gin and tonic
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highball cocktail made with gin and tonic water
Key facts
- Type
- Highball
- Ingredients
- Gin and tonic water , according to taste
- Base spirit
- Gin
- Standard drinkware
- Highball glass
- Standard garnish
- A slice of lime
- Served
- Poured over cubes of ice ("on the rocks")
- Preparation
- In a glass filled with ice cubes, add gin and tonic.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- long drink
- Subclass of
- highball
- Named after
- tonic water
- Material used
- highball glass
- Image
- Gin and Tonic with ingredients.jpg
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- Gin and tonic
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Encyclopedic overview
A gin and tonic is a highball cocktail made with gin and tonic water poured over ice. The ratio of gin to tonic varies according to taste, strength of the gin, other drink mixers being added, etc., with most recipes calling for a ratio between 1:1 and 1:3. It is usually garnished with a slice or wedge of lime. To preserve effervescence, the tonic can be poured down a bar spoon. The ice cools the gin, dulling the effect of the alcohol in the mouth and making the drink more pleasant and refreshing to taste.
It is commonly referred to as a G and T, or G&T, in the UK, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland. In countries such as Germany, Italy, France, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, Turkey, it is called a gin tonic (Japanese: ジン・トニック, Hepburn: jin tonikku). It is sometimes referred to as ginto in the Netherlands and France, and GT in the Nordics.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “gin and tonic” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.