Drinks - die Getränke
Cold beverages - Kaltgetränke
Water - das Wasser
Still water - das stille Wasser
Non-carbonated - ohne Kohlensäure
Fizzy water - das Sprudelwasser
Carbonated - mit Kohlensäure
Lemonade / Soda - die Limonade
Coke - die Cola / Coke
A mix of coke and lemonade - die Spezi (in some places called different)
So obviously you call these things by their brand name, you know like Fanta, Sprite etc. so I'm not going into detail about all lemonades on this planet ;)
Juice - der Saft
Apple juice - der Apfelsaft
Apple juice spritzer - die Apfelschorle
Orange juice - der Orangensaft
Iced coffee - Eiskaffee
Milkshake - Milchshake
Hot beverages - Heißgetränke
Coffee - der Kaffee
Tea - der Tee
Cacao - der Kakao
Hot chocolate - die heiße Schokolade
Alcoholic drinks - alkoholische Getränke
Beer - das Bier
Champagne - der Champagner / der Sekt
(The difference between Champagner and Sekt is that Champagner usually has to be from a specific location in France and is more expensive.)
Wine - der Wein
Red wine - der Rotwein
White wine - der Weißwein
Blush wine - der Rosé
Apple wine - der Apfelwein
Cocktail - der Cocktail
Schnapps - der Schnapps
Shots - die Shots
Legal drinking age in Germany is 18 or even 16 depending on what you drink. You're allowed to consume and buy beer, wine and champagne (everything that's not distilled) at the age of 16 and hard drinks like vodka or any other kind of schnapps at the age of 18.
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