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post #1 of 10
6/14/08 at 9:01pm
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Anyone ever made their own tonic water? I just tried making my first batch, and have to say it is much better than Schweppes, etc.
Used:
.5 tablespoon quinine powder
1 teaspoon citric acid
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon lime juice
3 stalks of lemongrass
3 cups water
to create a syrup, then added it to some sparkling water. Really very refreshing.

Anyone have any other recipes?
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post #2 of 10
6/14/08 at 9:26pm
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Originally Posted by cut76 View Post
Anyone ever made their own tonic water? I just tried making my first batch, and have to say it is much better than Schweppes, etc. Used: .5 tablespoon quinine powder 1 teaspoon citric acid 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon lime juice 3 stalks of lemongrass 3 cups water to create a syrup, then added it to some sparkling water. Really very refreshing. Anyone have any other recipes?
I bet it is! I am impressed -- where do you get quinine, and frankly, are you ensuring that the dose you are giving yourself is sufficiently minor? It is a medicine, after all.
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post #3 of 10
6/14/08 at 9:44pm
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Originally Posted by Huntsman View Post
I bet it is! I am impressed -- where do you get quinine, and frankly, are you ensuring that the dose you are giving yourself is sufficiently minor? It is a medicine, after all.

The quinine comes in the form of powdered cinchona bark. I got it at herbspro.com. I saw the recipe in the Washington Post, so I'm assuming I won't kill myself with it!
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post #4 of 10
6/15/08 at 12:20am
It never ceases to amaze me the things people decide to try to do or make themselves. Not in a million years would I sit drinking my gin and tonic and think "Hmmm, you know what would make this better? If I made my own tonic water!"
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post #5 of 10
6/15/08 at 8:33am
I've had homemade tonic water but I didn't make it. I had it at Per Se in NYC.
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post #6 of 10
6/15/08 at 9:52am
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It never ceases to amaze me the things people decide to try to do or make themselves. Not in a million years would I sit drinking my gin and tonic and think "Hmmm, you know what would make this better? If I made my own tonic water!"



I'm weird like that. But actually, it was a pretty simple process, and it really does taste better.

Now I just have to figure out how to make my own gin.
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post #7 of 10
6/15/08 at 10:04am
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Originally Posted by cut76 View Post
Now I just have to figure out how to make my own gin.

http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2...thout-a-still/
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post #8 of 10
6/15/08 at 11:10pm
All of the commercial brands I've tried (Schweppes, Canada Dry, various house brands) have been sugary to the point of being sickening. I imagine yours must be much better.

On a side note, I think I may be intolerant of quinine. Is this fairly common? I drink one tonic drink or Brio and my lips burn and redden.
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post #9 of 10
6/15/08 at 11:20pm
I need to make my own toothpaste.
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post #10 of 10
6/19/08 at 10:37pm
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I need to make my own toothpaste.

http://mizar5.com/homemade.html
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