Beverages included beer, cider, perry, wine, fortified wine and spirits. Beer was the alcoholic beverage most commonly drunk. Wine was imported from Italy, France, Greece, Spain, Germany and the Canary Islands and Portugal, with a dry Spanish wine called 'sack' being particularly popular. Spirits, known as 'cordial waters', were rather crude and were believed to be healthy for the heart. Milk was not generally drunk, and there was no tea or coffee.