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In Portugal, you order a porto tonico the way Americans order a gin and tonic. It shows up on bar menus alongside wines and aperitifs. It is ordered before dinner, at the beach, at hotel bars, and ...
Read moreA botanical tonic is a drink mixer made with real plant-based ingredients like herbs, roots, citrus peel, flowers, and bark, rather than artificial flavorings and high-fructose corn syrup. The word...
Read moreVodka Tonic: The Simplest Cocktail Worth Making Better
The vodka tonic is one of the most ordered cocktails in most bars, and one of the least fussed over. Two ingredients, one minute, no technique required. It is the drink people order when they want ...
Read moreHow Many Calories Are in a Vodka Tonic?
A standard vodka tonic made with 1.5 oz of vodka and 4 to 5 oz of regular tonic water has roughly 130 to 175 calories. The exact number depends on how much vodka you pour, how much tonic you use, a...
Read moreMost rum drinkers think in two directions: tropical (daiquiris, mojitos, piña coladas) or dark and spirit-forward (old fashioneds, neat pours, dark and stormies). The rum and tonic does not fit nea...
Read moreAn espresso tonic sounds like it should not work. Coffee is heavy, warm, and earthy. Tonic water is cold, effervescent, and botanical. Combining them goes against everything that feels intuitive ab...
Read moreMost mezcal cocktails ask you to fight the smoke. You dilute it with citrus, sweeten it into submission, or pair it with strong flavors that hold their own against it. A mezcal and tonic does the o...
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Tequila and Tonic: Why It Works Better Than Most People Think
The tequila and tonic gets overlooked. People reach for the Margarita or the Gin and Tonic instead. But as a two-ingredient highball, the tequila and tonic is genuinely good: bright, a little bitte...
Read moreMost spritz drinks are defined by the aperitif you use. Aperol gives you bitter orange. Campari gives you bitter herbs. Lillet gives you citrusy French wine. But a gin spritz is defined by somethin...
Read moreMost people who discover Lillet discover it by accident. They're looking for something lighter than Aperol, less bitter than Campari, and end up at the wine section of a liquor store holding a brig...
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