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Matcha Tonic Recipe - How To Make the Best

A matcha tonic is exactly what it sounds like: freshly whisked matcha poured over ice into a glass of cold tonic water. The matcha layers on top, the tonic floats beneath, and the visual alone is e...

Best Tonic Water: How to Choose and What Actually Matters

The best tonic water is the one that makes your specific drink better. That sounds obvious, but it rules out most of the advice you find online, which recommends tonic based on brand recognition ra...

Port and Tonic (Porto Tonico) Recipe

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 ...

What Is a Botanical Tonic?

A botanical tonic is a drink mixer made with real plant-based ingredients — herbs, roots, citrus peel, flowers, bark — rather than artificial flavorings and high-fructose corn syrup. The word "bota...

Vodka Tonic: The Simplest Cocktail Worth Making Better

The vodka tonic is the most ordered and least thought-about cocktail in most bars. Two ingredients, one minute, no technique required. It is the drink people order when they want something without ...

How 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...

Rum and Tonic: The Highball That Rum Drinkers Forget About

Most 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...

Espresso Tonic: The Coffee Drink That Works Better Than It Should

An 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...

Mezcal and Tonic: A Smoky, Botanical Highball Worth Making

Most 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...

Gin Spritz: How Your Gin Choice Defines the Drink

Most 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...