) in markets, this name was the logical first choice and is more popular with the consumers of the drink.

It became a popular drink during the next decade and hence the term has lost some of its sting.

Until the 16th century, no European had ever heard of the popular drink from the Central and South American peoples.

* Barr Cola made by A. G. Barr ( the makers of the popular Irn Bru drink ) in the United Kingdom.

The world's second most popular drink was born in a collision between the United States and Spain.

Popular soft drinks include Schorle, juice or wine mixed with sparkling mineral water, with Apfelschorle being especially popular in southern Germany, and Spezi, made with cola and an orange-flavored drink such as Fanta.

In Spain, a variation on the drink called Gin Tónica has become popular.

The drink originated in Falkirk where it was particularly popular among the town's thirsty foundry workers.

The most popular drink is green tea with mint.

Its combination of sweetness, refreshing citrus and mint flavors is intended to complement the potent kick of the rum, and have made this clear highball a popular summer drink.

Guarapo, the sugar cane juice often used in Mojitos, was a popular drink amongst the slaves who helped coin the name of the sweet nectar.

Until that moment, the Puerto Rican drink of choice had been the popular Coco-Loco, a mix of coconut milk, rum and coconut cream served inside a fresh macheted coconut.

A screwdriver is a popular highball drink made with fresh orange juice and vodka.

Tarragon is used to flavor a popular carbonated soft drink in the countries of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia and, by extension, Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.

By the mid-17th century, the drink was popular in England under the name " vermouth " which has been the common name for the beverage until the present day.

The drink reportedly quickly became popular with the royal court of Turin.

The drink is more popular in other parts of Europe, such as Italy and France, where it is often consumed by itself as an apéritif.

These were popular, the people of Dundee possibly recognising that McGonagall was " so giftedly bad he backed unwittingly into genius " He met with the ire of the publicans, on one occasion being pelted with peas for reciting a poem about the evils of " strong drink ".

In Ireland, a popular variety of the drink consists of one part vodka, one part Kahlúa and four parts full cream milk shaken with ice and served in a tumbler glass on the rocks.

Kvass, a fermented drink made from rye, is popular in Eastern Europe ; it has a recognizable, but low alcoholic content.

In 2004, a local Taco Bell franchisee bought the naming rights to the Boise State Pavilion in Boise, Idaho and renamed the stadium Taco Bell Arena. Also, in 2004, Mountain Dew offered Taco Bell stores the exclusive right to carry Mountain Dew Baja Blast, a tropical-lime-flavored variety of the popular soft drink chemically formulated to taste good with their food.

Mulled mead is a popular drink at Christmas time, where mead is flavored with spices ( and sometimes various fruits ) and warmed, traditionally by having a hot poker plunged into it.

He was a very popular political figure, and since he was the Governor in the effective capital in the Roman West, he was a recognizable figure in the court of the Emperor Valentinian I. Ambrose never married.

Since its original 1973 Broadway production, the musical has enjoyed professional productions in the West End, by opera companies, in a 2009 Broadway revival, and elsewhere, and it is a popular choice for regional groups.

Crown Green Bowls is very popular mostly in the North of England but also in Wales, West Midlands and Shropshire.

In the West Indies, curry is a very popular dish.

The West Coast Offense, is the popular name for the high-percentage passing scheme designed by former Bengals assistant Bill Walsh.

Attempts at introducing a census in West Germany sparked strong popular resentment in the 1980s since many quite personal questions were asked.

However it was only in 1927 that the shakta theory of seven main chakras, that has become most popular in the West, was introduced, largely through the translation of two Indian texts: the Sat-Cakra-Nirupana, and the Padaka-Pancaka, by Sir John Woodroffe, alias Arthur Avalon, in a book titled The Serpent Power.

This theory, which was repeated by later antiquaries, is bolstered, or may have derived from, Cadbury's proximity to the River Cam and towns Queen Camel and West Camel, and remained popular enough to help inspire a large-scale archaeological dig in the 20th century.

According to a popular West Indian belief, Dominica is the only New World territory that Columbus would still recognize.

The most popular Spaghetti Westerns were those of Sergio Leone, whose Dollars Trilogy ( A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ), featuring Clint Eastwood and scores by Ennio Morricone, came to define the genre along with Once Upon a Time in the West.

Since the reunification of 1990, Schwarzbier, which was common in East Germany, but could hardly be found in West Germany, has become increasingly popular in Germany as a whole.

He was replaced because he failed to solve growing national crises, such as the worsening economy in 1969 – 70, the fear of another popular uprising as had occurred in 1953, and the disgruntlement between Moscow and Berlin caused by Ulbricht's détente policies toward the West.

Despite the great controversy that accompanied this switch, he remained one of the most popular politicians in West Germany.

Today the impi lives on in popular lore and culture, even in the West.

Polk's actions were popular in the South and West ; however, they were despised by many protectionists in Pennsylvania.

The Love Parade () was a popular electronic dance music festival and parade that originated in 1989 in West Berlin, Germany.

The event in East Germany developed into a popular mass revolt with sections of the Berlin Wall being torn down and East and West Berliners uniting.

The first lady secured the assistance of renowned interior designer Ted Graber, popular with affluent West Coast social figures, to redecorate the family living quarters.

While Pedersen's Nostratic hypothesis did not make much headway in the West, it became quite popular in what was then the Soviet Union.

This work has value for its early historical presentation of the end of the Roman Empire in the West, although it was very popular during the Middle Ages.

" And in the West, the manuscripts grew to be very popular amongst theologians in the Middle Ages -- Thomas Aquinas cites Pseudo-Dionysius over 1700 times.

He was not only one of the most popular musicians to come out of the West Coast's " cool jazz " scene, but also the possessor of a legendary and idiosyncratic wit.

The brown bear is a Russian Bear | popular symbol of Russia, particularly in the West

Among these are the. 22 rimfire, a caliber popular for target shooting and teaching novice shooters ;. 38 Special and. 357 Magnum, known for its police use ; the. 44 Magnum, famous from Clint Eastwood's " Dirty Harry " films ; and the. 45 Colt, used in the Colt revolver of the Wild West.