This was the cocktail of the English empire. Tonic water contains quinine used to cure Malaria, so the English would distribute units of tonic water to their soldiers stationed in India and Africa to keep them from getting sick.
As all things medicine-related go, someone (likely troop members stationed in India) thought to add gin and lime juice to it to make it taste better. Thus the gin and tonic were born. This is the drink that, for better or worse, colonized the world.
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Gin And Tonic
Course: DrinksCuisine: British1
servings203
kcal10%
3
minutesLearn how to make a Gin and Tonic.
Ingredients
1/2 oz Lime Juice
2 oz Dry Gin
5 oz Tonic Water
Directions
- Add ice to the serving glass. Combine all the ingredients except the Tonic Water in the serving glass.
- Mix the gin and lime juice to chill it.
- Add the Tonic Water
- Give the drink a couple turns to chill and mix.
Notes
- Tools Used: Jigger, Bar Spoon
- Serving Glass: Highball Glass
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