Caipirinha (pronounced ) is Brazil's national cocktail, made with cachaça (pronounced IPA: ), sugar and lime. Cachaça is Brazil's most common distilled alcoholic beverage. Like rum, it is made from sugarcane. Cachaça is made from sugarcane alcohol, obtained from the fermentation of sugarcane juice which is afterwards distilled. Caipiroska, a common variant of the drink, uses vodka in place of cachaça.

The Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals, not cold water; maybe it is time we adopt their drinking habit while eating.

A video showing the lighter side of Rampage Jackson.Jackson plays around in japan, does a little drinking and even farts on some unfortunate.

A 60's something Japanese salaryman, replies to questions from foreigners living in Japan..."Maybe you don't know, Japan is having four distinct season. Warm, hot, cold and cherry blossom. Be careful not getting the cold or influenza. Maybe you should drink umeboshi in hot water! Of course, you can't, because you are foreigner... always Coca Cola!"

You have to drink it after 10pm for it to work though and you turn back into a pumpkin by the next day or maybe a daikon?

There's a Japanese game show called "Food Battle Club" that is beyond awesome. It's kinda like a cross between Iron Chef and Street Fighter, and is all about who can eat the most and/or the fastest in a series of different events. In this particular excerpt of the show, contestants are asked who can drink the most Coffee Milks in the one sitting