Anonymous ID: 23ca65 Aug. 27, 2026, 4:47 a.m. No.24977938   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Indian tonic in its most basic form, is a carbonated drink that contains sugar, flavours and quinine. More premium versions, such as StrangeLove's punchy Tonic No.8 also contain complex and diverse botanicals that are added to the tonic, making it better suited to specific styles of gin.

 

Contrary to it's name, Indian Tonic water was, in fact, created by British army officers stationed in India as a malaria fighting elixir which (accidentally) also came with the added benefit of tasting really really good mixed with the alcohol rations soldiers were assigned to make 'getting your leg blown to smithereens and sawed off with a pocket knife a bit more fun'.

 

The first commercialised Indian Tonic water was produced in 1868, when it was marketed as a refreshing mixed gin and tonic cocktail for spectators of horse racing. And the rest, as they say, is history.

Anonymous ID: 23ca65 Aug. 27, 2026, 4:50 a.m. No.24977942   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Quinine is a natural chemical compound found inside a plant, rather than being a complete plant itself.The source: Quinine is an alkaloid (a natural bitter substance) extracted specifically from the bark of the Cinchona tree, which is native to South America.