Gin and Tonic cocktail

Gin and Tonic

• A gin and tonic is a highball cocktail made with gin and tonic water poured over a large amount of ice.
• AKA G and T.
• The cocktail was created by officers of the Presidency armies, the military force of the East India Company. Malaria was a persistent problem for Europeans. Quinine, a traditional cure for malaria, could be used to prevent the disease but the bitter taste was unpleasant, so officers took to adding a mixture of water, sugar, lime and gin to the quinine to make the drink more palatable, and thus the gin and tonic cocktail was born.

Ingredients

• 2 oz Gin.
• Tonic water to top off.
• Lime wedge for garnish.
• Ice

Glassware

• Highball Glass.

Construction

• Into a Highball glass with ice add gin.
• Top off with tonic water.
• Garnish with lime wedge.

See Also

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gin_and_tonic