National Beverage Day

National Beverage Day is on May 6th in the United States.

Here's a day that's the absolute opposite of some of the really specific days out there. This one is pretty much as vague as it can get.

A beverage is a drink - which are liquids intended for human consumption. As a consequence, this day can be celebrated with (almost) absolutely any drink of any kind. Oddly, one form of drink that the word beverage is not considered to refer to these days is water itself. Although all drinks do contain water, water by itself isn't classed as a beverage.

You can therefore celebrate this day with a whole bunch of different drinks; hot drinks such as tea, coffee and cocoa; cold drinks such as cordials, fruit juices and carbonated drinks. Even alcoholic drinks are beverages.

Some drinks are better than others for celebrating this day. Generally, high sugar drinks are not the best at any time, and many popular drinks are best consumed in moderation.

Carbonated Beverage With Caffeine Day

Today, November 19th, is Carbonated Beverage With Caffeine Day in the US.

This may seem like a long winded way of saying Coca-Cola (or, if you prefer, Pepsi Cola) Day, but that is not necessarily true.

Certainly, cola, no matter who manufactures it, is probably the best known carbonated beverage with caffeine, but they aren't the only ones, and there are others that qualify.

As well as cola, both coffee and tea contain caffeine. Now, these aren't normally served carbonated, but there's no reason why they can't be - especially if you're having a chilled variant, such as iced tea or all the different varieties of cold coffee around.

The ice cream soda, or float, too, can qualify. These drinks are made with either a soft drink or carbonated water, so the obvious choice here is an ice cream soda based on a cola, such as the Coke Float. One with espresso in it would also qualify.

So, if you choose to celebrate this day, you needn't be limited to the popular brown fizzy drinks.