How to make the perfect homemade tonic for cocktails
The tonic is one of those soft drinks that is difficult to give up when we talk about cocktails. However, not all tonics are the same and the recipe that we are going to show you today is going to delight you, especially if you like drinks that you can prepare yourself at home.In this case we are going to show you a homemade tonic syrup with which you will be able to flavor any cocktail. The idea is to be able to make any drink with tonic using today's recipe. Of course, being concentrated, you will have to reduce the dose in half so that it works just as well.
Ingredients:
- 45 drops of quinine extract with lemongrass
- 24 drops of citric acid
- 8 drops of yuzu
- 8 drops ginger extract
- 8 drops of fennel
Preparation:
To make this homemade tonic we just have to mix the ingredients well until we get the final mixture to be homogeneous. When you get it, you can save this mixture to get it always ready to be used in your cocktail mixes. It is so easy to be able to take advantage of this idea that is also much more aromatic than what you can buy.
In case you want a homemade tonic with a somewhat special touch, you can add citrus touches with essential oils to the mix, or spice touches adding and then straining these from the mix. Give it imagination and create your own tonic!
As you can see, knowing the recipe and having the ingredients at hand, it is not difficult to make this homemade tonic, right? Do you dare to prepare this recipe at home? And if you want to try it without alcohol, take a look at these proposals of drinks with tonic water without alcohol.
Fever-Tree Indian Tonic Water - 4 x 200ml (27.05fl oz)
