It s basically like tea.
Make your own tonic water kit.
All particals cling to agar and wont pass but flavor.
Tonic is a non alcoholic beverage.
My brother in law sent a self contained make your own tonic water kit from the oakland spice shop.
This basic recipe goes well with gin and is a great starting point for playing with your own unique herb and spice combinations.
As we generally consume it it s a soft drink that s sweet and bitter and citrusy.
Make ur infusion i actually 1st make a large cinchona mix then a few base mixes mix 1 1 5 grams of agaragar to 500ml liquid.
I guess my inclination is just to buy all the ingredients and use them to make your own blend but it s nice they put together a kit for those who don t want to do that.
To make the tonic all you have to do is prepare a simple syrup add the citrus ingredients and strain the liquid before storing it.
Tonic making kit yields 120 144 oz of concentrated tonic syrup depending on amount of sweetener used.
If you re making your own tonic water like with laurel bay tonic water kits tonic is an infusion.
The kit includes enough cinchona citric acid lemongrass cubeb pepper and jamaican allspice to make about 1 quart of concentrate enough for 30 60 tonic waters depending how strong you like it.
Lynn and carol.
Why make your own.
My tonic obsession started with a gift.
You can easily adjust the spice amount to suit your tastes.
What is tonic water exactly.
When syrup is diluted yields 4 6 7 8 gallons of tonic water depending on dilution rate.
Well you know what tonic water is.
Liam boylan if you re unhappy with the flavor of commercial tonics and like to geek out in the kitchen diy tonic is a lot of fun.
Tonic water is a popular mixer for alcoholic beverages and can be used to make flavored sodas.
Freeze when dropped to room temp.
You can make your own citrus tonic water at home with just water sugar cinchona bark ginger and citrus fruits.
Next day take out of freezer and defrost in double cheese cloth.
The plastic bag contained a recipe card and several.
Once you taste really good tonic water homemade or a good brand like q or fever tree it s hard to go back to the commercial stuff.
Don t let the brownish tint scare you homemade tonic is awesome.
It s way cheaper and it tastes way better.
After reading all comment i had high hopes and was a little disappointed but i think that the problem was the sparkling water a newly opened san pelegrino bottle but it lost it s bubbles to quickly so my g t was a little bland it was like gin diluted in water with bitterness.
To obtain a super clear tonic try using a agaragar filter.
Fresh fruit lemongrass sugar salt water and club soda required not included.
Hi i made the tonic during the week yesterday it was ready i prepared a little batch of syrup.