STIMULANTS (CAFFEINE):

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TEA ----CAMELLIA SINENSIS (THEA SINENSIS ) --- SE ASIA

Iced Tea (12 oz), 70 mg caffeine
Brewed (8 oz cup), 50 mg caffeine

COFFEE --- COFFEA ARABICA (& OTHER SPECIES) --- E AFRICA

Espresso (1 oz shot). 40 mg caffeine
brewed (12 oz cup), 200 mg caffeine

COCOA --- (CHOCOLATE) THEOBROMA CACAO --- TROPICAL AMERICA

Hershey bar, 25 mg caffeine

COLA --- COLA NITIDA & C. ACUMINATA --- TROPICAL AFRICA

Soft Drinks, mg caffeine/12 oz can

Coca cola. 34
Inca cola, 37
Pepsi Cola 37
Dr. Pepper, 41
Mountain Dew, 55
Mello Yello, 51

MATE --- ILEX PARAGURIENSIS --- SOUTH AMERICA

25-150 mg caffeine per serving

YAUPON --- ILEX VOMITORIA --- NORTH AMERICA

GUARANA --- PAULLINA CUPANA --- SOUTH AMERICA

From NGS Magazine:

Guarana: Hidden Caffeine

Guarana is an ingredient found in many sodas, energy drinks, protein bars, and natural weight-loss aids. It comes from the seeds of a woody vine native to Brazil named for an Amazonian people, the Guarani, who process the seeds for use in food, drink, and medicine.
What might be a surprise is that guarana contains concentrations of naturally occurring caffeine higher than that found in coffee, tea, cacao, and kola. Guarana sodas are immensely popular in South America, especially Brazil, and the stimulant is finding its way into more and more energy drinks. Guarana is sometimes marketed as a natural alternative to caffeine, but it's caffeine all the same. Look at the labels of some energy drinks and you'll see both caffeine and guarana, which means that you're getting caffeine from two sources.

-Heidi Schultz

ENERGY DRINKS -- Emerging market modeled after local Asian drink. These contain around 80 mg of caffeine and usually contain taurine, vitamins B6 & B12, glucose, and sucrose. Several also contain guarana (another source of caffeine) and gensing. These are billed as an energy drink and not as a thirst quencher. Examples include:

Red Bull

Pitbull

Gorilla Juice

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ALCOHOLIC (ETHANOL)

WINE

BEER

DISTILLED SPIRITS

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Wine Regions of the World:

Wine grapes are Mediterranean plants that require warm summers and mild winters. Most of the major wine regions are between 30 and 50 North and 30 and 40 degrees South of the Equator. The regions also are generally near the coast or other large bodies of water.

Principal Wine Regions of France	Wine grapes in southern France
Winery in Herman, Missouri

BRANDY IS OBTAINED BY THE Distillation OF WINE OR FERMENTED MASH OF FRUITS. THE DISTILLATE IS AGED IN WOOD AND USUALLY CONTAINS 40 TO 50 PERCENT ALCOHOL.

WHISKIES ARE OBTAINED BY THE DISTILLATION OF GRAIN FERMENTATIONS. THE DISTILLATE IS AGED IN OAK BARRELS USUALLY CONTAINS 40 TO 50 PERCENT ALCOHOL. SCOTCH WHISKY IS LARGELY FROM BARLEY AND THE MALT IS SMOKE-CURED OVER PEAT FIRES. BOURBON, OR AMERICAN WHISKY, IS LARGELY FROM CORN WITH SMALL AMOUNTS OF RYE OR WHEAT.

Bourbon - In 1964 a congressional resolution protected the term Bourbon. Bourbon must be AT least 80 proof, and be made from 51% corn. It then must be aged in charred new oak barrels and be aged for at least 2 years. It takes its name from Bourbon County, Kentucky.

RUMS ARE DISTILLED FROM FERMENTED SUGAR CANE JUICE OR MOLASSES AND AGED IN WOOD. ITS ORIGIN PROBABLY IS IN TROPICAL ASIA BUT IS NOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE CARIBBEAN.

GIN IS THE DISTILLATION OF A GRAIN OR CANE MASH AND IS FLAVORED BY STEEPING THE DISTILLATE IN JUNIPER BERRIES AND OTHER HERBS.

VODKA IS MADE FROM THE DISTILLATE OF A GRAIN (USUALLY WHEAT) OR POTATO MASH. IT IS UNAGED AND, TYPICALLY, UNFLAVORED.

TEQUILA IS THE DISTILLATE FROM CERTAIN SPECIES OF MEXICAN AGAVE. THE MASH IS FIRST FERMENTED MUCH LIKE PULQUE.