Let's discuss the gin and tonic. Back in the days of the British in India, and other tropical parts of the globe, tonic water was taken as a malaria preventative as it contained large amounts of quinine which was known to prevent and treat malaria. Quinine tastes pretty foul though so some resourceful Brit had the idea to mix the tonic with gin and lime to make it more palatable and so was born the gin and tonic. Purely for medicinal purposes of course.
There are many different versions of a gin and tonic, the classic one is with lime but my personal favourite is hendricks gin with orange peel. It's also pretty good with cucumber. Tropical sunset optional.
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