Mixers
Tonic Water
Mixer0% ABV15 drinks
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- ✓You want to lengthen a drink with carbonation and refreshing character.
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What is Tonic Water?
Tonic water is a carbonated mixer flavoured with quinine bitterness and usually sweetened in regular versions. It is used in Gin & Tonic-style drinks, vodka tonics and bitter-sparkling highballs where its bitter-sweet profile changes the flavour of the cocktail.
What does Tonic Water taste like?
Sparkling, bitter-sweet and quinine-led. Regular tonic water usually adds sweetness as well as bitterness, while diet or zero-sugar tonic changes the sugar and calorie profile. It pairs especially well with gin, vodka, tequila, citrus and herbal flavours.
Tonic Water profile
Mixability: HighIntensity: LightSweetBeginner-friendly: High
Best used for: sours, refreshing drinks, aromatic cocktails, tropical drinks
- Appears in 15 recipes
- Works in both cocktails and mocktails
- Non-alcoholic
Best For
soursrefreshing drinksaromatic cocktailstropical drinksHigh mixability
Drink Profile
Light intensitySweet sweetnessNon-alcoholicAppears in 15 recipesWorks in both cocktails and mocktails
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