Culture of Poland of beer a year, which places it a third behind Germany. Drinking beer as a basic drink was typical during the Middle Ages. Wine is recently becoming more popular. In fact, Polish mead, a honey wine was a traditional drink dating back also to the Middle Ages. Soft drinks include "napoje gazowane" (carbonated drinks), "napoje bezalkoholowe" (non-alcoholic drinks) like water, tea, juice, coffee or kompot. Kompot is a non-alcoholic beverage made of boiled fruit, optionally with sugar and spices (clove or cinnamon), served hot or cold. It can be made of one type of fruit or a mixture, including apples,
Mulled wine "Feuerzangenbowle". It shares the same recipe, but for this drink a rum-soaked sugarloaf is set on fire and allowed to drip into the wine. "Glögg", "gløgg", "glögi" and similar words are the terms used for mulled wine in the Nordic countries (sometimes misspelled as "glog" or "glug"). It is spelled "gløgg" in Norwegian and Danish, "glögg" in Swedish and Icelandic and "glögi" in Finnish and Estonian. In Denmark, Norway and Sweden, "gløgg" or "glögg" is often drunk at Christmas events. Non-alcoholic and alcoholic versions of "glögg" can be bought ready-made or prepared with fruit juices instead of wine. The main