seems a really dumb question but whats the difference between...

Chox1988 · 21-07-2007, 3:55 PM

water and tonic water?

obviously tonic is sparkling but surely then it would just be sparkling water

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Sporran · 21-07-2007, 4:12 PM

sparkling water is just sparkly water

Tonic water is sparkly water with quinine iirc.

Billo · 21-07-2007, 4:16 PM

It has Quinine in it, it may have other things as well as the CO2, It was put in there as a precaution against Malaria but it was so bitter that the British Ex Pats put Gin in it while they were out in India, this is why it is sometimes known as Indian Tonic Water.

njp · 21-07-2007, 4:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Billo

It has Quinine in it, it may have other things as well as the CO2, It was put in there as a precaution against Malaria but it was so bitter that the British Ex Pats put Gin in it while they were out in India, this is why it is sometimes known as Indian Tonic Water.

Clarissa Dickson Wright (formerly the somewhat larger portion of the two fat ladies) tells this story of how her adrenal gland was damaged due to her excessive intake of quinine in the tonic water she consumed with her two-bottle-a-day gin habit when she was an alcoholic. Her liver somehow survived the onslaught!:

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Originally Posted by CDW

Yes, it's the most bizarre thing. When I was in my treatment centre they took a blood test and discovered that I had very sticky blood, you see. So they sent me off to see the specialist to find out what was wrong with me at St. Mary's, Paddington, and the metabolist said "have you ever lived in the malaria belt?" So I said "no, why?" and he said "this is a condition usually found in people who have taken a lot of malaria tablets". And the penny dropped and I said "Quinine!" and he said "well, yes" and I said "well how about tonic water?" and he said in this rather pompous way that consultants have, "my dear young lady, you would have to drink a very great deal of tonic for over a very long period of time in order to get this condition", and I said "well how about six pints a day for twelve years?", and he said "well yeah, that would do it".

**fizl** · 22-07-2007, 9:44 AM

Its also got sugar in - thats why you can get slimline tonic water

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