Vodka & Tonic

Ingredients

• 50 ml vodka
• 120 ml well-chilled tonic water
• Large ice cubes
• Half a lime, in wedges

Preparation

1. Chill the glass with ice and a little water while you get everything else ready, and tip it out before you build the drink.
2. Fill the glass to the top with ice and pour in the vodka. The ratio is one part vodka to two or three of tonic, depending on how strong you want it.
3. Squeeze a lime wedge straight over the vodka, before the tonic. This is the step that separates a good vodka tonic from a glass of fizzy water: the vodka brings no acidity and neither does the tonic, so without citrus there is nothing holding the drink up.
4. Add the tonic slowly, down the side of the glass, so you do not kill the fizz.
5. Stir once and drop another lime wedge in.