Mead in Poland which the 12th-century chronicler Gallus Anonymus described as "flowing with honey". This abundance of honey and a climate ill-suited for grape growing meant that mead was long more popular than wine. In 996, the Sephardi Jewish traveller Ibrahim ibn Yaqub wrote that "besides food, meat and land for ploughing, the country of Mieszko I abounds in mead, which is what the Slavic wines and intoxicating drinks are called". In the 15th century, the Venetian diplomat Ambrogio Contarini observed that "having no wine, [the Poles] make a certain drink out of honey, which intoxicates people much more than wine." The 16th-century
Drink mixer the ingredients for a particular drink pre-mixed. The only thing that needs to be added is alcohol. The addition of a sauce usually imparts a surprising new taste to a familiar drink. Hot sauces are commonly used in drinking games. The key ingredient in a syrup is sugar, which sweetens any drink into which it is mixed. Other flavors are often added to a sugar syrup. Many other food and beverage items can be used in mixed drinks. These are some other common ones. Drink mixer Drink mixers are the non-alcoholic ingredients in mixed drinks and cocktails. There are many