Quinine

Bitter
Year-RoundUsed in ~20 drinks

A distinctive, clean bitterness derived from cinchona bark that defines tonic water and the entire gin-and-tonic category. Quinine delivers a dry, almost chalky bite that lingers on the palate, paired with subtle minerality and a faintly luminescent quality under UV light. In cocktails, it provides structural dryness and a sophisticated bitter finish that amplifies botanical and citrus notes.

Aroma

Clean, mineral-forward bitterness with a dry, slightly powdery quality — more felt than smelled, with hints of bark and a faint sweetness from tonic syrup.

Source Ingredients

tonic watertonic syrupcinchona barkquinine extractLilletquinquina

Pairs With

juniperlimecitrus-generaleffervescencebotanical-general

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