Did You Know?
Tonic Water
23 August 2016
Tonic Water, the well-known and respected side-kick of Gin. Its seen as the Yin to Gins Yang, but what is it?
Modern tonic water is a carbonated soft drink in which quinine is dissolved. Quinine, is an anti-malarial alkaloid sourced from the bark of the cinchona tree found in mountainous areas of South America. Since the 1640s it has been known to help fight malaria.
It was not until 1825 that British officers began to mix gin with their daily ration of quinine tonic in the hopes of making it more palatable. At which point one of the worlds most well-known cocktails was formed.
