Local Drinks

1. A cup of tea

   A cup of tea — British-style black tea, usually with milk

2. Flat white

   Flat white — espresso with steamed milk and very little foam

3. Filter coffee

   Filter coffee — American-style drip coffee

4. Lemonade

   Lemonade — clear and fizzy in Britain, cloudy and still in America

5. Squash

   Squash — fruit concentrate diluted with water

6. Fizzy drink

   Fizzy drink — the soft drink, whose name changes by region

7. Root beer

   Root beer — the sweet North American sassafras-flavoured soft drink

8. Ginger beer

   Ginger beer — the strong, spicy ginger soft drink

9. Sweet tea

   Sweet tea — the sweetened iced black tea of the American South

10. Hot chocolate

    Hot chocolate — the hot cocoa drink

11. Milkshake

    Milkshake — blended milk, ice cream and flavouring

12. Irn-Bru

    Irn-Bru — Scotland's bright orange soft drink

13. Tap water

    Tap water — free drinking water from the tap

14. Apple cider

    Apple cider — unfiltered, unfermented apple juice (US and Canada)

15. Eggnog

    Eggnog — the creamy Christmas egg-and-milk drink

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