Gin & Tonic

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Prep: 5 mins Cook: None Serves: 1

Ingredients

  • 60ml London dry gin (2 oz)
  • 120ml chilled premium tonic water, such as Fever-Tree (4 oz)
  • Ice, plenty
  • Garnish: lime wedge or lemon slice

Instructions

  1. Fill a highball or large gin glass (copa) with plenty of ice.
  2. Pour in the gin.
  3. Top with chilled tonic water — pour down a bar spoon to preserve the bubbles.
  4. Gently stir once to combine.
  5. Squeeze and drop in a lime wedge, or add a lemon slice.
The 1:2 gin-to-tonic ratio here is the standard. Choose your tonic carefully — Fever-Tree, Q, or Three Cents all pair well with London dry gin. Avoid diet tonic.
· Classic — 19th-century British India; the quinine in tonic water was used to ward off malaria
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