A non-alcoholic mixed drink (also known as virgin cocktail, temperance drink, "zero proof" drink or mocktail) is a

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-style beverage made without alcohol. Non-alcoholic mixed drinks date back to when cocktails emerged, appearing as "temperance drinks" in the first American cocktail books, including Jerry Thomas's Bar-Tenders Guide (1862).

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cites the first mention of "mocktail" as appearing in 1916. While the name of the non-alcoholic drink, as well as its style, has evolved over time, it is often a reflection of cocktail culture at large. The 1980s saw the resurgence of a mocktail movement with often sugary drinks. Following the sophistication of cocktail culture of the 2000s, the zero proof drink also became more refined. In the 2000s, non-alcoholic drinks became popular enough to find their place on cocktail menus in many restaurants and bars, especially

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s. According to Mintel, alcohol-free mixed drinks grew 35% as a beverage type on the menus of bars and restaurants from 2016 to 2019 in the US. In 2019, "

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" reported that there were at least 4 bars in

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that served mocktails only. Zero proof drinks can be made in the style of classic

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, like a non-alcoholic gimlet, or can represent a new style of drink altogether. The popularity of drinking abstinence programs like Dry January, coinciding with the rise of the health and wellness culture has pushed non-alcoholic drinks to wider acceptance. Like the vegetarian food movement or the popularity of oat milk, zero proof drinks are now seen as valid choices for all types of drinkers.

List of non-alcoholic cocktails

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* Tortuga *

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* Virgin colada *

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List of traditional non-alcoholic drinks

* Aam panna *

Aguas frescas ''Aguas frescas'' () or ''frescos'' or ''aguas'', are light non-alcoholic beverages made from one or more fruits, cereals, flowers, or seeds blended with sugar and water. They are popular in many Latin American countries, as well as parts ...

Aguapanela Aguapanela, ''Water, agua de panela'' or ''agüepanela'' is a drink commonly found throughout South America and a few parts of Central America and Caribbean. Its literal translation means "panela water" as it is an infusion made from panela whic ...

* Almdudler *

Apfelschorle () (apple spritzer), also (apple juice spritzer) or (splashed apple juice, more widely used in Hesse, Bavaria, and Austria) in German, is a popular soft drink in Switzerland, Germany, and Austria. It consists of carbonated mineral water and ap ...

Atole ''Atole'' (, believed to come from Nahuatl ''Aztec cuisine, ātōlli'' or from Mayan), also known as ''atolli'', ''atol'' and ''atol de elote'', is a traditional hot masa-based beverage of Mexicans, Mexican origin. Atole can have different flav ...

* Babycino * Baesuk *

Bandrek Bandrek is a traditional hot, sweet and spicy beverage native to Sundanese of West Java, Indonesia. The Sundanese people who live in the cool, highlands consume bandrek to warm themselves at night and during cold weather. This hot beverage is ma ...

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* Barley water *

Birch sap Birch sap, birch water or birch juice is the sap directly tapped from birch trees, '' Betula pubescens'' (white birch), ''Betula pendula'' (silver birch), '' Betula lenta'', '' Betula papyrifera'', and '' Betula fontinalis''. Birch sap may be c ...

* Birch Beer *

Blåbärssoppa (Swedish, blueberry or more accurately bilberry soup, , ) is a Nordic fruit soup made from bilberries, which can be served cold or hot. It is sweet and contains starch, which gives it a fairly thick consistency. It is served either as soup, ...

* Black Cow * Bread Drink * Brown Cow * Chalap *

Champurrado Champurrado is a chocolate-based ''atole'', a warm and thick Mexican cuisine, Mexican beverage. It is prepared with either a ''masa'' (Limewater#Food Preparation, lime-treated corn dough),'' masa harina'' (a dried version of this dough), or maize ...

* Champús * Chass *

Cherryade Cherryade () is a carbonated soft drink made from cherry juice. It has also been produced as a non-carbonated beverage. It was first produced in the 19th century, along with other beverages such as limeade and ginger beer, which had come about ...

Chicha morada Chicha morada (literally, Purple Chicha) is a beverage originated in the Andean regions of Perú but is currently consumed at a national level. The base ingredient of the drink is corn ''culli'' or ''ckolli'', which is a Peruvian variety of corn k ...

Cholado ''Cholado'', ''raspao'', or ''raspado'' is an icy beverage with fresh fruit and sweetened condensed milk traditionally from Jamundí, in the region of Valle del Cauca, Colombia. It is made from crushed ice or shaved ice, chopped fruit, condense ...

* Coffee Milk * Chai *

Doogh Doogh () is a cold and savoury Iranian drink. It is made with fermented milk. Unlike its sister beverage of Turkish origin, ayran, Doogh is not diluted yogurt. According to the Iranian Ministry of Food Standards, Doogh "is a drink resulting fr ...

* Egg cream * Egg nog * Elderflower cordial * Es bir * Falooda * Garapa *

Ginger ale Ginger ale is a carbonated soft drink flavoured with ginger. It is consumed on its own or used as a mixer, often with spirit-based drinks. There are two main types of ginger ale. The golden style is credited to the Irish doctor Thomas Joseph ...

Ginger Beer Traditional ginger beer is a sweetened and carbonated, usually non-alcoholic beverage. Historically it was produced by the natural fermentation of prepared ginger spice, yeast and sugar. Modern ginger beers are often mass production, manufactur ...

* Ginger tea *

Grape drink Grape drinks (also known as grape soda, grape pop, or purple drink in certain regions of the U.S.) are sweetened drinks with a grape flavor and a deep purple color. They may be carbonated (e.g., Fanta) or not (e.g., Kool-Aid). ''Grapeade'' first ...

Hawaiian Punch Hawaiian Punch is an American brand of juice currently manufactured by Keurig Dr Pepper, originally invented in 1934 by A.W. Leo, Tom Yeats, and Ralph Harrison as a topping for ice cream. It was started from an original syrup flavor titled Leo's H ...

Horchata Horchata (; ), or (), is a name given to various beverages, which are generally plant based, but sometimes contain milk. In Spain, it is made with soaked, ground, and sweetened tiger nuts. In some parts of the Americas it is known as an agua f ...

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* Hwachae * Janda pulang * Jindallae hwachae *

Kefir Kefir ( ; alternative spellings: kephir or kefier; ; ; ) is a Fermented milk products, fermented milk drink similar to a thin yogurt or ayran that is made from kefir grains, a specific type of mesophilic SCOBY, symbiotic culture. It is prep ...

Kombucha Kombucha (also tea mushroom, tea fungus, or Manchurian mushroom when referring to the Microbiological culture, culture; Latin name ''Medusomyces gisevii'') is a fermented beverage, fermented, effervescent, Sweetened beverage, sweetened black ...

Kvass Kvass is a fermented, cereal-based, low-alcoholic beverage of cloudy appearance and sweet-sour taste. Kvass originates from northeastern Europe, where grain production was considered insufficient for beer to become a daily drink. The first wr ...

Lassi Lassi () is a Dahi (curd), yogurt–based beverage with a smoothie-like consistency. It has been called "the most popular and traditional yogurt-based drink" in India. It has also been described as the form in which yogurt "is most cherished ...

Lemonade Lemonade is a sweetened lemon-flavored drink. There are many varieties of lemonade found throughout the world. In some parts of the world, lemonade refers to an un-carbonated, traditionally, homemade drink, using lemon juice, water, and a sw ...

* Licuado *

Limeade Limeade, also called lime soda, is a lime-flavored, sometimes carbonated, drink. It is usually sweetened with sugar or sweeteners. A common method of preparation is to juice limes and combine the juice with simple syrup or honey syrup, along wi ...

* Lime Rickey (Non-alcoholic) * Malt Milkshakes * Mattha *

Mazamorra , or masamorra, (from , from , influenced by Spanish , 'dough') is the name for numerous traditional dishes from Latin America. Regional variations Argentina In Argentina, is a traditional dish. It is a dessert with native roots made with whit ...

Milkshake A milkshake (sometimes simply called a shake) is a sweet beverage made by blending milk, ice cream, and flavorings or sweeteners such as butterscotch, caramel sauce, chocolate syrup, or fruit syrup into a thick, sweet, cold mixture. It may ...

* Mocochinchi * Mote con huesillo * Nimbu Paani *

Nectar Nectar is a viscous, sugar-rich liquid produced by Plant, plants in glands called nectaries, either within the flowers with which it attracts pollination, pollinating animals, or by extrafloral nectaries, which provide a nutrient source to an ...

* Orange drink *

Orange soft drink Orange soft drinks (called orange pop or orange soda in certain regions of the United States and Canada, orangeade in the UK, or the Generic trademark, genericized trademark Orangina in France) are carbonated orange drinks. Non-carbonated orange ...

* Peanut milk * Peanut punch * Phosphate soda * Roasted barley tea *

Root beer Root beer is a North American soft drink traditionally made using the root bark of the sassafras tree '' Sassafras albidum'' or the vine of '' Smilax ornata'' (known as sarsaparilla; also used to make a soft drink called sarsaparilla) as the ...

* Sarsaparilla *

Sharbat Sharbat may refer to: * Sharbat (drink), a Middle Eastern variety of cordial * Sharbat Ali Changezi, Pakistani fighter pilot * Sharbat Gula, the subject of the ''Afghan Girl'' cover photograph on the front cover of ''National Geographic'' maga ...

* Shikanji *

Smoothie A smoothie is a beverage made by puréeing ingredients in a blender. A smoothie commonly has a liquid base, such as fruit juice or milk, yogurt or ice cream. Other ingredients may be added, including fruits, vegetables, non-dairy milk, cru ...

* Soda gembira *

Squash (drink) Squash (sometimes known as cordial in British English, dilute in Hiberno English, diluting juice in Scottish English, and water juice in the Northern Isles of Scotland), is a non-alcoholic beverage with syrup used in beverage making. It is usual ...

* Subak hwachae * Sujeonggwa *

Switchel Switchel, switzel, swizzle, switchy, ginger-water, or haymaker's punch (of uncertain etymology, but possibly related to ""), is a drink made from water mixed with vinegar and often seasoned with ginger. It is typically sweetened with molasses, alt ...

* Tereré * Thadal *

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* Yuja hwachae

Psychoactive

Caffeine Caffeine is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant of the methylxanthine chemical classification, class and is the most commonly consumed Psychoactive drug, psychoactive substance globally. It is mainly used for its eugeroic (wakefulness pr ...

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Cola Cola is a Carbonation, carbonated soft drink flavored with vanilla, cinnamon, citrus essential oil, oils, and other flavorings. Cola became popular worldwide after the American pharmacist John Stith Pemberton invented Coca-Cola, a trademarked br ...

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* Maté

List of branded non-alcoholic drinks

* Accelerade *

Bonjus Bonjus (Arabic: بون جوس, from French: good juice) is a Lebanese brand of juice, ice cream and dairy products, famous for its "Pyramid-shaped" (الهرم) juicebox (actually tetrahedral). Much beloved among the Lebanese, the juice has become ...

Bovril Bovril is a thick and salty meat extract paste, similar to a yeast extract, developed in the 1870s by John Lawson Johnston. It is sold in a distinctive bulbous jar and as cubes and granules. Its appearance is similar to the British Marmite and ...

(Drink) * Burple * Claytons * Coolatta * Crodino * Crystal Light * Froster *

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* Harar Sofi * Hoppy * Hi-C * Kellogg's Special K₂O Protein Water * Kool-Aid * Lipton Brisk * Matte Leão * Milo * Nestea * Orange Whip *

Powerade Powerade is a sports drink created in 1988 and distributed by the Coca-Cola Company. Its primary competitor is Gatorade, which is owned by PepsiCo since 2001. History Powerade was created by the Coca-Cola Company and first released in 1988. Th ...

* Propel Fitness Water * RAC 124 *

Rooh Afza Rooh Afza (; ; ; ) is a drink which is a concentrated Squash (drink), squash. It was formulated in 1906 in Old Delhi, India by Hakim Abdul Hameed and introduced by Hakim Hafiz Abdul Majeed.

* Sangria Señorial * Shloer * Slow Cow * Slurpee * Slush Puppie * Staminade * Sustagen * SunnyD * Tang * Thirst Buster * Yoo-hoo

Psychoactive

* Enviga

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List of non-alcoholic cocktails

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Psychoactive

List of branded non-alcoholic drinks

Psychoactive

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