Tonicia kaipaan minäkin, kunnollista vielä. Eli ei aspartaamia, mukasteviaa tai muutakaan "makeutusainetta". Tonicia muuten on muutakin kuin keltaetikettistä. Liiterissä on, tosin harvoin, omaa pikkupullotonicia ja sitten on Prismoissa jotain megapulloversiota, harvoin löytyy tosin sitäkään. Liiterin hiilareita en muista, mutta se megapullollinen Prismassa ei tainnut olla kovin sokeritonta sekään. Brokers-gini on muuten järkyn hyvää, olis ehkä jopa kivaa jos sitä saisi isommissakin pulloissa...
By the way
My problem with homemade tonic water has always been a flavor profile that was too esoteric for the general audience. This recipe takes some of the positive qualities people have come to understand from commercial tonic water and updated them with fresh ingredients.
4 cups water
1 cup chopped lemongrass (roughly one large stalk)
¼ cup powdered cinchona bark
zest and juice of 1 orange
zest and juice of 1 lemon
zest and juice of 1 lime
1 tsp whole allspice berries
¼ cup citric acid
¼ tsp Kosher salt
Combine ingredients in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Once mixture starts to boil, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
Cinchona Bark
cinchona.jpgTry a few different suppliers for powdered cinchona bark to see which you like best. Tenzing Momo has great products as a rule, but their cinchona can often be floral, which may or may not work for you. You can also find cinchona from bulk herbal medicine retailers and other specialty herb shops. I find the yellow variety to be milder than the red, so adding too many other flavors to the mix can overpower the quinine. Adjust your recipes accordingly.
Remove from heat and strain out solids using a strainer or chinois. You’ll need to fine-strain the mixture, as it still contains quite a bit of the cinchona bark. You can use a coffee filter and wait for an hour or more, or do as I do and run the whole mixture through a French coffee press.
Once you’re satisfied with the clarity of your mix, heat it back up on the stovetop or microwave, and then add ¾ cup of agave syrup to each cup of your hot mix. Stir until combined, and store in the attractive bottle of your choice.
You now have a syrup that you can carbonate with seltzer water; I use my iSi soda siphon for some nicely-textured bubbles. To assemble a gin and tonic, use ¾ ounce of syrup, 1½ ounces of gin and 2 ounces of soda water over ice.
Hiilarit hommasta on vielä laskematta ja kiniinin toimittaja vielä hakusessa, mutta eiköhän niihinkin ratkaisu löydy.
Kovin sokeriton versio tuo ei kuitenkaan ole.
http://www.zooscape.com/cgi-bin/maitred ... bsub101246Kun olin kakara, kiniiniä löytyi apteekista kuumelääkkeeksi, nykyisyyttä en tiedä, mutta näkyy sitä olevan myynnissä maailmalla vieläkin.
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tai siis pilsneri. 
Kaikissa meissä on vikamme, mutta minusta niitä ei vain huomaa
