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Monaco: drinks & ingredients
Beverages often accompany the meal, with popular choices including freshly squeezed orange juice or coffee.
Mongolia: drinks & ingredients
Chingis, Gem Grand, Borgio and Sengur are local beer brands described in the Mongolia guide.
Montenegro: drinks & ingredients
Rakia and pelinkovac are traditional distilled drinks from the Balkans.
Morocco: drinks & ingredients
The most popular drink is Moroccan mint tea, locally called atay.
Mozambique: drinks & ingredients
Cervejas de Moçambique is a beer producer described in the Mozambique guide.
Myanmar: drinks & ingredients
Tea is the national drink of Myanmar, reflecting the influence of Buddhism and its views on temperance.
Namibia: drinks & ingredients
Oshikundu, also called Ontaku, is a traditional fermented millet drink.
Nauru: drinks & ingredients
Coconut milk is widely used as an ingredient in Nauruan cuisine.
Nepal: drinks & ingredients
Alcoholic drinks include raksi, spirits made in rustic distilleries, and jaand/jard, homemade beer made from rice.
Netherlands: drinks & ingredients
Two traditional Dutch drinks, anijsmelk (hot milk with aniseed) and kwast (hot water with lemon juice) are hardly drunk any more.
Nicaragua: drinks & ingredients
Popular rum-based cocktails include the "Nica libre," a regional re-naming of the Cuba libre (itself a variation of rum and coke), and the "Macuá" (containing orange, guava, and lime juices).
Niger: drinks & ingredients
The national beer is called, appropriately, Biere Niger.
Nigeria: drinks & ingredients
Zobo is a roselle-based drink described in the Nigerian cuisine reference.
North Korea: drinks & ingredients
Rice wine – glutinous rice wine is a specialty alcoholic beverage in North Korea
North Macedonia: drinks & ingredients
North Macedonia has a well-developed coffee culture, and Turkish coffee is by far the most popular coffee beverage.
Norway: drinks & ingredients
Coffee is traditionally served black, usually in a mug, rather than a cup.
Oman: drinks & ingredients
Tea is the national beverage, while coffee is drunk for hospitality.
Oyster Bay Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc
A producer wine record connecting Oyster Bay, Sauvignon Blanc and Marlborough.
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