Move Over Gin, We’ve Got Tonic Fever

Gastropod

Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley

Arts, Science, History, Food

4.7 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Just a few decades ago, gin & tonics were considered rather stodgy and boring, the drink of suburbanites at the golf club. Today, the century-old drink is hot again. In part, that’s due to a boom in craft gin distilling—a ginaissance! But there’s also been a new wave of experimentation with gin’s life partner, tonic water. This episode, we focus on the tonic side of the equation. Which genius came up with the idea of combining quinine, a malaria drug, with soda water and sugar in order to create this refreshing beverage? How did the bark of a South American tree end up in everything from hair-restoring shampoo to cocktails? And is it true that the G&T began life as a pleasant way for the Anglo-Indian elite to take their anti-malarials? This episode, we take a sip of tonic’s history with Kim Walker and Mark Nesbitt, authors of the new book Just the Tonic: A Natural History of Tonic Water. Listen in for all that, plus beef-infused tonic wines, Aperol spritzes, and the gin & tonic’s true origin story. Cheers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Antica formula, the world's first sweet vermouth, is the perfect formula for your perfect cocktail.
0:08.3	Rare herbs and spices including vanilla, saffron, warm wood, and burnt sugar come together
0:13.5	to deliver a unique taste in aroma that perfectly balances complimentary spirits like bourbon
0:19.2	or gin.
0:20.7	After all, your Manhattan or Nagroney are only as good as your sweet vermouth.
0:25.6	Antica formula is the bartenders go to brand for high quality, expertly crafted cocktails.
0:31.2	Bring the finest bar experience home for a drink tonight.
0:34.1	Must be 21 to drink. Please drink responsibly.
0:38.6	First, sweet tarts dare to combine sweet and tart.
0:42.7	But they didn't stop there.
0:44.3	Now they've combined soft and bouncy to bring you new sweet tarts, gummies fruity splits.
0:50.7	A uniquely delicious dual-sided gummy with one side that's sweet and the other side
0:56.2	that's tart.
0:57.5	But entirely smooth and squishy.
1:00.4	A powerfully perfect combo.
1:03.0	Sweet tarts dare to combine.
1:07.5	You can try a little bit.
1:08.5	It's a lovely bright orange colour actually.
1:10.5	You can't really see it but you see on here, beautiful bright orange.
1:13.5	Yeah, it looks like chili oil.
1:15.0	Yeah, in a way, yes.
1:16.0	Shall I try some?
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