🍸 Gin & Tonic 🍸
I love a nice refreshing G&T... such a great way to end the working week and switch off ready for the weekend!! 😎
A little bit of history...
For well over a century, the gin & tonic has reigned as one of the most
popular cocktails in the world. A 2016 study by the Wine and Spirit
Trade Association found that in Britain alone, gin sales comprised 40
million bottles a year, or enough to create 1.12 billion G&Ts
annually!!!
The enduring fame of the drink may be surprising when considering its
history. As legend has it, the drink was created to help British
soldiers and officials to consume the bitter tasting antimalarial
compound quinine during the empire’s occupation of the Indian
subcontinent. The common story is that that British would mix their
daily quinine supplement with sugar and water to make it more palatable,
thus creating what the Schweppes company would eventually label “Indian
Tonic Water.” Provided a daily ration of gin, these amateur mixologists
would add a measure of liquor to the concoction, because gin makes
everything better!! (some would say!)
Coding by Anna