Beverages: How Long Juice, Coffee & Wine Keep

Almost every drink here has two lives: sealed on a shelf, where it holds for months or longer, and open in the fridge, where the clock suddenly runs in days. The second number is the one worth looking up. Fresh-squeezed and homemade juices skip the shelf entirely and start on that short fridge window; coffee, tea, and drink mixes run the other way, where the window marks flavor fading rather than anything turning; and for a few — bottled water, hard liquor — USDA simply says indefinitely.