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'''Australia'''
* An Australian? Beer. No name beer, served in a glass, no matter where they are. Most Australians drink either Carlton Draught, or the variety of state beers which are only popular in each state and have only a vile taste in common. NSW- Tooheys New, Queensland- XXXX (which is where the name of the [[Discworld]]'s [[
** Not so! "Though Angus loves his whisky dear/And Paddy likes his tot/The Aussie has no drink at all/He drinks the bloody lot!"
** The main Australian drink is known as "piss". It's a generic term for any alcohol from finest claret to beer to absinthe to vanilla extract. Which might or might not slow down service if the bartender happened to be American.
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** If someone's done their research, a Mexican period piece set before 1920 or so will feature [[wikipedia:Pulque|pulque]] as a drink of choice for many Mexicans.
* In the Middle East, your choices are tea and coffee. And a couple of herbal drinks. And soft drinks. Because Islam says so.
** In reality, this isn't exactly true: while some countries, like Saudi Arabia and Iran, have [[Culture Police]] who enforce the drinking ban, alcohol is actually legal in most of the Middle East, if rather stigmatized socially in some places. As a result, you'll find the region's substantial non-Muslim minorities, as well as many secular or less-observant Muslims, indulging in... well... let's be honest, it's still hard going:
*** Every country that allows it has a single dominant brand of beer. These are rather different in some ways, but much like the beers of the Australian states, share a common vile taste. The most well-known of these is the Egyptian Stella (unrelated to Stella Artois and often pronounced "Istella"), if only because Egyptian movies and TV are so ubiquitous in the Arab world. These drinks are typically found in the hands of poor folk and the sorts of unpleasant men who frequent the bars that double as brothels.
*** Domestic wine and liquor will almost inevitably be a cheap and foul imitation of something foreign. There are two exceptions. One is Lebanon, where the Christian and secular populations are large enough (together, they probably form a majority) to warrant attention to quality. The other is araq (aka arak, raki, rakia, and [[Odd Name Out|ouzo]], and not to be confused with Iraq) the native liquor of the Eastern Mediterranean, a sort of clear grape brandy flavored with anise; the long tradition of making the stuff means that the quality is actually halfway decent (although not always). The foul, cheap wine and liquor are again associated with poverty and sleazy-looking johns.
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* Any race of warriors who wear fur and armour (from Vikings to dwarves) will quaff beer, ale, or mead—ideally from a drinking horn, tankard, or stein.
* Pirates will drink whatever's handy—but rum is the usual, either straight (when they can get it) or diluted 3:1 with water (called ''grog'').
** [[Truth in Television]]: [[wikipedia:Grog|Grog]] was for a long time standard issue on military ships at sea because the booze made the water safer/more palatable to drink. Lime juice would have been added to fight scurvy. These concoctions were also the forebearer of
*** For an extra kick and quicker recovery in a cold climate you can make your grog not with water, but with the strong tea. This itself is a variant of hot toddy (an old Scottish cold remedy which usually calls for whisky, but any brown liquor would do in a pinch; indeed, brandy, in some opinions, actually makes for a better toddy, although you should never say this to a Scot).
* Noblemen will almost certainly order a bottle of the landlord's finest wine with their meal. If they're not ordering a meal or courting someone, they'll have the finest brandy instead.
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* The [[Cool Old Guy]] will take a Scotch or brandy (unless Southern, in which case he'll take a bourbon or rye).
* Farm labourers will order a flagon of cider.
** Similarly, the [[Determined Homesteader|American frontiersman]] will take a hard cider, or perhaps applejack (distilled or freeze-distilled cider, i.e. American apple brandy
*** That is, until about the 1810s-20s, after which he'll have whiskey instead. The hard cider would be reserved for old coots; see below.
* Middle-aged, middle-class women of the ''Real Simple''-magazine-reading variety will get together and drink white wine.
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* Real-life lovers of coffee, just actual coffee, will drink Turkish coffee and enjoy the grounds at the bottom of their cups. Also known as Greek coffee, Arabic coffee, Lebanese coffee, Armenian Coffee or a similar variation depending on the ethnicity of the restaurant. ''[[Serious Business|Don't get this wrong]]''. Ordering a Turkish coffee in a Greek restaurant is a dire insult, and vice versa.
** Though the last example may be more of a product of the unpleasant history between the Greeks and the Turks.
*** And the unpleasantness between the Arabs and Turks. And the Serbs and Turks, and the Armenians and Turks, and the Kurds and Turks [[Overly Long Gag|and the Bosniaks and the Turks, and the Georgians and the Turks, and the Greek Cypriots and the Turks, and the
*** There is, however some difference between the different kinds of coffees mentioned above, mostly in the spicing. I'm mostly accustomed to Saudi-style Arabic coffee and Turkish coffee, and I swear there is a world of difference between the two. One has a lot more cardamom for one.
*** As a general rule, if the cafe/restaurant is from run by Arabs/Arabic-speakers, they won't bite you in the ass if you order "Turkish coffee",<ref>Unless they're Armenian-[insert Arab country here], in which case ''don't'' call it Turkish coffee</ref> and while they might gently correct you if you call it Greek coffee, they (usually) won't kick you out.<ref>It helps in this situation that the Arabs, having for the most part the same religion as the Turks but living far away from the Balkans and having friendly relations with the Armenians and other Caucasians--who had and still have large expatriate communities, assimilated to varying degrees, living in the Arab lands--have no particular reason to hate any of their non-Israeli, non-Persian (long story, but Iran doesn't really go in for coffee that much anyway) neighbors, although they might get annoyed with some country or other from time to time.</ref> If the owners are actually Turkish, calling it Arabic coffee might get you a short lecture and bad service (and your coffee), and calling it Greek, Armenian, or other-Christian-country coffee will get you the boot. If the place is run by folks from any of Turkey's Christian neighbors, however, you'd better ''damn'' well know where they're from (particularly if the owners are from the Balkans, where besides hating the Turks, more or less everyone hates ''each other'', too).
* Caffeine-addicted geeks are as likely to reach for soda or energy drinks as coffee.
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* In ''[[Ansem Retort]]'', Axel has a noted fondness for tequila. Another time, our... erm... "[[Villain Protagonist|heroes]]" use liquor for [[Time Travel]] and recruit Marluxia to "drink the gay drinks... because you're gay".
{{quote|'''Marluxia:''' So you're saying you want me to drink appletinis until we go back in time?}}
* Graham in ''[[Wizard School]]'' orders a [https://web.archive.org/web/20130530011025/http://www.meetmyminion.com/?p=1131 "Scotch. With extra scotch."]
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
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** Three very specific, high class [http://www.bumwine.com/ fortified wines].
* In ''[[The Venture Bros]]'', Rusty is at a low-rent strip club where beer is the drink of choice - he orders a Rob Roy, and the burly bartender reaches down under the bar, looking like he's going after a baseball bat (but reaches for a drink recipe card.)
* Eddie [[Awesome McCoolname|Valiant]], [[Hardboiled Detective]] of ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]],'' orders a Scotch on the rocks. ''[[Crowning Moment of Funny|And he means ice.]]'' (Too late.)
=== [[Real Life]] ===
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* On ''[[Miraculous Ladybug]]'', Adrian seems to prefer simple milk while in his Cat-Noir identity, likely as because the cat-man identity is more than simply a costume.
* On ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', Homer's favorite non-alcohol beverage is eggnog. He stocks up and hoards it during the holidays, wondering why it is only sold then.<ref>For those wondering the same thing, the reason is, the cream used to make it is the same as the type used to make ice cream, which is far more profitable to sell year-round than eggnog.</ref>
* [[Cat Girl|Dr. T'Ana]] on ''[[Star Trek: Lower Decks]]'' has often said she needs a bowl of cream when she's stressed or agitated [[Dr. Jerk|(which is most of the time)]], a [[Furry Reminder]] gag.
== Against Stereotype ==
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=== [[New Media]] ===
* "What your drink says about you" lists are practically their own genre of Internet humor. Examples at [http://drunkard.com/issues/54/54_secret_language.html
=== [[Video Games]] ===
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