Botanical tonic
Connoisseurs Tonic Water
Fentimans · Quinine tonic water (botanically brewed)
Hexham, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
Fentimans' drier, more grown-up tonic, brewed with fermented botanical extracts of juniper, kaffir lime leaf and lemongrass over a backbone of real quinine. It drinks crisp and effervescent, leading with a bright citrus-and-lemongrass lift before the quinine arrives to dry the finish with a clean, earthy bitterness held just in check by a light cane-and-stevia sweetness. Restrained and built as a mixer rather than a sipper, it rewards anyone who wants the bitter, botanical end of the tonic spectrum without the syrupy sweetness of mass-market versions.
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The maker
Connoisseurs Tonic Water is made by Fentimans, a botanical brewer founded in 1905 and based in Hexham, Northumberland in northern England. The company traces its drinks to a botanical ginger beer recipe acquired by Thomas Fentiman, and it was revived in 1988 by his descendants to continue making beverages by slow botanical brewing rather than simple mixing. Connoisseurs is positioned as the brand's premium, cleaner-tasting tonic line, built around natural botanicals and quinine.
Ingredients & nutrition
Carbonated water, sugar, acid: citric acid, natural flavoring, quinine, fermented botanical extracts: (juniper berry, kaffir lime leaves, lemongrass), sweetener: steviol glycosides from stevia.
3.4 fl oz · 20 cal · 4.4 g sugar(per serving, as labeled)