In 4 cups of water bring the cinchona citric acid lemongrass cardamom cloves allspice coriander and salt to a boil and reduce heat to simmer for 30 minutes.
Make your own tonic water australia.
To make the simple syrup bring 1 1 4 cup 250g of sugar to a boil with 1 cup 250ml of water stirring frequently for one minute until the sugar is completely dissolved.
Allow mixture to cool and pour.
All particals cling to agar and wont pass but flavor particals and water shall.
Freeze when dropped to room temp.
U will hav a very transparent mix sometimes with a slight colour.
Bartender blogger jeffrey morgenthaler offers a diy recipe.
I believe we ve done the work to call this the ultimate gin and tonic recipe.
Tonic water is the kind of provision you don t normally buy but occasionally really need and there aren t any real substitutes.
Next day take out of freezer and defrost in double cheese cloth.
To make tonic water at home start by bringing water and sugar to a boil over high heat.
Stir the water continuously until the sugar dissolves then turn the heat down and add cinchona bark.
After several attempts to make an exceptional homemade tonic syrup including this famous recipe from jeffrey morgenthaler and this one from lottie doof via tony cecchini and the nytimes keith and i were unsatisfied.
To obtain a super clear tonic try using a agaragar filter.
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 then sugar but u will have to use a clear sugar.
In all cases we liked the tonic but we didn t love it.
Next shred the skins of 1 lemon 1 grapefruit and 1 orange and add them to the pan.
1 quart 1l water 1 grapefruit.