Preparation
1. FILL a highball glass with ice cubes. Add the gin, tonic water and lime juice. Stir thoroughly to blend.
2. GARNISH with lime wedge and serve.
Preparation
To prevent dilution of your drink, use our favorite trick: Make ice cubes with the tonic water (or iced tea ice cubes for iced tea, juice ice cubes for juice, etc.)
Simply freeze tonic water in an ice cube tray. We use a covered ice cube tray to keep the cubes tasting fresh, but you can use plastic wrap.
THE HISTORY OF GIN & TONIC
Historically, spirits were created for medicinal purposes. So was the G&T.
Malaria was a persistent problem in the world‘s tropical regions. In the 1700s, quinine, a muscle relaxant developed from the bark of the cinchona tree by the Quechua natives of Peru, was found to be helpful in treating the disease.
Like much medicine, quinine had an unpleasant, bitter taste. In the early 19th century, British officers in India inadvertently created tonic water (quinine water) by adding a mixture of water, sugar, lime and gin to the quinine.
Today‘s quinine water contains much less quinine, since it is no longer used as an antimalarial. That‘s why some people enjoy it as a soft drink.
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