Some drinks start as fruits on trees, some as leafy plants on the ground, while others course through limestone below the ground. The Beverage Marketing Corporation estimates that the average American drinks about two liters of some form of liquid every day. That's about 192 gallons a year of soda, water, milk, coffee, tea, wine, and other assorted beverages. This chapter covers some of the green drinks out today and what makes some better choices than others when it comes to wetting your whistle.