Micro Category Of Thing: Drinks

Halliday & Matthiessen (1999: 196):

Drinks: coffee, beer, whiskey

General category: 'substance'

Particular features: whereas in general a substance, if counted, means 'a kind of' (these soils are less fertile), the counted form of this category may mean either 'a kind of' (I like this coffee) or 'a measure of' (Would you like a beer? Two coffees please!).