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What is the name of by far the most drunk spirit in the world, of which around 13 billion litres are produced every year?
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Baijiu
Name (engl. white alcohol) or also Shāojiǔ (distilled alcohol) for a group of spirits from China that are produced on a grain basis and are thus similar to grain brandy and vodka. According to the Chinese definition, grain refers not only to stalk cereals such as millet (sorghum), wheat, rice and other cereals, but also to beans. However, the term Báijiǔ (bái = white, jiǔ = alcohol) is not used uniformly everywhere in the Chinese-speaking world. In Taiwan and Hong Kong, this term is mostly used for white wine. Baijiu is usually made from three ingredients, which are qu (backbone), water (blood) and grain...
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