So many times I'm asked what do I drink when you are out? It is very simple really, Ron Llave Blanco Rum and Canada Dry Diet Tonic with Lime. Then the response, I thought you were a rum connoisseur? Actually I am, but when I'm out at a bar it is very hard to find quality rums to sip, so I enjoy clean white rum and diet tonic, add a squeeze of lime and turn me loose.
The
Gin and Tonic was originally made to prevent and treat malaria. In India and
other tropical regions, malaria was (and in some places continues to be)
a persistent problem. It was discovered in the 1700′s that quinine (a
natural white crystalline alkaloid found in the bark of the cinchona tree and
still used today as an ingredient in tonic water) had fever-reducing,
antimalarial, painkilling and anti-inflammatory properties, and could be used
to prevent and treat the disease.
The
drawback? Quinine had a very bitter and unpleasant taste. British officers in
India in the early 19th century took to adding a mixture of water, sugar, lime
and gin to the quinine, thus making the drink more palatable. Soldiers in India
were already given a gin ration, and the sweet concoction inevitably made
sense. The Gin and Tonic was born.
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Living like a pirate down here in the Tropics of America, (Key West) I have to be concerned with malaria and scurvy, a good dose of tonic (containing quinine) and some good fresh lime juice and my health is all cared for. The fact that I like the taste and it has very few calories are the real reasons for my imbibing it.
Bahama Bob's Daily Prevention Cocktail- 2 oz. Ron Llave Rum Blanco
- Canada Dry Diet Tonic with Lime
- Juice of 1/4 Lime
Sit back of the aft deck or the bar on the dock and relax and enjoy your medicine. ;o)
