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The Triffid Tonic Company

Pantry & Bar

The Triffid Tonic Company makes small batch aromatic tonic water. Did you know that tonic water used to be aromatic? It used to be flavorful and a lot less sugar.

That isn't hard to do though - modern tonic waters have the highest sugar content of any soft drink on the shelf. In part this is to cover up the extreme bitterness of the synthetic chemical quinine that is being used nowadays.
We're letting the tonic water do the work again.

We small batch handcraft our tonic water in Melbourne. Our Bitter Orange follows the oldest recipe we can find, dating back to 1820. It's so good, it actually doesn't need the gin (but is quite lovely with a good London Dry). Tasmanian Pepperberry and Lemon Myrtle has the smell of the bush and is Australia in a glass.

Chamomile and Earl Grey is the one where the sweetness comes out and has a strong floral honey flavor - we use this one in cocktails like a Long Island Iced Tea. Hibiscus and Fresh Ginger is earthy, and is again great in in a cocktail.