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Laos: drinks & ingredients
The custom in Laos is to drink coffee in glasses, with condensed milk in the bottom, followed by a chaser of green tea.
Latvia: drinks & ingredients
Every spring, birch sap is sold in markets and roadside stalls, but it can also be seen in more refined products, such as birch sap lemonade, still and sparkling wine, mulled wine and birch sap schnapps.
Lebanon: drinks & ingredients
Jallab – sweet drink made from carob, dates, grape molasses, and rose water.
Lesotho: drinks & ingredients
Ginger beer is listed among the beverages in the Lesotho cuisine reference.
Liberia: drinks & ingredients
A local rum is also made from sugarcane, and called "cane juice" or gana gana.
Libya: drinks & ingredients
Regular American/British coffee is available in Libya, and is known as "Nescafé" (a misnomer).
Liechtenstein: drinks & ingredients
Some beer uses malt from Liechtenstein, although much of it is brewed in Switzerland.
Lithuania: drinks & ingredients
Midus is a Lithuanian mead made from honey.
Luxembourg: drinks & ingredients
Beer, which is quite a popular drink in Luxembourg, is produced locally at three large breweries as well as in a couple of smaller establishments.
Madagascar: drinks & ingredients
Locally produced beverages include fruit juices, coffee, herbal teas, rum, wine and beer.
Malawi: drinks & ingredients
Thobwa, a fermented drink made from white maize and millet or sorghum.
Malaysia: drinks & ingredients
Ipoh white coffee, A popular coffee drink which originated in Ipoh.
Maldives: drinks & ingredients
Hot tea is served alongside snacks such as gulha in the Maldivian cuisine reference.
Mali: drinks & ingredients
Dabileni, also called bissap, is a drink made from hibiscus flowers.
Malta: drinks & ingredients
Girgentina and Ġellewza are indigenous Maltese grape varieties; wine is also made from imported vines.
Marlborough
New Zealand’s internationally recognized Sauvignon Blanc region.
Marshall Islands: drinks & ingredients
Several foods, such as rice, flour, sugar and tea, are imported into the islands, and are sometimes used to supplement foods that are indigenous to the islands.
Mauritania: drinks & ingredients
Mint tea is widely consumed and poured from height to create foam.
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